Is It Always Good to Click to the Future? **1/2

Rating: 6/10 (25 January 2007)

Some inane silliness evolves when Adam Sandler, who plays the title role to the hilt, realizes that he can do many things with a remote control that he has purchased. Not only can he fast forward to the future, he can go back and just put things in stop.
The movie really takes off near the end when we get the conventional theme of "It's A Wonderful Life." Sandler shows that he can be quite dramatic, one he sees what his life has become like due to his constantly working and really ignoring his family.
Nice to see Henry Winkler and Julie Kavner as his young and aging parents. Had the second part of the movie been its entire basis, the film would have been much better. The silenced dog, hitting the boss, etc. becomes tiresome at best. Christopher Walken appears as the Angel of Death. He looks more like Marty Allen, or Dr. Zorba from Ben Casey (the late Sam Jaffe).