A Sentimental Tearjerker With A Surprisingly Strong Message

Rating: Null/10 (26 July 2008)

Click isn't an ordinary Adam Sandler movie. It's distinctively different than the typical dumb comedies that Adam Sandler does. I love Adam Sandler, but he continues to do stuff like "Don't Mess With The Zohan" which has become tiring. Either way, Click is a much better role these days for the older not in his twenty's Adam Sandler.
Click starts off as a humorous light comedy, and eventually turns into a more dramatic modern day version of "It's A Wonderful Life." It's so eerily similar to the Capra classic. Both movies deal with being grateful and appreciating what you have, even when thins can become tough and frustrating. Sandler is surprisingly good as the bitter, regretful frustrated older man who can't control his life. Obviously Sandler deals well as his usual younger funny self, but it's in the desperate and tough times where Sandler's character captivates us, making us feel sympathetic for the spiral downfall that his life has become due to a remote control that skips in time because it has become programmed to fast-forward the normally skipped parts. It's an extremely intelligent piece of software that re-programs itself based on what Michael (Adam Sandler) decides to do.
I know I felt a lot of pain for Michael's (Sandler) character at the end; it's such an emotional scene that works so well. It sort of loses its value when they decide to use a cheap moment for comic relief. And it's that sort of thing which shows us what the movies is supposed to be. A light, fun, humorous enjoyable comedy/drama with a little message to share to us. And it's this conventional method of entertaining which keeps the viewer in it from beginning to end, letting us never miss the message the producers, writers, and directors wanted us to see. Click is great solid fun, that's surprisingly funny and sentimental at the same time. 7/10