Better than anticipated Sandler shenanigans in sci-fi dramedy

Rating: 6/10 (28 June 2006)

CLICK (2006) **1/2 Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, David Hasselhoff, Henry Winkler, Julie Kavner, Sean Astin, Joseph Castanon, Tatum McCann, Jonah Hill, Lorraine Nicholson, Jake Hoffman, Katie Cassidy, Cameron Monaghan, Jennifer Coolidge, Rachel Dratch. High-concept dramedy tailored for Sandler's passive-aggressive sweet/angry persona that steals from "It's A Wonderful Life", "Groundhog Day" and "A Christmas Carol" with him as a family man architect whose life changes in more ways than one when he purchases a (literal) universal remote from an odd-ball clerk (Walken in manic fright wig is a hoot) which controls his destiny with a mix of slapstick toilet humor and genuine pathos; better than anticipated Sandler shenanigans. (Dir: Frank Coraci)