Unlikable male lead, bad jokes, and undeveloped characters make "Click" a misclick.

Rating: 3/10 (2 July 2006)

I saw this with some friends of mine not expecting much... I knew this wasn't going to be Chinatown or anything... but this was really bad.
For the most part, I blame Adam Sandler. Sandler has become periodically less funny every movie starting with Happy Gilmore. He's lost his boyish charm, he looks older, but his personality is essentially the same, so watching him becomes a real chore.
They have all the Sandler classics in this - nut kicking, fart jokes, sex jokes, the whole shabang. It falls short because the context is just... weak. His wife (Beckinsale) is one of the hottest women I've ever seen on screen. Which is what made little sense, she was such a lovable soul, his kids were very sweet and cute, he had a good job... What was the problem? His character was such a jerk. There was no REASON for this guy to be such a tightwad, or become one as was suggested in the film. One scene had his wife basically throwing herself at him for sex, but wanted a back rub first... he insisted he go back to his paperwork, so he used the remote to speed up the process. This is what I'm talking about - I don't care how much of a tightwad I am, my lovely loving wife who isn't in the wrong throughout the whole movie asks me for sex, I gladly accept and spend time with her... I mean - not even his unlikable character can be the excuse for this...
The other problem is like most comedies, you need that low point to build up the the happy ending... this was trying so hard to be depressing (which I must admit was at some points) that you almost forget you are watching a comedy... Sandler trying to act is a little embarrassing, he's not the worst out there... but he is really unnatural throughout a lot of the teary moments.
All that considered, the soundtrack isn't bad, a lot of the time I was happy to hear a tune I hadn't heard in a while, or one that I really love.
My advice - seriously, rent Happy Gilmore or Billy Madison for the 100th time and fire up the DVD player, you'll thank me for it.