Click
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Frank Coraci
Produced by	Jack Giarraputo Steve Koren Mark O'Keefe Adam Sandler
Written by	Mark O'Keefe Steve Koren
Starring	Adam Sandler Kate Beckinsale Christopher Walken Henry Winkler Julie Kavner David Hasselhoff
Music by	Rupert Gregson-Williams
Cinematography	Dean Semler
Editing by	Jeff Gourson
Studio	Happy Madison Revolution Studios
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	'U.S.A June 22, 2006 'Australia/UK June 23, 2006
Running time	107 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English, Spanish and Japanese
Budget	$82.5 million
Gross revenue	$237,681,299

Click is a 2006 American fantasy-science fiction-comedy film directed by Frank Coraci and written by Steve Koren and Mark O'Keefe. Click tells the story of Michael Newman, an overworked architect so wrapped up in his job because of his boss John Ammer that his family is forced to take the backseat. He gets a "universal remote" from an eccentric store clerk named Morty, and finds he can literally control the universe around him. It began filming in late-2005 and was finished by early-2006. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Makeup. Click was released in North America on June 23, 2006 by Columbia Pictures and Revolution Studios.

[edit] Plot

Sandler plays Michael Newman, an architect married to wife Donna, with two children, Ben and Samantha. One night, after Michael loses his temper at the amount of remote controls in the house, he goes in search of a universal remote control for his appliances. At a store named Bed Bath & Beyond he meets Morty, a "back room" clerk who happens to be an eccentric inventor who gives him a "universal" remote control and warns that it can never be returned.

The Click remote

To Michael's amazement, he finds out that the remote controls the universe, anticipating and interpreting his wishes. After some initial fun with it, Michael decides to skip to a promotion, but soon finds out he skipped a year of his life. Michael subsequently tries to destroy the remote, but it keeps regenerating. Certain parts of the plot are loosely similar to the Charles Dickens Novel a Christmas Carol and its also loosely similar to the film It's A Wonderful Life.

Michael is fast-forwarded ten years into a nightmarish future where, although successful in his career, he is grossly overweight and lives alone. After an argument with Donna, Michael is then skipped a further six years, during which time his father Ted has died. Although he is a highly successful architect, Michael uses the remote to visit the last time he saw Ted, and discovers his insensitivity towards his father. During Michael's grief, Morty appears and reveals that he is the Angel of Death.

Fearing that Morty is about to attack him, Michael fast forwards seven years into the future. He arrives at Ben's wedding in 2030, and overcome with emotion, bursts an artery. While recovering from it at the hospital and visted by his kids and former wife. Ben lets slip that he foregoing his honeymoon for his work. Not wanting Ben to make the same mistake he did, the ailing Michel wills himself away from his medical equipment. Morty tries to persuade Michael that his life doesn't have to end yet but Michael doesn't listen and manages to get outside just as his family about to leave. Michael dies in his son's arms, but not before telling his family of his love for them, and that "Family comes first".

There is a white flash, and Michael wakes up in the present day believing his misadventure to have been a dream. He makes amends with his parents and reassures Donna, Ben, and Samantha of his affection for them. Just as he about to enjoy his time with his family, he see the remote again and realizes all of it was real. After reading a note from Morty explaining his "second chance", Michael throws the remote in the trash and goes to start his new life with his family.

[edit] Cast

• Adam Sandler – Michael Newman
• Kate Beckinsale – Donna Newman
• Christopher Walken – Morty
• David Hasselhoff – Mr. Ammer
• Henry Winkler – Ted
• Julie Kavner – Trudy
• Sean Astin – Bill
• Joseph Castanon – Ben at 7 years old
• Tatum McCann – Samantha at 5 years old
• Jonah Hill – Ben at 17 years old
• Lorraine Nicholson – Samantha at 15 years old
• Jake Hoffman – Ben at 30 years old
• Katie Cassidy – Samantha at 28 years old
• Jennifer Coolidge – Janine
• Cameron Monaghan – Kevin O'Doyle
• Elliot Cho - Ping Woo

[edit] Reception

[edit] Critical reception

Rotten Tomatoes reports that 31% of top critics gave the film a positive review, based on 161 reviews giving it a "Rotten" rating with an average score of 4.7 out of 10. Stating, "This latest Adam Sandler vehicle borrows shamelessly from It's A Wonderful Life and Back To The Future, and fails to produce the necessary laughs that would forgive such imitation." Metacritic gave it a score of 45 out of 100 which indicates "mixed or average reviews".

[edit] Box office

As of June 3, 2007, Click has grossed $137,355,633 in the United States and $100,325,666 elsewhere, with a total gross of $237 million

[edit] Awards and nominations

• Academy Award nomination for Best Makeup, making it the first ever film starring Adam Sandler to receive a nomination.
• 33rd People's Choice Awards: Favorite Movie Comedy (won)
• 2007 Kids' Choice Awards: Favorite Movie (nominated)
• 2007 Kids' Choice Awards: Favorite Movie Actor (won)

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Click at the Internet Movie Database
• Click at Allmovie
• Click at Rotten Tomatoes
• Click at Box Office Mojo
• Adam Sandler interview for Click