Click (film)
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Click is a comedy/drama/fantasy film directed by Frank Coraci. It was released on June 23, 2006. Click tells the story of overworked Michael Newman, (Adam Sandler), an architect so wrapped up in his job because of his boss (David Hasselhoff), that his family is forced to take the backseat. This particularly frustrates his wife (Kate Beckinsale).
The screenplay is written by Steve Koren, Mark O'Keefe, Tim Herlihy and Sandler himself, marking the first time since 2002's Eight Crazy Nights in which Sandler has written one of his own films. It is Henry Winkler's third film with Sandler and Sean Astin's second. The overall moral is that family should come first, then work. He learns that your family members are more important than if you're going to get a raise or if you're getting promoted. Some say that this movie stresses morals more and is sadder than much of Sandler's earlier works. It can also be seen as a slight takeoff of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol.
Synopsis
An easy way to sum up the movie is that the first 2 acts(2/3rds of the movie) are mostly comedy and the last act(1/3rd of the movie is drama with a little comedy)Michael Newman is so wrapped up in his job that he has no time for his family. When having trouble locating the correct remote to control his television late one night after an argument with his wife, he gets angry and drives to a Bed Bath and Beyond. Later after sitting on a bed display, Michael finds himself in the "Way Beyond" section, where he meets Morty (Christopher Walken), an eccentric inventor. Morty gives Michael a one-of-a-kind universal remote control which Michael believes to be an ordinary remote. To his amazement he realizes that the universal remote is literally universal. It allows him to fast-forward, rewind, and even pause his own life and quite possibly have the life he's been neglecting. After having some fun with it, he decides to do something serious and fast-forwards with the remote to the promotion that he was sure world be 2 months away. Instead, when he fast-forwards, he winds up 2 months and one year later. When discovering this he says, "It took that bastard (referencing his boss) 1 year to promote me?!?" subsequently he pauses time and farts in his face. Now the remote is automatically programmed (by himself, inadvertently) to skip sickness, sex, showering, traffic, and up to promotions. When he figures out that that is the way it has been programmed, he goes to work on his daughter's bicycle in his bathrobe to avoid automatic fast-forwarding through traffic or showering as well as arguments with his wife that happen every time he skips times in his life in his house. When he arrives, his boss consults him and calls him a revolutionary man and says "You might even be CEO of this company some day." After that, he winds up being fast-forwarded 11 years where he finds drastic changes have happened in his life: his wife has divorced him and married his son's former swimming instructor, he's become grossly overweight (and proceeds to lose the weight after being diagnosed with cancer), and his father has passed, particularly after Michael breaks his heart with a hurtful remark. These patterns continue until he winds up in a hospital in 2023. He looks back at his life through the remote and sees how bad he screwed up his life but largely thanks to Morty, whose revealed to be the Angel of Death and Michael's guide to life. He walks out to apologize to his son and dies on the street. He later wakes up in Bed Bath And Beyond (as a Deus ex machina) and finds out that it was all a dream on the bed display. At the end of the movie, he returns home to find the remote control from the entirety of the movie on his counter, with an attached note stating that, now, Newman knows what to do. He subsequently disposes of the remote in the garbage, signifying a major change in his outlook on life.
Cast
- Adam Sandler – Michael Newman
- Kate Beckinsale – Donna Newman
- Christopher Walken – Morty
- David Hasselhoff – Ammer
- Henry Winkler – Ted Newman
- Julie Kavner – Trudy Newman (Michael's mother)
- Sean Astin – Bill Rando
- Sophie Monk – Stacy (Ammer's secretary)
- Joseph Castanon – Benjamen Newman
- Jonah Hill – Benjamen Newman age 17
- Jake Hoffman – Benjamen Newman age 22-30
- Tatum McCann – Samantha Newman age five
- Lorraine Nicholson – Samantha Newman age 16
- Katie Cassidy – Samantha Newman age 22-30
- Rob Schneider – Prince Habibu
- Rachel Dratch – Alice the secretary
- Jennifer Coolidge – Janine
- Cameron Monaghan – Kevin O'Doyle
- Nick Swardson – Bed, Bath and Beyond employee
Box Office
As of July 13 the film has grossed $105,842,811Taglines
- This Summer, Everything Will Click.
- Be Careful What You Click For.
- What If You Had A Universal Remote... That Controlled Your Universe?
Trivia
- The O'Doyle family in the movie is a reference to the family of the same name that was in Billy Madison, one of Adam Sandler's early films. Similarly, Morty's recommendation that Michael should "go to a happy place" in his mind is a reference to Happy Gilmore.
- Morty's name is a pun of the Latin root for death, "mortis".
- Michael Newman and his wife Donna Newman's song is revealed to be Linger by The Cranberries; Dolores O'Riordan, lead singer, makes an appearance as a wedding singer singing the song.
- Michael Newman's family is Jewish, just like Adam Sandler (note the mezuzah on the Newmans' front door). On Michael's father's gravestone there is a Star of David. Henry Winkler, who plays Michael Newman's father is also Jewish, as is Julie Kavner who plays his mother.
- Although not explicitly stated, the Newmans live on Long Island.
- Jennifer Coolidge plays a character named "Janine" in the movie. This would appear to be a reference to the American Pie films. In that series, Coolidge plays the role of Stifler's Mom, who is also named Janine.
- Michael gets the remote in a room marked "Way Beyond" at Bed, Bath and Beyond. It is modeled as a reference to the Government Warehouse of popular fiction, particularly from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
- The future wedding scene shows a new set of twin towers (actually two Freedom Towers) at the site of the World Trade Center.
- Rob Schneider makes a cameo as Prince Habibu (in makeup) in the beginning of the movie. Schneider appears in most of Sandler's films.
- The classic Twilight Zone episode A Kind of a Stopwatch shares similar plot elements (except that the time-controlling device is a stopwatch instead of a remote control).
- Time-controlling remote-controls have previously been featured as plot devices in short stories by Paul Jennings and RL Stine.
- Michael Newman rewinds to a camping trip during his childhood in 1976. The 'cool kids' would much rather watch Three's Company in one of their dad's rv's than eat with him at his camping tent. Three's Company did not debut until March 15, 1977.
- The camping trip was at Lake Winepisaukee. This is an actual lake in New Hampshire. Adam Sandler was raised in Manchester, New Hampshire.
- In the flashback to Michael and Donna's first kiss, Janine is wearing a Bart Simpson T-shirt. This would have to mean their first kiss took place in at least the early 90's as The Simpsons products had yet to be marketed before, but the fact that Michael and Donna's song was released in 1993. The inclusion of the Bart Simpson T-shirt also appears to be a reference to co-star Julie Kavner's famous role as the voice of Marge Simpson.
- In the swim meet scene, trumpets can be heard playing "Come Out And Play" by The Offspring
- Michael Newman's cell phone is the z800i by Sony Ericsson
- The tune Michael is whistling during the "catch" scene is the opening sequence from Tales From The Crypt
- There is a similar scene in the Family Guy episode North by North Quahog where Peter goes to the Beyond section of Bed, Bath, and Beyond.
- This is the first film not to feature Sandler's frequent co-stars such as Allen Covert, Peter Dante and Jonathan Loughran, who frequently appear in all of Sandler's film in supporting roles.
Quotes
- Michael: "It took that bastard one year to promote me??!!"
- Morty: "This is about to rock your world."
- Morty: "Just point, click!"
External links
- [Official site]
- [Trailer]
- [Slant Magazine: Click Review]
- [}}}] at Rotten Tomatoes
- [}}}] at Box Office Mojo
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