Click (2006)

OUR REVIEW

Who's in It: Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, Jennifer Coolidge, David Hasselhoff, Henry Winkler, Julie Kavner
The Basics: Sandler, an emasculated architect, finds a magical universal remote that helps him control not just his TV but everyone and everything around him. But his always-in-hand, Viagra-blue, phallic clicker (a substitute for values and a spine) ruins his whole life. By comparison, you can feel lucky that this monumentally stupid movie only ruined two hours of yours.

What's the Deal? Before anybody gets all, "You movie critics hate everything! Especially Adam Sandler! You're just old!" on me, know that I'm not a Sandler hater 24/7. I laughed at Little Nicky, believe it or not. But seriously, this is a movie that has the nerve to show Sandler farting in Hasselhoff's face for about 10 solid seconds; then, an hour later, it turns around and tries to wrench an emotional meaning-of-life ending out of itself.

File Under: Hollywood Phonies Like 2001's The Family Man, this is a movie about how you shouldn't chase after material success because it will cost you your soul (Sandler's remote fast-forwards through the little life moments to get to the business promotions). Then the filmmakers pull the funniest trick of all. They get you to pay them for the opportunity to sit at the feet of Hollywood wisdom. You go home to your downwardly mobile existence and they order another bottle of Cristal. It's a wonderful life!

You Can Do Anything With Computers Now: Best scene of the movie has to be when they flash back to young Julie Kavner and Henry Winkler raising Sandler. It appears that they've digitally undone the normal aging process and erased lines and wrinkles from the actors' faces to make them look younger. Instead, the actors appear to be wearing Julie Kavner and Henry Winkler masks. It's the freakiest film moment of 2006. Almost worth a ticket just to witness it.