by Rianne Hill Soriano

Created on: July 28, 2010   Last Updated: July 29, 2010

Click is a conventional wake-up call for the workaholic. Michael Newmann (Adam Sandler) is a white-collar worker, a husband and father beaten and worn out by life. Suddenly, he meets an eccentric inventor named Morty (Christopher Walken) and he acquires a universal remote control that allows him to change everything into a fantasy of self-discovery.

This flick can be described as a soulful and silly comedy that allows the audience to take some time to pause a bit and appreciate the breathing of fresh air and accept the consequences of doing things the easy way out... Sappy and sentimental with a predictable ending, at the least, it has a heart. Click creates a shrewd and moving metaphor on the way people live.

The movie mainly deals on how personal dreams, career, relationships, and family experiences come together in this complicated world where the search for real life fulfillment is always apparent. It tries to inject a smothering lesson on how life can be perceived more pleasantly than just aiming for the mere "corn flakes" end. This cautionary tale takes a clever concept; however, it executes it quite flatly. Nevertheless, as a flawed movie as it is, most people tend to go for this kind of movie to just unwind and have fun anyway. It works on that level.

Click is a sort of preachy, sentimental, and sci-fi in the traditions of Back to the Future and Capra's It's a Wonderful Life. It works as a pastiche that uses the rehashed elements of the likes of Truman Show, A Christmas Carol, Bruce Almighty, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Bicentennial Man. It delivers profoundly emotional family moments amidst the hysterical fantasy gags. A few substantial laughs from its low-brow comedy may also lead to some striking sentiments.

This movie isn't a completely family-friendly movie though. Stepping beyond contemporary arrogance including a running sex joke about a dog constantly humping a stuffed animal and Michael’s harsh attitude as punching, kicking, farting, and hitting people nastily with no much validation to cover them up (except for the laughs they bring), these considerably cruel antics are not very ideal for the children audience.

Click kicks off as sweet and funny and it clicks in sneaking in some surprisingly moving moments. Yet, in terms of cinematic and aesthetic values, it moves with a graceless transition from drippy comedy to soggy melodrama. What this film lacks is a more inspired moment

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