Click

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Click is a 2006 American comedy drama film directed by Frank Coraci, and written by Steve Koren and Mark O'Keefe, and produced by Adam Sandler, and starring Sandler, Kate Beckinsale and Christopher Walken.

Sandler played an overworked architect who neglects his family and misses most of his life when he receives a remote control device that enables him to skip over unpleasant events.

Filming began in late 2005 and was finished by early 2006.

The film was released in North America on June 23, 2006 by Columbia Pictures. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Makeup.

Plot

Michael Newman (Adam Sandler) is an architect who is married to his longtime sweetheart, Donna (Kate Beckinsale) with two children, Ben and Samantha. Michael is easily pushed around by his overbearing boss, Mr. Ammer (David Hasselhoff). On numerous occasions, Michael willingly sacrifices time with his family to work so he can give them the kinds of possessions he never had. While going in search of a universal remote control at Bed Bath & Beyond, Michael falls onto a bed and then proceeds to the section marked "Beyond". There, he befriends a mysterious clerk named Morty (Christopher Walken), who gives him a "universal" remote control and warns that it can never be returned.

To Michael's amazement, he finds that the remote can control the actual universe, particularly time. Michael uses it to skip fights with Donna, go forward until he rids himself of a cold, and skip a family dinner to work. Later, Morty reveals that when Michael fast-forwards through time, his body is on "auto-pilot" - his mind skips ahead, while his body does everyday life. After Mr. Ammer promises Michael a partnership position within a few months, he decides to skip ahead to it, but ends up skipping a year of his life since it took him that long to actually get the promotion. Michael also finds out that he is in marriage counseling and missed the death of his dog. When the remote begins fast-forwarding without Michael controlling it, Morty warns the remote programs itself according to Michael's previous commands. Michael's various attempts to dispose of or destroy the remote fail, so he resolves to change his life so that the remote can't control him. The next day, Mr. Ammer tells Michael he is leaving the country, and in the course of the conversation Mr. Ammer suggests one day Michael may end up CEO. Without thinking, Michael responds to say he would like to end up CEO, the remote reacts accordingly and fast-forwards to 2017. Michael is now the CEO, but he is overweight, lives alone, his daughter and son are 14 and 17 years old, he and Donna are divorced, and they all have a resentment to him. Michael also discovers that Donna is now dating Ben's childhood swim coach, Bill. Michael visits his old house and, after fighting with Donna, the new family dog pounces on him, and he falls and hits his head.

The remote having "learned" from Michael having skipped his cold, it transports him six years into the future in the year 2021, as he had not been healthy a single day over those six years: Donna recounts how a precautionary CAT scan after the fall revealed cancer, and how Michael ate so prolifically during chemotherapy as to subsequently suffer from a heart attack. In those six years, Michael is no longer obese thanks to liposuction, Donna has married Bill, and Ben has gone into his father's line of work. Michael is devastated when Ben tells him his father Ted died, and Michael, while visiting his father's tomb, uses the remote to view the last time they spoke. While on auto-pilot, Michael angrily rejected Ted's offer for a night out with him and Ben. During Michael's grief, Morty reveals he is in fact the Angel of Death. Fearing him, Michael begs to go to a "good place", and fast forwards to Ben's wedding in 2031. There, he witnesses Samantha call Bill "Dad", and the shock triggers a second heart attack. When Michael awakens, Morty appears to tell him that he chose his path and he cannot do anything about it. Michael's family arrives and Ben reveals that he has cancelled his honeymoon in order to work on an important deal that will keep his business going. Shocked and not wanting Ben to make the same mistakes he did, Michael rushes after him. A nurse attempts to stop him, but Michael manages to jab the man with a sedative. He ignores Morty's repeated warnings that if he is not connected to the hospital machines, he will die. Michael reaches his family and collapses, but manages to convince Ben that family comes first; he reassures the rest that he still loves them and Morty comes up to take him.

There is a white flash, in which Michael wakes up in the present-day on the bed he collapsed onto at Bed Bath & Beyond after believing that the future events have all been a dream. Michael makes amends with his father, and reassures Donna, Ben, and Samantha of his affection for them and that he will never sacrifice them for work again. As he celebrates being home, Michael finds the remote and a note sitting on his kitchen counter. After Michael reading the note, which states that Morty knew he would do the right thing this time and realizing he actually experienced the events, he throws the remote in the garbage and goes to restart his normal life with his family.

Cast

Adam Sandler as Michael "Mike" Newman
Kate Beckinsale as Donna Newman, Michael's wife
Christopher Walken as Morty, the "Angel of Death"
David Hasselhoff as John Ammer, Michael's boss
Henry Winkler as Theodore "Ted" K. Newman, Michael's father
Julie Kavner as Trudy Newman, Michael's mother
Sean Astin as Bill, Ben's swimming coach (and Donna's second husband in the alternate timeline)
Jennifer Coolidge as Janine, Donna's best friend
Sophie Monk as Stacey
Joseph Castanon as Benjamin "Ben" Newman, Michael's son, at 7 years old
- Jonah Hill as Ben at 17 years old
- Jake Hoffman as Ben at 22-30 years old
Tatum McCann as Samantha "Sam" Newman, Michael's daughter, at 5 years old
- Lorraine Nicholson as Samantha at 14 years old
- Katie Cassidy as Samantha at 27 years old
Cameron Monaghan as Kevin O'Doyle, one of Ben's friends
Rachel Dratch as Alice / Alan
Jana Kramer as Julie Newman, Ben's wife
Carolyn Hennesy as Kathy "Kat" O'Doyle, Kevin's mother
Sid Ganis as Dr. Bergman
Emilio Cast as Michael at 10 years old.
Michelle Lombardo as Linda
Elliot Cho as Ping Woo
Nick Swardson as a Bed Bath & Beyond employee guy
Dolores O'Riordan as Wedding Singer (Cameo)
Rob Schneider as Prince Habeeboo (Uncredited)
James Earl Jones as The Narrator/Himself (Uncredited)

Reception

Critical response

Click received generally negative reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 33% based on 166 reviews, giving the film a "Rotten" rating. The average score is a 4.8 out of 10, with the overall consensus being "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".

Box office

As of June 3, 2007, Click has grossed $137,355,633 in the United States and $100,325,665 internationally, with a total gross of $237,681,299 worldwide.

Awards and nominations

Academy Award for Best Makeup (Nominated)
33rd People's Choice Awards: Favorite Movie Comedy (Won)
2007 Kids' Choice Awards: Favorite Movie (Nominated)
2007 Kids' Choice Awards: Favorite Movie Actor (Won)

Soundtrack

The Cars - "Magic"
The Kinks - "Do It Again"
The Offspring - "Come Out and Play"
Gwen Stefani - "Cool"
Carole King - "I Feel the Earth Move"
Irving Gordon - "Be Anything (but Be Mine)"
Parliament - "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)
Boots Randolph - "Yakety Sax"
Walter Wanderley - "Summer Samba"
Peter Frampton - "Show Me the Way"
Captain & Tennille - "Love Will Keep Us Together"
Toto - "Hold the Line"
T. Rex - "20th Century Boy"
Tears for Fears - "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
Nazareth - "Love Hurts"
The Andrea True Connection - "More, More, More"
Loverboy - "Working for the Weekend"
The Cranberries - "Linger"
Frank Sinatra - "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die"
The Strokes - "Someday"
Ric Ocasek - "Feelings Got to Stay"
Jimmy Van Heusen - "Call Me Irresponsible"
U2 - "Ultraviolet (Light My Way)"
Air Supply - "Making Love Out of Nothing at All"
New Radicals - "You Get What You Give"