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Click
Film poster for Click
Directed byFrank Coraci
Written byMark O'Keefe
Adam Sandler
Steve Koren
Produced byJack Giarraputo
Adam Sandler
StarringAdam Sandler
David Hasselhoff
Kate Beckinsale
Christopher Walken
Music byRupert Gregson-Williams
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release dates
June 23, 2006
Running time
107 minutes
LanguageEnglish
Budget$70,000,000

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). It began filming in late 2005 and was finished by early 2006.

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, It's a Wonderful Life, or Adventures from the Book of Virtues

Synopsis

Template:Spoiler 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 Best Buy and Staples to buy a Universal Media Remote. At this point, he is tired, and wrongfully thinks that he might find it at Bed Bath & Beyond, which is open. After laying on a bed display after his tiring day, 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 would be 3 months away. Instead, when he fast-forwards, he winds up 2 months and one year later, in the year 2007. When discovering this he says, "It took that bastard (referencing his boss) a year to promote to me?" 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 automatically 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 10 years to the year 2017, 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 from eating Yodels (and proceeds to lose the weight by liposuction after being diagnosed with cancer), and his father has passed away, particularly after Michael breaks his heart with a hurtful remark. Michael then fast-forwards another 6 years into the future, to the year 2023, when he attends a wedding. 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, who is 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 & 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, Michael knows what to do. He subsequently disposes of the remote in the garbage, signifying a major change in his outlook on life.

This story is extremely simillar to a story featured in the animated childrens series Adventures from the Book of Virtues. The story was that a young boy wished for a way to get out of hard times, brought on by not wanting to sit through a math exam. An old woman visited him and gave him a magic ball of string, but is warned that he can never go back. When the boy pulled the string, he could skip over the hard time. Soon, however, the string starts skipping through time on its own, and the boy watches as his life speeds by him. He sees his wedding, notices how old his mother has become, and then sees his mothers grave. At the end of his life, he regrets his choice, and wishes that he had never used the string. He wakes up in school during the math exam, with a new-found appreciation for life, good and bad.

Remote features

The film shows that the remote control’s features include:

Pause
Causes all things (living or otherwise) but for Michael to freeze in place. Michael sometimes assaults people while they are paused; they feel sudden pain and suspect nothing.
Fast forward
Besides the use on Michael’s life described above, can also be used to accelerate other people or the family dog (who apparently do not notice this change).
Rewind
Cannot undo anything, but allows Michael to revisit (without changing) past events as an observer (i.e., the Michael with the remote is separate from the Michael in the revisited time period).
Volume control
Used to silence a barking dog.
Language selection
Options include English, Spanish and Japanese. Produces a perfect translation, unlike the garbled output of real machine translators. Michael uses this to eavesdrop on prospective Japanese clients and learn what they think of his proposal; this helps him win their account.
Color adjustment
Michael experiments with this on his own complexion. Seems to work only with hue (although the saturation increases greatly during his experimentation).
Aspect ratio selection
Choices are normal, wide and panoramic. Michael uses this to make his boss much shorter and fatter; his voice also changes.
Main menu
This includes scene selection and bonus features such as a making-of and a running commentary.

Cast

Box Office

As of July 13 the film has grossed $105,842,811

Taglines

  • This Summer, Everything Will Click.
  • Be Careful What You Click For.
  • What If You Had A Universal Remote... That Controlled Your Universe?

Trivia

  • The main parts of the movie takes place in four different years: 2006, 2007, 2017, and 2023 (although some of the flashbacks do not take place in these years).
  • 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.
  • When Michael arrives in 2023, the TV screen showing the news and Micheal has the Freedom Tower in the background. Also, the future wedding scene in 2023 shows the completed Freedom Tower. A duplicate one is also present, although this is technically incorrect since the current plan for the Freedom Tower only includes one very large tower.
  • 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 RVs 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.
  • The song You Get What You Give by The New Radicals plays on the end credits.
  • As posted at the top page, the film itself is a refernce to Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Its ending also poses a refernce to It's A Wonderful Life.
  • 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.
  • In the graveyard scene when Michael attempts to attack Morty for killing his father, he falls and in the background you can see a tombstone labeled "Swardson". This is possibly a reference to stand-up/actor Nick Swardson who had a small part in the movie.
  • In the Fairly Oddparents episode Channel Chasers, Timmy Turner uses a controller similar to the one in this movie. It controls life and television like the one Michael uses.
  • In the film, an announcer had said that the singer, Michael Jackson had himself cloned and was suing the clone for molesting him.
  • In the film, an announcer had said that Britney Spears had had her twenthy-third baby
  • Michael's car at the beginning of the film is a 2005 Chevrolet Impala. When he fast fowards to the part when he's really fat, his car is the Cadillac Sixteen concept.
  • Terry Crews makes a cameo as Latrell Spencer. As Mike is going through traffic, he sees a guy singing in his car. In the movie White Chicks, this is what Terry's character did.

Quotes

  • Michael: "It took that bastard one year to promote me??!!"
  • Morty: "This is about to rock your world."
  • Morty: "Just point, click!"
  • Bed, Bath, and Beyond Guy: "Actually, I don't work here. I'm waiting for my friends.
    Michael: "You're kidding me?"
    Bed, Bath, and Beyond Guy: "Actually, yes. I don't have any friends. Will you be my friend?"
  • Michael: (After just unknowingly pausing his wife accidentally) "Don't give me that look."
  • Alice the Secretary: (To Michael) "Excuse me, I'm sorry to interrupt, but, um, this is kind of important."
    Michael: "Okay..."
    (She hands him a post-it note saying "Can I go to the bathroom?")
    Michael: Go to the bathroom!!!"
  • Michael: "Don't make the Hulk angry. You won't like him when he's angry!"
  • Donna: "So I'll see you tonight at the swim meet."
    Michael: "I gotta go to that?"
    Donna: "Yes!"
    Michael: "I'm just kiddin', I'll be there."
  • Michael: "You want me to do those documents, that's gonna thake me months!"
    Ammer: "Then you'd better get started."
  • Michael: "I missed the whole Dragon Tales era??!!"
  • Michael: (To Janine about when she went onto the Montel Williams Show) "Well, even Montel thought you were crazy and he's seen it all."
  • Radio Announcer: Britney Spears is scheduled to have her 23rd child and Kevin Federline is speculating getting a job.
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