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HERE IS THE SUMMARY OF THE MOVIE CLICK FROM IMDB The architect Michael Newman has a typical middle-class family with his lovely and gorgeous wife Donna and their son Ben and daughter Samantha, and a constant visit of his parents. However, Michael is workaholic and under stress, trying to satisfy his boss with overwork and get a partnership in his company, giving priority to his work and neglecting the family issues. When the tired Michael goes to a department store to buy an universal remote control, he rests on a bed and he meets the weird salesman Morty that offers him a remote control capable of controlling his own universe. Michael uses too much and loses the control of the device, having his own life controlled by the remote control. Then Michael sees the worthwhile parts of his personal life he missed while working, and in the end of his life he lately concludes that the family comes first. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
This is the story of a harried, workaholic, loving father Michael Newman who doesn't have time for his lovely and gorgeous wife Donna and two small children Ben and Samantha, not if he's to impress his ungrateful boss Mr. John Ammer and earn a well-deserved promotion. So when he meets Morty, a loopy sales clerk, at long last he finally gets the answer to his prayers: a mysterious magical universal remote control that allows him to bypass life's little distractions with increasingly hysterical results. But as Michael gleefully mutes, skips and scans past his family and his friends, the remote gradually takes over his life and begins to program him, in this fast, funny and out-of-control comedy adventure. Written by Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}
Michael Newman is a loving father and husband, but he's got an office and a career he sees more often than his own family. To only make matters worse is a boss who takes everything for granted, including advantage of Michael by dangling a promotion in front of his face. But when one late night trip to a Bed, Bath and Beyond store for a new remote control, Michael finds himself in the possession of a new kind of remote control, developed by an eccentric inventor. A remote control so significant that it allows Michael to be able to fast forward, rewind, pause and practically control all the events in his life. So much to an extent that it becomes a luxury for the overworked man who finally gets some quality time with his family and his life. But not everything lasts forever as Michael is about to find out, when the remote control begins to malfunction, causing Michael to deal with the consequences. Written by mystic80
On the surface, Michael Newman seems to have it all, yet with all the demands forced upon him by his ungrateful boss Ammer, Michael finds that setting aside time to spend with his loving wife, Donna, and two picture-perfect children, Ben and Samantha, has grown increasingly difficult. When a frustrating bout with the television remote leads the overworked husband and father to a nearby Bed, Bath & Beyond in search of a universal remote with the power to control all of his electronic devices, a curious peek into the back room leads Michael into the company of eccentric employee and talented inventor Morty. It seems that Morty has created a device that will not only allow Michael complete control over his television and stereo, but his entire life as well. As Michael discovers that the remarkable device has the power to muffle the barks of the family dog, zoom himself past an irritating quarrel with his wife, and even allow him to travel back and forth through time to different points in his life, the rush of being able to skip straight to the good parts in life soon leaves him feeling as if he's missing out on the total experience. Only when Michael begins to realize that the he has lost control of his life and the remote is now programming him does he finally learn that life is as much about the moments he'd rather forget as it is the moments he will always remember. Written by Anonymous
Michael Newman is a workaholic architect working hard to keep his wife and kids happy. One night, Michael is on the road in search of an open store that may sell him a universal remote control to make his life easier. At the Bed, Bath, & Beyond store, Michael meets Morty, the inventor of a very advanced piece of technology, a remote control that not only controls his TV, but controls his whole LIFE!!! Now that he's using the remote on a regular basis, his work-life and family-life are finally in balance, he's trying harder than he ever imagined to spend more time with his family. Now, frustrated that his stuck up boss hasn't made him partner at his construction firm yet, he uses the remote to fast-forward through his life until his promotion. What he doesn't realize is that he has skipped through a whole year. The remote is now powered by its memory, and starts to fast-forward through crucial moments in his life, including arguments, foreplay, traffic, and, worst of all, promotions at his job. One year turns into ten years and than another six years. Written by Zac Abrams
Michael Newman seems to have a perfect life- a beautiful wife, two small children, and a job with great potential. But as his jerky boss passes Michael up for promotion after promotion, Michael becomes fed up, and wishes he could find a way to just, oh, skip through the hard parts in life. He gets exactly that -and much, much more- when he stumbles upon the Beyond section of a Bed, Bath, and Beyond in search of a universal remote. But as it turns out, the remote controls, well, the entire universe! At first this seems a blessing, but as the remote begins to program itself Michael finds his life skipping by, sometimes a few months, sometimes years. Will he be able to get his life back before its entirely gone? Written by Anonymous
HERE IS A REVIEW OF THE MOVIE CLICK FROM DVDTALK The Movie
Adam Sandler isn't exactly what audiences consider a leading man, but they'll watch him take a kick to the crotch any day. It's the problem successful comics always face, and one Sandler is already familiar with, after the weak reaction his serious turn in Punch Drunk Love received. Moviegoers simply have their expectations of actors, and hate when they aren't met.
Click isn't quite a Merchant Ivory movie, but it's certainly not Little Nicky either. It's the latest in Sandler's transformative phase, which has seen him make good films (Spanglish), OK films (Anger Management) and awful films (The Longest Yard), in an effort to stretch beyond his usual clowning. Here, as family man Michael Newman, he straddles the line, with lots of the frat-boy silliness that made him a star, and a healthy dose of heartbreaking drama.
Michael is an architect trying to make partner at his firm by doing everything his asinine boss (David Hasselhoff) asks of him. As a result, he works overtime constantly, on holidays and weekends, and has no time for his wife Donna (the lovely Kate Beckinsale), or his two kids. Some late-night TV difficulties catches this stressed-out guy at the wrong moment, sending him to Bed, Bath and Beyond looking for a remote to replace the various clickers that are driving him crazy. There, in the "Beyond" section, he meets Morty (Christopher Walken), who has a unique universal remote for him. This remote programs itself, but that's not all it does, as Michael soon learns, while muting his dog and then fast-fowarding through his "business."
Owning a remote that controls his life (with some features that DVD fans will absolutely appreciate), quickly becomes addictive, and Michael skips through anything that bothers or annoys him. Unfortunately for him, the remote becomes programmed as to what annoys him, and he begins missing chunks of his life. It's classic "watch what you wish for"storytelling , as the remote takes over and he ends up clicking past the biggest moments in life. It's a pretty good metaphor for modern life, as this technological convenience, which is suppose to make life easier and give us more time ends up eating up more of it.
As stated before, you expect comedy from Sandler, and there's a great deal of it, including the requisite farts and kids cursing, which is admittedly amusing. But for most of the film, Michael is a pathetic character, whose life is going on without him, leaving him lost in his own body. Though his daughter's continued physical development is played for laughs, his absence in their lives is not, and it's frequently harrowing, no matter how many gags are shoehorned in. As the father of a newborn, whom I see only early in the morning and late when I get home, the film often tugged at my heartstrings, getting me to the verge of tears, and at times pushing me over the cliff. It's impressive when schmaltzy moments like those in this film actually get a reaction from a cynic like me.
Sandler is his usual solid self, playing the everyBuffoon with his typical ease, while Walken is at his odd best, pushing his halting delivery to the extreme, creating a very unusual character. Few other players get to do much of anything in this very Sandler-focused story, though Julie Kavner and Henry Winkler are highly entertaining as Michael's kvetching parents, while Winkler gets to be the catalyst to one of the most emotional scenes in the movie. You'd have to be pretty cold to not be moved by the concept, if not the execution. I never thought I'd be touched by a Sandler movie, but this one did it.
The DVD
This one-disc release is packed in a standard keepcase with a promotional insert and a three-dollar coupon good on select Sony DVDs. The keepcase is inside a slipcover that repeats the cover art, which is one of the most plain pieces of cover art I've seen in a long time. Why we needed to see it twice is beyond all logic. The disc has an animated anamorphic widescreen main menu, based off the life menus in the film, with options to play the film, adjust languages, select scenes and check out special features. Audio options include English and French Dolby Digital 5.1 tracks, while subtitles are available in English and French, along with English closed captioning.
The Quality
The anamorphic widescreen transfer on this DVD is very nice, though it feels a bit dark throughout the film. The colors are solid, especially during the scenes set in the future, where lots of special effects are used along with plenty of neon lights. The level of detail is consistently high, to the point where you can see the separation between the visual effects and real film in spots, and there's not a bit of noticeable dirt or damage, nor any obvious digital artifacts.
For a dialogue-driven comedy/drama, the Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack is surprisingly active, with a good deal of movement in the surrounds, where atmospheric noises and music enhancements boost up the sound. Some heavy bass kicks in with the special effects, and the dialogue is crisp and clean. It's a pretty impressive mix.
The Extras
There's a couple of extras included on this disc, starting with a feature-length audio commentary featuring Sandler, director Frank Coraci and a few of their buddies from the film. It's a classic group track, with everyone trying to get in on the action, but Sandler is surprisingly adept at acting as moderator, asking questions that spur the commentary on, and pointing out interesting on-set stories. It's a solid, informative bonus feature that you might not expect.
Seven short featurettes make up the bulk of the remaining extras, and run a combined 31 minutes. They cover mostly production topics, like the film's design and special effects, and do a good job of showing how some of the effects were achieved. They're followed by four deleted scenes can be viewed separately or all together, three of which are mildly amusing. None of them would make the film any better through.
The disc finishes with an insane 17 trailers, none of which are Click.
The Bottom Line It's just barely an entertaining film, as it spends so much time bumming the audience out, but it's definitely an interesting one, as the concept is handled better than one might expect. It's closer to a chick flick than a Sandler film, as the moralizing is far from subtle and the sadness piles on in heaps, so tread carefully when approaching the DVD. An excellent audio and video presentation joins with a view extras to make this worthy of a purchase if you enjoy the film. A cross-promotion with a tissue company would have been nice though.
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