Click - Review

[DaForce]

Saw this one last night. I initially wasn't going to see it because the premise looked stupid, and Sandler hasn't really been making movies that I have wanted see for about the last 5 years now. What changed my mind? I read a review in the local paper that gave the movie a glowing review. The reviewer hates Sandler with the passion of a thousand suns, so to give the movie a great rating AND calling it the best movie of the year so far was quite a stretch for that reviewer.

Anyway, on to the review.... I liked this movie, a lot. It has comedy, sympathy, a few life lessons, and Christopher Walken doing what he does best. Very well done. It was definitely something that surprised me considering that I found it to be much more enjoyable than Superman Returns. Very strange.

Sandler doesn't do his wacky routine here, instead he plays more of the smart-ass wisecracker that we've seen before. Beckinsale does a great job as his wife, and Sean Astin...god, he almost steals a few of the 'brief' scenes he's in. But the man that does it all is Walken. He has a line in the movie about Lucky Charms and cornflakes that rivals the Toothfairy monologe he did in the "Rundown". Brilliant.


Rating: Full price ticket.

[snippy]

Yeah, CLICK was great. So funny, yet so full of emotion. One second you're tearing up, or crying (as more than a few people near me did), the next you're cracking up.

I might go see it again tomorrow.

[Bark]

Got to disagree. Worth a rental, but not a theater viewing.

I love the concept and most of the jokes. However, the toilet humor elements wasn't that funny, like when he farts in his bosses face. Also, the "future" section ran way too long. "Alright. Alright. You made bad choices with the clicker and now your life sucks. I get it already."

Bottom line: Some elements, one being very key, didn't play well. Marginal thumbs down.