Click

I never thought I would say this, but Click is a really good movie.

Adam Sandler has never been one of my favourite actors, and probably never will be, but Click, a comedy-cum-drama, is probably one of his best projects ever. Worthy to receive mention and recognition.

Click tells the story of Michael Newman (Sandler) who is dying to get a promotion to senior partner at his company, though his boss Mr Ammer (David Hasselhoff) won't give him the time of day.

Back home, he has a wife Donna (Kate Beckinsale) and his two children Benjamin (Joseph Castanon) and Samantha (Tatum McCann), plus a dog Sundance, with an unusual fetish for the stuffed duck.

He is almost always busy, having no time whatsoever to spend with his family and his own parents (Henry Winkler and Julie Kavner). Coupled with all the unnecessary rigmaroles he has to face each day, Michael decides to get a remote. Not just any remote, but a universal remote. One that would take control his entire life.

With this remote, he is able to fast forward through the happenings he thinks are pointless, so that he can get on with his work and quickly get his promotion. But more often than not, he finds himself fast forwarding too much, pausing too much, and even doing too much of rewinding that he does not realise the things he is missing. The ones that really matter most.

Before he knows it, age has caught up with him. And everything else that comes with it. You can say life has just flown by so quickly for him. But there's a little surprise in the end, something that really caught me off guard. Big time.

The moral of the story is, life is not a drama series. It is even farther from watching a DVD, pausing and playing, even fast forwarding when you feel like skipping something. This movie reinforces the fact the life can just whiz by and you don't even know it. We have to understand the life is both made up of the fond memories and also the bad things we wished never had to happen.

Sandler perfectly epitomised the typical workaholic who never had time for his family. He was center stage most of the time, although Christopher Walken's Morty walked him through a big part of his life. But as always, there was no lack of humour. It takes a lot of guts for a guy like Sandler to make a fool of himself for our viewing pleasure.

The rest of the characters could have been, perhaps, accentuated a bit more. But generally, writers Steve Koren and Mark O'Keefe, through their own experiences, captured the classic scenario, and even added a few extra touches for a bittersweet production.

One good watch for the family, aside from the little tinge of sleaziness that is always a feature in Adam Sandler movies. What would an Adam Sandler movie be if that was left out? But be warned, Click is not in the same league as Anger Management, 50 First Dates, The Waterboy or The Wedding Singer.

So, be ready for a tearsome experience. Perhaps, it could be your long overdue wake-up call. Hey, it is your life. You live the life you choose, remember?