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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for language, crude and sex-related humor, and some drug references

Starring Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, David Hasselhoff, Henry Winkler, Julie Kavner, Sean Astin, and Jennifer Coolidge

When an overworked architect (Sandler) finds a universal remote that lets him control his universe, he feels a rush of power. But before he knows it, the remote is programming him, rather than the other way around. (Sony)

GENRE(S):	Comedy \| Drama \| Fantasy
WRITTEN BY:	Steve Koren Mark O'Keefe
DIRECTED BY:	Frank Coraci
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: October 10, 2006 Theatrical: June 23, 2006
RUNNING TIME:	98 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

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San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

One of the best American films of the year so far.

Chicago Reader J.R. Jones

This comic fantasy is the best vehicle he's (Sandler) ever had, a high-concept goof that gradually darkens into an emotional nightmare reminiscent of Capra.

Dallas Observer Luke Y. Thompson

Not everything jells, but Click is funnier and more elaborately clever than anything Sandler's done in years.

ReelViews James Berardinelli

There are times when the comedian falls back on his typical shtick, but the film doesn't shy away from the darkness inherent in this kind of story, and it has a heart.

Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman

Last week, the American Film Institute named "It's a Wonderful Life" the most inspiring movie in the history of the English language. The film was initially a flop, but it's now considered so perfect that nobody would dare remake it - under that title. Folks who see Click will have no trouble connecting the dots.

The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt

The movie is gag-filled, as you would expect of a Sandler movie, but the filmmakers realize they have hit upon an idea that is both clever and good, so they edge their comedy into some darker areas of human behavior.

Slate Dana Stevens

Click manages to sneak some surprisingly moving moments in between the gross-out gags and the schmaltzy resolutions.

Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy

An unsteady mishmash of snot-nosed humor and treacly Hollywood sentimentality.

Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach

The emotions seem genuine enough, even if Sandler is not a talented-enough actor to always pull them all off.

Boston Globe Ty Burr

If it doesn't quite represent the new, improved Adam Sandler, it shows him almost desperately trying to figure out who that might be.

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

A near-saving grace is Christopher Walken, perfectly cast as the creepy store clerk who gives Michael the magic remote, then follows him through life like a gleefully incompetent guardian angel.

Newsweek David Ansen

As a moral fable Click holds no surprises; as a Sandler comedy, it's unusually dark, occasionally touching and pretty funny.

Village Voice Michael Atkinson

De rigueur hypocritical as it may be coming from Hollywood, Click is a cultural critique, with the dull blade and impact of a battle-ax... But it's a farce about loss, and it doesn't flinch.

LA Weekly Scott Foundas

After an hour of predictably sophomoric antics involving foulmouthed kids, compulsively self-pleasuring canines and the rampant objectification of women, Click turns into a surrealist death dream in which Sandler's masochistic impulses flower onscreen as never before.

Empire Sam Toy

Another 'nice' Sandler comedy that works, thanks to some smart and genuinely moving ideas at its core.

Miami Herald Connie Ogle

A sporadically funny, always predictable, weirdly downbeat fantasy.

The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias

Charlie Kaufman could have made a great movie out of Click, a soupy existential comedy about a "universal remote" that lets a man magically rewind, fast-forward, and pause his life.

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

At times dark and at other times gooey.

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Rick Groen

The only effect is to produce that most commonplace of Hollywood paradoxes -- a mood simultaneously frantic and listless.

USA Today Claudia Puig

Despite its ultra-formulaic premise and juvenile sense of humor, there are a few laughs, and the movie's heart is generally in the right place, with the notable exception of racist characterizations of an Arab prince and Japanese businessmen.

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

An uneasy mix of frat-boy yocks and "Twilight Zone"-style science-fiction.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

It's not just sad, it's brutal. There's an undercurrent of cold, detached cruelty in the way Michael uses the magical device.

Film Threat Pete Vonder Haar

The problem with Sandler’s latest movies is that he now feels the need to inject some sort of dramatic conflict in order to complete his character’s shallow story arc of maturation/redemption. Introducing such mawkish sentimentality causes the humor level in his films, never that elevated to begin with, to sink like America’s credibility overseas.

Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir

I don't think any of it really hangs together as anything resembling drama, or that Michael is ever a remotely likable character, before or after his day of reckoning. But Adam Sandler didn't get where he is today by making movies for me and Roger Ebert to like.

Variety Justin Chang

Adam Sandler's recent low-key phase continues with this cleverly conceived but conspicuously unfunny comedy.

Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips

Aside from influences such as "A Christmas Carol" and "It's a Wonderful Life," Click is so much like the Jim Carrey vehicle "Bruce Almighty"--Steve Koren and Mark O'Keefe worked on both--the writers could sue themselves for plagiarism and then write a screenplay about it.

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

If the moral of Click is a stop-and-smell-the-roses bromide about how family comes first, the real message of this sappy, potty-mouthed seriocomedy is that a steady diet of Drakes and Hostesses will do you no good.

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Rarely have I wanted to fast-forward through a movie as much as Click, a treacly and not-funny-enough Adam Sandler comedy.

The New York Times Manohla Dargis

Following the lead tendered by the credited screenwriters, Steve Koren and Mark O'Keefe, the director Frank Coraci struggles to push the character toward the kind of age-appropriate complexity lost on Mr. Sandler, forgetting that his star only works when, as all those ponderous bosoms suggest, he's un-weaned.

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

Sandler is a post-Catskills goldmine of potential, he always has been, and when he's willing to break with tradition (a là Punch Drunk Love), he's downright revelatory. Not this time, though. This time he's just dying.

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

Can no one save the talented Sandler from himself? I hate this movie. Click. I hate this movie. Click. I hate this movie. Click.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold

It's an unimaginative, mean-spirited affair that makes you hate yourself for laughing at it, and it's so devoid of anything close to wit, subtlety or sophistication that it stands as damning evidence that Hollywood has surrendered wholesale to stupidity and crassness.

Premiere Nicole Schmuelien

Click is yet another uninspired Adam Sandler goof-fest with a long suffering leading lady, mildly bawdy gags--see Joe Schomo oogle female jogger--and a predictable ending.

Washington Post Stephen Hunter

A crass physical comedy of unrelenting irrelevance with a gag or two amid the many other examples of bad taste, extrapolating toward infinite on the theme of remote control reality.

Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

An abomination.

The average user rating for this movie is 7.2 (out of 10) based on 118 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Gerrick C. gave it a4:
There are certainly better comedies out there than Click. The movie in my opinion takes a long time to gain steam and get funny. I don't think this movie is fit for purchase, but it is suitable for a weekend rental.

ray s. gave it a1:
Trite, banal, predictable. Represents Hollywood moviemaking for the masses, if the masses are asses. Full of product placement also. Gotta make that money! Ka ching!

Nicholai R. gave it a9:
One of the best Sandler films I have seen in years. It did feel like the film was cut in to two parts, you could see where the film was going and how it would end but it was well put together and the effects in the later half of the film was stunning. Supporting cast put on a great show and this film could bring a tear to your eye if it wasn't Sandler.

Gino M. gave it a2:
This move was painful. I mean that in the purest sense...it was truly painful to watch a corny director parade Adam Sandler around in his fleeting loose-ended adaptation of It's A Wonderful Life.

Mathew H. gave it a2:
Uneven, juvenile, base, simple-minded. It's the perfect product aimed at the sweet succulent money paying midpoint on the bell curve of America. That's why this guy is box-office gold. It's like sloppin' the hogs. Just throw it out there and watch 'em feed.

Marianne gave it a2:
The premise was promising, however, the execution was dim-witted.

Jared B. gave it a9:
This was easily one of Adam Sandler's funniest movies. For an hour and fifteen minutes, I did nothing but laugh at this pitiful schlub. However, this movie could have done without it's overly sentimental finale. This movie proved one thing to me: David Hasselhoff CAN act after all. If you can sit through the last fifteen minutes without getting bored, I strongly recommend this otherwise hilarious movie

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