Whilst driving down to Eastbourne over the Christmas period, my wife suddenly noticed both our kids burst simultaneously into tears. Now my driving has sometimes caused a lot of upset but on this occasion, the cause of their outburst of emotion was a movie.
Click is an Adam Sandler movie from 2006 featuring a workaholic who spends too much time trying to get promoted and not enough with his family. He manages to track down a universal remote controller that he soon realises has the power to control his life. He can freeze the world around him, adjust the colour or volume. Most dangerously he can literally fast forward to skip the boring bits. Without giving too much away, this proves to be a fairly powerful feature.
We watched the movie last night to see what the fuss was about and why it caused so much emotion from our kids.
The film is firmly from the It's a Wonderful Life canon with bits of Back to the Future or Bruce Almighty thrown in. It has stayed with me but mainly because it is so close to being really good whilst at the same time being incredibly flawed.
I hated the slapstick and gross out comedy (fart joke truly disgusting) as it seemed so inappropriate in the context of the movie. It also featured loads of really bad language and sex jokes and I was surprised it got through as a 12. Also the make up despite getting nominated for an Oscar was rubbish. We know what Henry Winkler looked like at 30 and it was nothing like that!
However at the heart of this movie was a very moving tale of a guy who has forgotten what is important and needs to be reminded that life is a journey not a destination. There were strong performances from Christopher Walken and Adam Sandler whilst The Hoff was hilarious as the Boss. Kate Beckinsale was stonkingly georgeous as his wife (Pocahontas outfit anyone).
What I love about films is the power they have to touch you and I will remember this film for the heartstrings it tugged in a 13 year old girl a 9 year old boy and a cynical grumpy 48 year old bloke.
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