Movie: Click

When the credits began to roll on this movie, I thought, “It wasn’t TOO bad, I guess,” but the more I thought about it over the weekend, the more I didn’t like this movie at all. I normally like Adam Sandler movies (the only exception is “The Waterboy” which was just painful to watch). The problem I had with “Click” is that Adam Sandler’s character was really unlikeable in every way. I didn’t like the way the character spoke to his kids or his wife. I don’t care how stressed a person is about his life – you don’t talk to your kids that way unless you expect them to treat you like that when they are older (which, in fact, they did).

Now I know I’m not perfect – I know that there are times when I don’t speak effectively to my kids, or I get impatient with them and raise my voice. But I temper it with apologies when I realize what I’ve done, or explanations as to why I spoke in whatever way I regretted. So in that regard my kids always know WHY I say what I say, or raise the volume when speaking. The character in this movie for no reason would tell his kids to shut up (a phrase I HATE), or behave abhorently in front of them.

The whole plot of the movie was for this guy to realize what he’s missing in life by ignoring all the bad parts and only wishing to see the good, but this character had no good moments because he always messed them up by ignoring the bad parts.

I get the whole message of the movie. I know that the whole goal was to “teach” us that we take good with the bad. The problem was I think this movie would have been better served with a better script and a much more likeable character. Because Adam Sandler is as likeable as you get but even HE couldn’t make this movie worth watching or recommending.

1 oversized duck toy out of five – and only because the aging makeup on Adam Sandler was pretty good, and Christopher Walken always makes me laugh because he’s so frickin’ scary without even trying.