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Click

Published Friday, June 23, 2006 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

The trailers for Adam Sandler's latest sophomoric comedy make it out to be his version of Bruce Almighty. And, well, it does have the same writing team behind the box-office hit that had Jim Carrey playing God. But Click? Well, ugh. Just...ugh. My theory is that Sandler either wants to relive his childhood or he has never grown up. The jokes are juvenile. One running bit has Sandler feuding with the neighbor's kid. Not the neighbor, but the neighbor's kid. It's as if Sandler doesn't know how to act with adults. Some would say he doesn't know how to act at all, but that's not the point here. Even the soundtrack is dominated by tunes from the 1970s and 1980s, songs from Sandler's youth. Click makes Nacho Libre look like a mature comedy. So what is the stunning Kate Beckinsale doing in this movie? Christopher Walken is funny in his own way, even if it almost seems this time that he's parodying himself. Outside of Beckinsale and Walken, though, it's just...well...ugh. I cannot recommend it. Not that that'll stop you suckers.

Sean's McMovie Review: Quick, cheap and tasty.

Related:
My colleague Jim's review.
The official movie site.