Click (2006) Critic Reviews
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Based upon 14 Critic Reviews- Highest Rated
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If it doesn't quite represent the new, improved Adam Sandler, it shows him almost desperately trying to figure out who that might be.Read the full review
It's not just sad, it's brutal. There's an undercurrent of cold, detached cruelty in the way Michael uses the magical device.Read the full review
At times dark and at other times gooey.Read the full review
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.Read the full review
Can no one save the talented Sandler from himself? I hate this movie. Click. I hate this movie. Click. I hate this movie. Click.Read the full review
One of the best American films of the year so far.Read the full review
Click manages to sneak some surprisingly moving moments in between the gross-out gags and the schmaltzy resolutions.Read the full review
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.Read the full review
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.Read the full review
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.Read the full review