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Click

January 12, 2019
By MovieReviewer_18 ELITE, Short Hills, New Jersey
MovieReviewer_18 ELITE, Short Hills, New Jersey
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 Click is a movie revolving around a special remote control that has the ability to allow the users to have control over the entirre universe, including time. Michael Newman is a hard-working architect, who tries his best to give his family a lavish-life style that he would never have even been able to dream of as a kid. However, his two kids and wife feel that he isn't spending enough time with them. Michael feels that with every decision he makes, he is letting down at least one person, making him feel like he his being torn apart. After hearing about a universal remote control from his children, he tries to go to a store to buy one. This leads him to meet a mysterious inventor who claims to be the creator of the remote. After the man gives Michael the remote for free, the architect feels its too good to be true, but he eagerly takes it. Little does he know how powerful this one remote really is. As Michael Newman discovers the true extent of what the remote can do, he learns the true meaning of life and how much more he should value his family, but the problem is that it might cost him his entire life.
 Click proves to be a fantastic choice that is able to be both great as comedy and drama, since it is both hilarious and emotional. The beginning of the movie brilliantly sets the stage for the rest of the film, allowing the movie to have greater success down the road. The middle of the movie does a marvelous job of progressing the movie along and presenting new, creative conflicts that help to make the movie substantially more interesting. The enticing ending of the movie is able to conclude the entire movie in an actually clever way that is able to build upon everything else the movie was trying to accomplish. The actual conclusion of the movie is an exhilirating one and is really entertaining to watch, since the movie ends everything astonishingly so. There are shocking twists and turns throughout the movie, and they really help aid in understanding Michael Newman better as a person as well as the rest of his family. 

 Click does a superb job of balancing the tone of the film. There are some parts that are light and fun, others are actually dark and grim, but because the movie is able to balance this, the movie is able to be both serious and comical, while also being able to share its message. The movie is able to elucidate realistic, applicable themes, including how much more important family is over work and how people should work to live, not live to work, in a truly engaging manner that showcases the consequences if one doesn't realize the power of not valuing those who care about them most. The film has some truly great jokes that are dispersed throughout the dialogue in a way that makes it feel like they always come at the perfect moemntss. There's also some much-needed, powerful quotes that are also delicately placed throughout the movie to ensure that the characters don't directly state their roles, but they also help to make most of the characters serve a much bigger purpose. 

 Click benefits greatly from actually being a crazy concept that is just able to work. The ability to use a universal remote to control whatever you want is awesome, and the fact that these actions can have consequences allows the film to put so much more emphasis on the power of making the right decision. Most people think about what would happen if they could be able to fix some of their mistakes to better their future, but this movie helps to showcase that those types of goals are actually extremely difficult to accomplish. Secondly, the movie is able to reek in benefits from having a talented cast. Adam Sandler does do an amazing job of playing Michael Newman, and when he gets upset, it's difficult for viewers to not feel for him. In fact, he is one of the major reasons why the movie is able to become so emotionally rich and make audiences feel an entire spectrum of emotions. He is truly able to emphasize the amusing portions of the film, but he really shines when the movie gets depressing, since his relatable character is able to grab watchers' hearts. 

 Although Click seems to do a magnificent job of balancing being goofy and having many similar qualities to futuristic science-fiction concepts, critics strangely didn't seem to be all that thrilled with the movie. Rotten Tomatoes gave the movie an incredibly low 33%, and IMDb only gave the movie a 6.4/10, which isn't as bad as it sounds but still isn't that terrific of a mark. However, a solid 84% of Google users liked the movie, helping to justify that viewers still were able to find contentment, regardless of what critics felt. Even though critics didn't seem to find that much satisfaction with the movie, they are known to be generally harsher with comedies, so their opinions, in this instance, shouldn't be valued as highly. 

 Click is absolutely a must see for just about anyone and everyone, since it does a fabulous job of making audiences fall in love with an emotional story that manages to be adventurous, action-packed, realistic, sad, funny, and really captures all of the crazy events that can happen in one's life and the importance of cherishing the moments that really count. This is one to click "yes" to. 


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