Click (2006 film)
{{short description|2006 film by Frank Coraci}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Click
| image = Click film.jpg
| alt = Adam Sandler holding a blue remote control. The film's tagline appears above him, with its title, release date, and production logos below.
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Frank Coraci
| writer = {{Plainlist|
}}
| producer = {{Plainlist|
- Adam Sandler
- Jack Giarraputo
- Neal H. Moritz
- Steve Koren
- Mark O'Keefe
}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
- Adam Sandler
- Kate Beckinsale
- Christopher Walken
- Henry Winkler
- David Hasselhoff
- Julie Kavner
- Sean Astin
}}
| cinematography = Dean Semler
| editing = Jeff Gourson
| music = Rupert Gregson-Williams
| studio = {{Plainlist|
- Columbia Pictures{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/63747-CLICK |title=Click (2006)|work=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|access-date=June 4, 2019}}
- Revolution Studios
- Happy Madison Productions{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/v334171|title=Click (2006) - Frank Coraci|work=AllMovie|access-date=February 23, 2020}}
- Original Film
}}
| distributor = Sony Pictures Releasing
| released = {{Film date|2006|6|23}}
| runtime = 107 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
Click is a 2006 American comedy drama film{{cite web|url=https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/click |title=CLICK {{!}} Sony Pictures Entertainment|website=Sony Pictures|access-date=April 15, 2025}} directed by Frank Coraci, written by Steve Koren and Mark O'Keefe, both of whom produced with Jack Giarraputo, Neal H. Moritz, and Adam Sandler, who also starred in the lead role. The film co-stars Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, Henry Winkler, David Hasselhoff, Julie Kavner, and Sean Astin. The film is based on "The Magic Thread", a folk tale included in The Book of Virtues. Sandler plays Michael Newman, a workaholic family man who acquires a magical universal remote that enables him to control reality. Kate Beckinsale stars as his wife Donna and Christopher Walken as Morty, the eccentric stranger who gives Michael the remote.
Filming began in late 2005 and was finished by early 2006. Sony Pictures Releasing, under Columbia Pictures, released Click in the United States on June 23, 2006 and received mixed reviews. It was made on a budget of $82.5{{nbsp}}million and grossed $240.7{{nbsp}}million. It was nominated for Best Makeup at the 79th Academy Awards (it lost the award to Pan's Labyrinth). This makes Click the only Sandler-produced film (as of 2025) to be nominated for an Academy Award.
Plot
In 2006, architect Michael Newman is consistently taken advantage of by his overbearing boss, John Ammer, and often prioritizes work over his wife Donna and their children Ben and Samantha. One night, unable to keep track of multiple remote controls, he visits Bed Bath & Beyond to buy a universal remote and stumbles around various departments before falling asleep on a display bed. Upon waking up, he enters the "Beyond" door and accepts a free remote control from a man named Morty, who warns him that the remote cannot be returned.
Michael discovers that the remote cannot just be used to control electronics, but it can also control the universe. He uses it at work to cause light-hearted mischief and skip past minor inconveniences such as illnesses and arguments. Morty tells him that during these times, his body is on "auto-pilot", going through the motions of everyday life while his mind skips ahead.
Anticipating that Ammer will promote him, Michael spends lavishly on himself and his family, only for Ammer to reveal that he will have to wait several months. Feeling like he has disappointed his family, he uses the remote to skip ahead to the promotion but misses out on an entire year of his life as result. In 2007, he learns that he is in marriage counseling with Donna, and the family dog, Sundance, has died. The remote, having learned Michael's preferences, begins to time-skip automatically, and every time Michael tries to destroy or throw it away, it always reappears.
Michael tries to prevent the remote from skipping ahead by avoiding many of his daily routines. However, when Ammer suggests that Michael may one day become the CEO, he says he would like that to happen. This causes the remote to fast-forward ten years to the future. In 2017, he is now the wealthy but morbidly obese CEO of the company, his children are moody teenagers, and Donna has divorced him and is now dating Ben's childhood swim coach, Bill. When Michael attacks Bill out of anger, he knocks his head and loses consciousness. The remote then fast-forwards six more years to evade other follow-up injuries. In 2023, Donna recounts that Michael was diagnosed with cancer and suffered a heart attack during chemotherapy but has recovered and recently had liposuction, and she is now married to Bill.
Michael learns from a full-grown Ben that Michael's father, Ted, died of old age in 2021. He uses the remote to see the last time they saw each other, learning that he coldly refused to spend time with him, devastating him. At Ted's grave, Morty reveals he is the Angel of Death, enraging Michael. Overcome with guilt and shame, he asks to go to a "good place", whereupon the remote fast-forwards to Ben's wedding in 2029. Michael suffers another heart attack after overhearing Samantha refer to Bill as her father. At the hospital, Ben reveals he postponed his honeymoon due to work. Realizing that Ben is making the same mistakes he made, Michael gathers the last of his strength to follow him out of the hospital. After collapsing in the parking lot, he urges Ben to put his family first, and assures his family that he still loves them before dying.
Michael reawakens in 2006 at Bed Bath & Beyond, thinking that everything he experienced was just a dream. With a newfound appreciation of his life, he visits his parents and tells them how much he loves them, then goes home and reassures Donna, Ben, and Samantha that he will spend more time with them. Later, he discovers the remote on his kitchen counter, accompanied by a note from Morty. He realizes that his experience was not a dream, but a warning. Morty says he knows Michael will do the right thing this time. Michael then disposes of the remote in the trash bin and this time, it does not reappear. He happily goes to enjoy the company of his family.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Adam Sandler as Michael Newman
- Emilio Cast as 10-year-old Michael Newman
- Kate Beckinsale as Donna Newman, Michael's wife
- Christopher Walken as Morty, the Angel of Death
- Henry Winkler as Ted Newman, Michael's father
- David Hasselhoff as John Ammer, Michael's overbearing boss
- Julie Kavner as Trudy Newman, Michael's mother
- Jennifer Coolidge as Janine, Donna's neurotic best friend, whom Michael detests
- Sean Astin as Bill, Ben's swimming coach and Donna's second husband in the alternate timeline
- Joseph Castanon as Ben Newman, Michael's 7-to-8-year-old son
- Jonah Hill as 18-year-old Ben
- Jake Hoffman as 24-to-30-year-old Ben
- Danielle Tatum McCann as Samantha Newman, Michael's 5-to-6-year-old daughter
- Lorraine Nicholson as 16-year-old Samantha
- Katie Cassidy as 28-year-old Samantha
- Sophie Monk as Stacey
- Rachel Dratch as Alice/Alan (in the alternate timeline a year later), Michael's assistant
- Cameron Monaghan as Kevin O'Doyle, Michael's obnoxious 10-year-old next-door neighbor
- Sally Insul as Aunt Peggy
- Michelle Lombardo as Linda
- Jana Kramer as Julie, adult Ben's wife-to-be
- Nick Swardson as a Bed, Bath & Beyond Guy
- Frank Coraci as a Male Nurse
- Rob Schneider as Prince Habeeboo (uncredited)
- James Earl Jones as himself / Narrator (voice only, uncredited){{cite book| title=Screen World Volume 58: The Films of 2006 |year= 2010| first1=John| last1=Willis|first2= Barry, eds.| last2= Monush | publisher=Applause Theatre & Cinema Books | isbn=978-1557837295 |page= [https://books.google.com/books?id=uxunSeshPngC&pg=PA74&q=%22james%20earl%20jones%22%20click%20%22screen%20world%22 74]}}
- Terry Crews as Man singing in car (uncredited)
- Dolores O'Riordan as Singer{{cite web|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/dolores-oriordan-makes-silver-screen-debut-2864504|title=Dolores O'Riordan makes silver screen debut|date=15 May 2006|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200427181853/https://www.hotpress.com/music/dolores-oriordan-makes-silver-screen-debut-2864504|archive-date=April 27, 2020|access-date=27 April 2020}}
- Iryna Blokhina as Jogger
}}
Production
On July 23, 2003, Sony Pictures purchased Steve Koren and Mark O'Keefe's spec script Click for $1.75 million, with plans for it to be an Adam Sandler film produced by Revolution Studios, Columbia Pictures, and Neal H. Moritz's company Original Film; the purchase occurred as Bruce Almighty (2003), also written by Koren and O'Keefe, had grossed $236 million domestically in its two-month run.{{cite web|last1=McNary|first1=Dave|last2=Bing|first2=Jonathan|date=July 23, 2003|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/news/sony-picks-pricey-click-1117889818/|title=Sony picks pricey 'Click'|work=Variety|access-date=March 25, 2020}} Click was the second comedy Moritz produced for Columbia, after Not Another Teen Movie (2001).{{cite web|last=LaPorte|first=Nicole|date=December 7, 2003|url=https://variety.com/2003/scene/markets-festivals/pic-s-a-click-for-col-revolution-1117896731/|title=Pic's a 'Click' for Col, Revolution|work=Variety|access-date=March 25, 2020}} Although Sony planned filming to begin in April 2004 after Sandler finished shooting Spanglish (2004), that was postponed for Koren and O'Keefe to rewrite the script under the supervision of Juan José Campanella, who was announced as director in May 2004.{{cite web|last1=LaPorte|first1=Nicole|last2=McNary|first2=Dave|date=May 12, 2004|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/markets-festivals/trio-click-on-script-shift-1117904810/|title=Trio 'Click' on script shift|work=Variety|access-date=March 25, 2020}} However, he was replaced by Frank Coraci, who directed the Sandler films The Wedding Singer (1998) and The Waterboy (1998), in March 2005.{{cite web|last1=LaPorte|first1=Nicole|last2=McNary|first2=Dave|date=March 17, 2005|url=https://variety.com/2005/film/markets-festivals/coraci-s-new-click-pick-1117919743/|title=Coraci's new 'Click' pick|work=Variety|access-date=March 25, 2020}} Executive producer Tim Herlihy also revised the script. Christopher Walken joined the cast on February 23, 2005.{{cite web|last1=LaPorte|first1=Nicole|last2=McNary|first2=Dave|date=February 23, 2005|url=https://variety.com/2005/film/markets-festivals/walken-fast-forwards-to-click-pic-1117918438/|title=Walken fast-forwards to 'Click' pic|work=Variety|access-date=March 25, 2020}}
Imageworks began working on the film's digital effects in January 2006 without any research and development.{{cite web|last=Travers|first=Pete|date=June 23, 2006|url=https://www.awn.com/vfxworld/click-diary-vfx-freeze-fast-forward-rewind|title='Click' Diary: VFX in Freeze, Fast Forward & Rewind|website=Animation World Network|access-date=March 23, 2020}} While most of the effects were shot compositings, three-dimensional graphics were also made for the display on the remote and matte painting a few settings, such as the Bed and Beyond warehouse, a city background at Michael's workplace, and the winter backyard at his home; programs such as Cinema 4D and Autodesk Maya were used to produce the graphics. In order to make the fast-forwarding and rewinding look DVD-like, effects of interlaced video and scan lines "slicing through" were added. Motion control photography and green screen effects were used for scenes where Michael looked back on his life with the remote, meaning that were occasionally two Michaels in the same shot; while rotoscoping was used for the sequence where he changes the color of his face with the remote.
For scenes where Michael pauses his surroundings, the effects crew originally planned for everything to be frozen, including the environment; however, they found out this "bothered" the eye, thus switching the plan to only the characters being frozen while the environment (such as leaves on the trees being blown by wind) keeps in motion. The primary challenge for the freeze shots was sharpening the frozen characters as much as possible; there were some cases where the characters would freeze in a very active moment, causing the effects team to have to work with the motion blur that resulted from it. For instances where characters were frozen in a moment where they were still, they were filmed staying in that position for seconds so that, during post-production, the average of multiple frames would create a result absent of film grain.
Release and promotion
Click{{'}}s official website debuted in late December 2005, consisting only of the film's official trailer; C.S. Strowbridge of The Numbers called the trailer "better than I expected. It seems like Adam Sandler is serious about maturing as an actor."{{cite web|last=Strowbridge|first=C.S.|date=December 29, 2005|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/news/192190830-Movie-Website-Updates-for-December-23-December-29|title=Movie Website Updates for December 23 – December 29|website=The Numbers|access-date=March 27, 2020}} Other interactive features and pages were added later on, such as a plot summary, image gallery, information about the cast and crew, audio and video clips, and a Control Your Universe poster generator.{{cite web|last=Strowbridge|first=C.S.|date=April 13, 2006|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/news/181020830-Movie-Website-Updates-for-April-7-April-13|title=Movie Website Updates for April 7 – April 13|website=The Numbers|access-date=March 27, 2020}}{{cite web|last=Strowbridge|first=C.S.|date=May 12, 2006|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/news/181540830-Movie-Website-Updates-for-May-6-May-12|title=Movie Website Updates for May 6 – May 12|website=The Numbers|access-date=March 27, 2020}}
The film screened out of competition at the San Sebastian International Film Festival. The film was released in the United States on June 23, 2006, and made its UK premiere in a London Empire Cinema on September 28, 2006.{{cite web|last=Green|first=Willow|date=September 28, 2006|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/click-premieres-london/|title=Click Premieres In London|work=Empire|access-date=March 25, 2020}}
=Home media=
Click was released on DVD, Blu-ray, and UMD{{Cite web|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Click-Blu-ray/141/|title = Click Blu-ray}} on October 10, 2006 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. It was the first dual layer Blu-ray disc released by Sony.{{cite web |date=October 21, 2006 |author=John Sinnott |title=Click |url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/24564 |website=DVDTalk.com }}
{{cite web |date=October 10, 2006 |last=Bracke |first=Peter M. |title=Click: Blu-ray Disc review |url=http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/click.html |access-date=April 1, 2021 }}
Reception
=Box office=
==Domestic==
Before Click{{'}}s theatrical run, Strowbridge predicted, on the basis of a weak critical reception and the commercial failure of a similar dramedy attempt of Sandler's, Spanglish, Click would be one of his lesser hits;{{cite web|last=Strowbridge|first=C.S.|date=June 22, 2006|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/news/182240830-Changing-Channels|title=Changing Channels|website=The Numbers|access-date=March 27, 2020}} however, he suggested it could still gross up to $125 million due to its mixture of comedy and drama elements.{{cite web|last=Strowbridge|first=C.S.|date=June 1, 2006|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/news/181870830-2006-Preview-June|title=2006 Preview: June|website=The Numbers|access-date=March 27, 2020}} The weekend before the film's release, Nikki Finke projected an opening weekend gross of $40 million due to similarly high numbers of prior Sony-produced Sandler comedies such as 50 First Dates (2004), Mr. Deeds (2002), and Anger Management (2003).{{cite web|author-link=Nikki Finke|last=Finke|first=Nikki|date=June 15, 2006|url=https://deadline.com/2006/06/latest-summer-movie-tracking-pirates-2-biggest-opening-ever-superman-not-at-x-men-levels-click-looking-strong-361/|title=Latest Summer Movie Tracking: Pirates 2 Biggest Opening Ever; Superman Not At X-Men 3 Levels; Click Looking Strong|work=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=March 26, 2020}} The day before the film's theatrical start, Entertainment Weekly{{'}}s Joshua Rich projected Click to have a $55 million opening weekend and a total overall gross of $210 million for its "broadly appealing" high concept and the inclusion of Adam Sandler and Kate Beckinsale in lead roles.{{cite magazine|last=Rich|first=Joshua|date=June 23, 2006|url=https://ew.com/article/2006/06/23/adam-sandlers-latest-will-click-moviegoers/|title=Adam Sandler's latest will Click with moviegoers|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=March 25, 2020}}
Domestically, Click opened in 3,749 theaters and debuted at number-one at the box office, grossing $14.5 million on its opening day and $40 million in its opening weekend; Sony distributed the film in a hugely successful year as it was their seventh number-one hit of 2006.{{cite web|last=Finke|first=Nikki|date=June 24, 2006|url=https://deadline.com/2006/06/sandlers-an-audience-wrangler-adam-beats-back-jack-click-opens-no-1-with-15-million-indian-mob-attacks-da-vinci-multiplex-396/|title=America Loves Adam! Click Opens No. 1; 5th Sandler $40 Mil+ Opening Weekend; Da Vinci Code Hits $700 Mil Worldwide; Indian Mob Ransacks Da Vinci Multiplex|work=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=March 26, 2020}} Groups of viewers outside the young male demographic were also higher than previous Sandler films;{{cite web|last=Strowbridge|first=C.S.|date=June 26, 2006|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/news/182310830-Click-Clicks-with-Moviegoers|title=Click Clicks with Moviegoers|website=The Numbers|access-date=March 27, 2020}} Sony's exit polls showed 51% of attendees being female and 50% over the age of 25. Click was also one of the only three films to surpass a $10,000 theater average that weekend with $10,673; the other two were Wassup Rockers and Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man, both of which played at one theater.{{cite web|last=Strowbridge|first=C.S.|date=June 27, 2006|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/news/182320830-Per-Theatre-Charts-Wassup-Ends-Up-on-top-of-the-Charts|title=Per Theatre Charts – Wassup Ends Up on top of the Charts|website=The Numbers|access-date=March 27, 2020}}
Strowbridge predicted that in its second weekend, Click would fall 50% and gross $20 million due to intense competition with Superman Returns.{{cite web|last=Strowbridge|first=C.S.|date=June 28, 2006|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/news/182350830-Super-Start-to-July-4th-Long-Weekend|title=Super Start to July 4th Long Weekend|website=The Numbers|access-date=March 27, 2020}} However, while Click grossed approximately that amount and got dethroned by the superhero film as expected by analysts, what wasn't anticipated was that The Devil Wears Prada would open with double the gross initially projected; as a result, The Devil Wears Prada made $27.5 million in three days and placed Click in the number-three spot.{{cite web|last=Strowbridge|first=C.S.|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/news/182450830-Return-is-not-so-Super|title=Return is not so Super|date=July 5, 2006|website=The Numbers|access-date=March 27, 2020}}
During its third weekend, when the record-breaking Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest debuted, Click had the second-strongest hold of all competitors in the top five; it dropped only 40% from the prior weekend, while Pixar's Cars went down 38%, The Devil Wears Prada 47%, and Superman Returns 60%; Click also surpassed the $100 million mark that weekend, making it the seventh Sandler film to gross that amount.{{cite web |last=Finke |first=Nikki | date=July 7, 2006 |url=https://deadline.com/2006/07/pirates-2-already-stealing-all-time-no-1-movie-opening-title-425/ |title=GO, JOHNNY, GO! Pirates 2 Smashes All Records! Hollywood Astounded! Biggest Opening Weekend in History at $133 Mil. Biggest One-Day Gross. Beats #1 Spidey. |work=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=March 26, 2020}} It later grossed $137.4 million in the United States and $100.3 million internationally, with a total gross of $240.7 million worldwide.{{cite web |title=Click |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=click.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=2021-01-01}}
==International==
Click opened on June 30, 2006, in Australia and New Zealand to the number-one spot in both countries; in Australia, it made $2.97 million from 281 theaters, in New Zealand $853,000 from 48.{{cite web|last=Strowbridge|first=C.S.|date=March 27, 2020|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/news/182410830-International-Details-Scaring-Up-some-Business|title=International Details – Scaring Up some Business|website=The Numbers|access-date=March 27, 2020}} The following week, it went down 34% making $1.98 million in Australia while opening to six screens in Ireland with $59,000.{{cite web|last=Strowbridge|first=C.S.|date=July 9, 2006|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/news/182550830-International-Details-Da-Vinci-Sinks-Poseidon|title=International Details – Da Vinci Sinks Poseidon|website=The Numbers|access-date=March 27, 2020}} By the fourth week of its international run, Click had grossed a total of $10.87 million and was running in four countries, $9.51 million of the total gross being from Australia.{{cite web|last=Strowbridge|first=C.S.|url=https://the-numbers.com/news/182770830-International-Details-Peninsula-at-Pinnacle|title=International Details – Peninsula at Pinnacle|website=The Numbers|access-date=March 27, 2020}} On the weekend of August 28, 2006, Click had a strong number-one debut in Mexico, grossing $1.76 million from 418 theaters, which helped launch the film into the international top ten, specifically number seven; it grossed $4.26 million from 1,159 screens in 22 nations, bringing the international total to $25.71 million.{{cite web|last=Strowbridge|first=C.S.|date=August 28, 2006|url=https://the-numbers.com/news/183400830-International-Details-House-hasn-t-become-a-Monster-Hit|title=International Details – House hasn't become a Monster Hit|website=The Numbers|access-date=March 27, 2020}} It went down to number nine the following weekend, grossing $3.47 million from 1,104 screens in 27 countries and increasing the total gross to $31.12 million.{{cite web|last=Strowbridge|first=C.S.|date=September 3, 2006|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/news/183530830-You-Me-Dupree-and-the-International-Details|title=You, Me, Dupree, and the International Details|website=The Numbers|access-date=March 27, 2020}}
=Critical reception=
Rotten Tomatoes gave Click a score of 34% based on 174 reviews. The average score is a 4.78/10, and the consensus is: "This latest Adam Sandler vehicle borrows shamelessly from It's a Wonderful Life and Back to the Future, and fails to produce the necessary laughs that would forgive such imitation."[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/click Click Movie Reviews, Pictures]. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 11, 2020. Metacritic gave it a score of 45 out of 100, based on 35 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average" reviews.{{cite web |title=Click |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/click |website=Metacritic |access-date=2020-05-04 }} Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.{{cite magazine |date=2006 |title=Click controlled the box office, taking No. 1 with $40 million |url=https://ew.com/article/2006/06/23/click-controlled-box-office-taking-no-1-40-million/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |quote= solid-but-unspectacular B+ CinemaScore }}{{cite web |author1=Brandon Gray |title=Sandler Controls Box Office Again |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed3547857924/ |website=Box Office Mojo |date=June 26, 2006 |quote=According to Sony's exit polling, 51 percent of the audience was female, while 50 percent was under 25 years old. Moviegoers rated Click a "B+" in pollster CinemaScore's research.}} Peter Bradshaw opined Click was an improvement over the previous Sandler flick Mr. Deeds (2002): "It has some moments of good-natured sweetness and Adam Sandler is improving as a comic performer, though he is still conceited and opaque."{{cite web |author-link=Peter Bradshaw|last=Bradshaw|first=Peter|date=September 29, 2006|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/sep/29/comedy|title=Click|work=The Guardian|access-date=March 21, 2020}}
The film was criticized for its gross-out humor{{cite web|last=Joshi|first=Namrata|date=September 18, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430072957/http://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/click/232561|archive-date=April 30, 2019|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/click/232561|title=Click|work=Outlook|access-date=March 21, 2020}}{{cite web|last=Arendt|first=Paul|date=September 28, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061103121228/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2006/08/29/click_2006_review.shtml|archive-date=November 3, 2006|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2006/08/29/click_2006_review.shtml|title=Click (2006)|work=BBC|access-date=March 21, 2020}}{{cite web|author-link=Philip French|last=French|first=Philip|date=September 30, 2006|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/oct/01/comedy.sciencefictionandfantasy|title=Click|work=The Observer|access-date=March 21, 2020}} and unlikeable protagonist. Entertainment Weekly critic Lisa Schwarzbaum wrote Click failed at being It's a Wonderful Life because "Michael earns none of George Bailey’s mature wisdom honestly."{{cite magazine|last=Schwarzbaum |first=Lisa|date=July 5, 2006 |url=https://ew.com/article/2006/07/05/click-2/|title=Click|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=March 25, 2020}}
When it came to positive reviews, Newsweek claimed Click was predictable as a moral story but "unusually dark, occasionally touching and pretty funny" for a Sandler comedy.{{cite web|last=Ansen|first=David|date=July 2, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216220551/http://www.newsweek.com/snap-judgement-movies-112659|archive-date=February 16, 2018|url=http://www.newsweek.com/snap-judgement-movies-112659|title=Snap Judgement: Movies|work=Newsweek|access-date=March 21, 2020}} Empire{{'}}s Sam Toy enjoyed the film for its "smart and genuinely moving ideas," Beckinsale's performance, and a strong third act, although dismissed the script for being overstuffed, the first half of the film for Sandler being too restrained in his everyman role, and actors such as Coolidge, Hasselhoff and Walken for being put in small roles.{{cite web|last=Toy|first=Sam|date=August 25, 2006|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/click-review/|title=Click Review|work=Empire|access-date=March 25, 2020}}
=Accolades=
- 79th Academy Awards: Best Makeup (Nominated){{cite web|last=Ellwood|first=Gregory|date=February 13, 2007|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/awards/oscar-nominee-for-makeup-click-1117959415/|title=Oscar nominee for makeup: Click|work=Variety|access-date=March 23, 2020}}
- 33rd People's Choice Awards: Favorite Movie Comedy (Won)
- 2006 Teen Choice Awards: Choice Movie – Comedy (Nominated)
- 2007 Kids' Choice Awards: Favorite Movie (Nominated)
- 2007 Kids' Choice Awards: Favorite Movie Actor (Won)
- The Numbers: Weekly Website Award (Won)
- Variety: Adam Sandler's 10 Worst Movies Ever (Unranked list){{cite web|url=https://variety.com/gallery/adam-sandlers-10-worst-movies-ever/click-3/|title=Adam Sandler's 10 Worst Movies Ever|work=Variety|date=May 23, 2014|access-date=March 23, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/adam-sandler-movies.html|title=Best Adam Sandler Movies: Top 25 Ranked|access-date=July 15, 2023}}
References
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External links
{{Wikiquote}}
- {{Official website|http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/click}}
- {{IMDb title|0389860|Click}}
- {{Mojo title|click|Click}}
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{{Frank Coraci}}
{{Happy Madison Productions}}
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Category:Films produced by Neal H. Moritz
Category:Films scored by Rupert Gregson-Williams
Category:Films set in New Hampshire
Category:Films set in New York City
Category:Films set in the future
Category:Films set in the 1960s
Category:Films set in the 1970s
Category:Films set in the 1980s
Category:Films set in the 1990s
Category:Films set in the 2000s
Category:Films set in the 2010s
Category:Films set in the 2020s
Category:Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award–winning films
Category:Happy Madison Productions films
Category:Revolution Studios films