Click" may look like a comedy and sound like a comedy. But this movie more than just a comedy.
The first half of the movie is about the fantasy about a suburban guy with a magic remote control and gone into darker and darker territory. It touches on areas of genuine unease for many men. And the premise is pure: What if you had a remote that actually controlled the universe?
Michael, an architect living in the suburbs finds it hard to balance between his duties as a husband to Donna, a father to little Ben and Samantha, and a grovelling minion to his boss. Due to his long hours at work in order to become a partner in the architecture firm owned by his boss, his family life begins to suffer. His work had him had to choose to spend time between family and work. This had made Michael treated his life as annoying chores
-everything from sex, attending the kid's swim meets, spending time with them and holidays becomes a great burden. Then one night, his remote control for his television set went off service. Michael heads to the mall to find a universal remote control. He's tired of classifying each of them.
Michael then discovers the universal remote control he got is really a “universal” remote control which controls everything. He can fast-forward his dog through its nightly poop, mute his wife's neurotic friend and skip daily chores. However, he starts chapter-forwarding through parts of his life, leaping past family time to get to the pay off of job promotion, and soon the remote control becomes self functioning and had Michael passed all his time with his family. He had gained what he want, but losses his wife and his family.
The front half has all the gags, from Michael's petty revenges against the obnoxious kid next door to his boss.
However, come to think of it after the laugh; some of the humours associated with the remote control have a bad attitude. I mean, forwarding your wife who is making a complaint is not the way to solve the problem. Or making someone speaks in different languages i.e. Japanese or Latino, and then laugh at them seems quite racist.
However, what this movie really worth to watch is the conclusion: Life is not mean to be rushed through for money or promotions. We need to value the things that are important in our life such as our family and this means spending quality time with them. This is the lesson that Michael learns by the end of the movie, and needless to say he gets a second chance to change his life. I would say this movie combined the movie BACK TO THE FUTURE with A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
And another one inspired casting is his boss, played by David Hasslehoff. I think all of us would have the urge to punch him out. Don't get me wrong. I mean he successfully acted a **** boss.
This movie also teaches us the important to allocating time to our tasks to be done, how to be multitasking without losing our mind, how to be present as a good parent.
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I look forward to reading this review soon (and checking out the video).
Thanks for all the hard work, Chen Sin!
Yes, this is a serious review, Chen Sin. Through your description you do a good job of helping me become interested in watching the film. You seem to describe the plot well, you analyze aspects of the story and you offer insights at the end of how Click compares with other films.
Occasionally I wonder if all the phrases/sentences are your own or if you found some info -- for instance, the phrase "and a grovelling minion to his boss" -- in an outside source (for which you would have to give a reference).
But overall, this is an engaging effort. Thank you!
hi hi chen sin, the videos you put here are so funny, how did u add them in?
Hi chen sin, I have the same feelings after watching the movie. I completely agreed with you that skipping the bad part of your life will not change the ending. And Even though you get what you want in the end, you had missed the pleasure of doing it.
Amazing how a movie can change the way you think of your own life at times!
there is a old saying, when you gain something, you losing something in the meanwhile. although he skip a lot difficult moments, he also lose his life experiences.
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