3. Click (2006)

Starring: Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken
Director: Frank Coraci

An overworked father of two attempts to buy a universal controller for all the gadgets in his house. The gadget he purchases gives him the ability to skip through the DVD of his life, skipping boring conversations, muting his wife's annoying friend and getting to witness earlier chapters in his life. Whilst he initially loves the powers this gives him he soon discovers that it is actually a curse.

I got a bit of stick from Mr Laurence Pawley when it popped up on my Facebook profile that I'd just watched this on Netflix, but you know what? It isn't bad. Adam Sandler is an actor who I've never really been exposed to - I only watched my first Adam Sandler film (The Wedding Singer) two years ago and it was really good. Not good enough to make me go out and watch anything else by him as two years later this is now only the second Adam Sandler film that I've seen, but it was good. This is nowhere near as good but it was very watchable on a Sunday morning. Sandler plays Michael Newman, a decent guy who is trying to juggle a demanding boss, played by THE HOFF, a neglected wife (Kate Beckinsale) and two young kids.

The message in Click is very straight forward - live in the moment, put those you love ahead of work and never take them for granted. Michael works to earn the promotions to give him the money to make a better life for his family but in going on auto-pilot in his home life until he can achieve this he ends up losing those who he was working for in the first place. They very much load the comedy into the first two thirds of the films and then hit you with the heavier stuff towards the end. I thought that was well done and there were a couple of genuinely emotional moments as Michael tries to make amends with the family who he had frittered away.

Sandler and Beckinsale are good but the supporting cast get most of the laughs. Christopher Walken is great, how can you not love The Hoff and there's good cameos from the likes of Henry Winkler, The Simpsons' Julie Kavner, Sean Astin and Jennifer Coolidge. Worth a watch.