"What if you could skip the bad parts of life... and ended up missing all the good stuff, too?"   

This week, we're breaking down Adam Sandler's surprisingly emotional time-skip comedy Click — the only Happy Madison movie ever nominated for an Oscar (yeah, really). What starts as a slapstick comedy turns into a full-blown existential crisis. Fart jokes, slow-motion slaps, and a hospital parking lot that emotionally destroyed a generation.  

🧠 The Breakdown 

•   Quick facts: Director Frank Coraci, $240M box office, 2006 release 

•   Sandler leads an ensemble with Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, Henry Winkler, and surprise Hollywood legacies 

•   Plot: Overworked dad finds a remote that lets him control reality… until it starts skipping without his permission         

🎯 Themes & Analysis   

•   Time, regret, presence, and the danger of autopilot   

•   The emotional gut punch no one saw coming   

•   Is this secretly a horror movie about losing your life in fast-forward?        

🎬 Behind the Scenes & Fun Facts   

•   Walken improvised his dance moves.   

•   Henry Winkler's coin trick? Real-life party trick.   

•   Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries) sings "Linger" — and cameos at the wedding.         

•   Sandler cried on set during the rain scene — triggered by a note from the director about his late father.        

🏆 Legacy   

•   Critics trashed it, audiences felt everything.    

•   Found second life on cable and streaming as "that one Sandler movie that makes you cry."   

•   Meme'd, mocked, and deeply beloved — all at once.       

This is Click — messy, heartfelt, and way deeper than you remember.  

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