Click

Click is a modern day fantasy that plays off of one man's desire to take control of his life. It stars Adam Sandler, who plays the typical "thirty something" suburban professional struggling with his career and family pulling him in opposite directions. When he decides a remote control upgrade is in order, he ends up at the "way beyond" section of Bed, Bath & Beyond. He is given the ultimate remote that has the power to completely control his future.

While the whole premise is rather incredible, it simply degenerates from there. We end up fast forwarding through this family's life. Along the way, the not quite funny jokes are simply crude, and the characters unifaceted with absolutely no depth whatsoever.

I found little to like about Click, and was happy to use my remote to click it off when it was done. While the premise has some potential, the execution is poorly done.

Overall Grade: C-

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The Longest Yard

In this remake of the 1974 film of the same name, Adam Sandler stars with Chris Rock and Burt Reynolds. Sandler is a washed up former NFL quarterback who lands himself in jail. The warden decides to have an exhibition "tune up" game for his team of guards, against the inmates. This wacky scenario did hold my attention, and there are plenty of humorous moments, many of them involving racial, and gender humor (you've been warned).

The whole movie builds to a final game between the prisoners, and their guards. Nice touches include a field fenced in with barbed wire, and Texas Rangers with high power rifles to prevent the escape. Of course, the game uses "prison rules" which amounts to there aren't any!

In conclusion, the whole movie is a put your feet up, and check your brain at the door, relax away type of affair. It is entertaining, and is the perfect movie to "vedge out" with as long as you understand up front that this is the only purpose.
Overall Grade: B