History Film / Click

[[caption-width-right:349:''[[{{Tagline}} To change your life, all it takes is one simple...]]'']]

'''Michael:''' ''(Imitates Irish accent)'' 'They're magically delicious'? ''(Changes back to normal voice)'' That guy?\\

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Not to be confused with a ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' short story of the same name with the same concept, albeit done in a different fashion.

* SettingUpdate: ''Click'' is "The Magic Thread", an old French tale, moved to the present-day United States. The source material was also dramatized on ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresFromTheBookOfVirtues''.

'''Morty:''' [[spoiler:I'm the Angel of Death.]]

* AnAesop: Family comes first.

* MayItNeverHappenAgain: After David Newman had experienced what the future might be if he focus more on his job with a universal remote, he goes home and decides to spend time with his family. He received a card from Morty along with the universal remote which he used throughout the movie. David throws the remote in the trash so he can never use it again.

** Then again, Samantha calling Bill "dad" is what sets off the massive heart attack that lands Michael in hospital and near death. While Ben gets more focus, he clearly loves her so much that he can't bear his girl trading him off.

--->'''Bill:''' Go get some cake!\\

** At Ben's wedding, Michael (who had rather come to terms with Bill being his ex-wife's new husband) is having a friendly dance with her, while he sees his daughter Samantha and Bill dancing together. Everything seems fine, until Bill asks Samantha to go get some cake.

'''Samantha:''' Race you there, dad!\\
'''Michael:''' ...Dad?.
(Cue heart attack)\\

'''Morty:''' Race you there, dad!\\
'''Michael:''' ...Dad?.\\
(Cue heart attack)

'''Bill:''' Go get some cake!\\

* PowerPerversionPotential: Michael uses the remote's slow-motion function to stare at a female jogger's GagBoobs.

[[caption-width-right:349:To change your life, all it takes is one simple...]]

''Click'' is a 2006 American dramedy film, directed by Frank Coraci and starring Creator/AdamSandler, Creator/KateBeckinsale, Creator/ChristopherWalken and Creator/DavidHasselhoff. It was released in North America on June 23, 2006 by Columbia Pictures and Revolution Studios.

The film follows Michael Newman (Sandler), a married architect with two children. Michael loves his family, but is easily pushed around by his overbearing boss Mr. Ammer (Hasselhoff) and has little time for them. One night, after Michael loses his temper at the amount of remote controls in the house, he goes in search of a universal remote control for his appliances. At a Bed Bath & Beyond, Michael collapses onto a bed and falls asleep, before waking up and proceeding to the section marked "Beyond." There, he meets the mysterious Morty (Walken), who happens to be an eccentric inventor. Morty takes him to a room marked "Way Beyond" and gives him a universal remote control and warns that it can never be returned. To Michael's amazement, he finds out that [[UniversalRemoteControl the remote literally controls the universe]], in particular allowing him to control time. The story follows Michael's experiments with the device, as well as the consequences and lessons resulting.

* BuxomIsBetter: The hot jogger.

* SlowMotionPassBy: {{Invoked|Trope}} by Michael. He fast forwards time to go to work, but on the way he sees a buxom jogger he wants to stare at, so he slows down time when she's passing near him.

* PlayingGertrude: With Jonah Hill and Katie Cassidy. See the DawsonCasting example above.

* {{Gainaxing}}: Shown off by a jogger. With slow motion.

* DiabolusExMachina: The remote learns Michael's habits and begins skipping time based on what he's previously skipped even when he doesn't tell it to, in order to make sure he fully understands what he's missing and make sure the lesson is driven home fully.

* FirstLawOfTragicomedies: The film fits this trope to a T. It starts out with Michael using a magical remote to see a jogger's boobs jiggle in slow-mo, and begins a little more dramatic when he accidentally jumps one year ahead, but still had plenty of comedy. When he jumps ahead, he's there corporeally, but not mentally, he's basically zoned out, on "auto-pilot", so his social life falls apart, but for some reason he's a great architect. Then he jumps ten years into the future, where his wife left him, and he's severely overweight. It just goes straight into drama, leaving comedy in the dust when [[spoiler: he jumps past his father's death, and then comes into his own]]. But then say hello to comedy after the climax.[[spoiler: It was AllJustADream, or it was time rewinded, take your pick]].

* TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday: Though the remote was bought in Bed, Bath and Beyond. It was found in a mysterious "Beyond" section that Michael is implied not to have sen before.

* LousyLoversAreLosers: Michael is already implied not to be very good in bed (Donna frequently requests massages before sex and he seems very annoyed at the idea of doing something extra to please his wife) but once he messes with the UniversalRemoteControl and accidentally "fast forward" their sex, it ends up being a very quick, mechanical and unsatisfying experience for Donna. This is the first clue about how Michael is NotHimself when he skips time.

-->'''Morty''': By the way, your wife? Absolutely gorgeous.
-->'''Michael''': She is, isn't she?
-->'''Morty''': Perfect face. Tight, rocking body. ''(looks lustfully at Donna)''
-->'''Michael''': You okay?
-->'''Morty''': Amazing.
-->'''Michael''': What is?
-->'''Morty''': She fell for a schlub like you.