1 star and a half for christopher walken
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What if you had a universal remote...that controlled your universe?
Rating
2.8 (3)
Release Date
6/23/2006Runtime
107 minsOverview
A married workaholic, Michael Newman doesn't have time for his wife and children, not if he's to impress his ungrateful boss and earn a well-deserved promotion. So when he meets Morty, a loopy sales clerk, he gets the answer to his prayers: a magical remote that allows him to bypass life's little distractions with increasingly hysterical results.
How It Feels
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A fantasy-comedy that starts as silly wish-fulfillment but gradually reveals itself as a meditation on missed time and the costs of chasing success. By the end, it's asking urgent questions about what actually matters in life.
Mood
BittersweetWistfulMelancholicPlayful
Themes
FamilyMortalityAmbitionRedemption
Tone
Comedic
Pacing
Steady
Look
NaturalisticStylized genre
Structure
Framed flashback
Adam Sandler
Michael Newman
Kate Beckinsale
Donna Newman
Christopher Walken
Morty
David Hasselhoff
Ammer
Henry Winkler
Ted
Julie Kavner
Trudy
Sean Astin
Bill
Joseph Castanon
Ben at 7 years old
Jonah Hill
Ben at 17 years old
Jake Hoffman
Ben at 22-30 years old
Tatum McCann
Samantha at 5 years old
Lorraine Nicholson
Samantha at 14 years old
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