Talk:Click (film)

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In the Trivia section, that last item about the boss character comparing his secretaries' feet- I don't see how that is trivia sincei ts dialogue and is obvious. Movie trivia generally consists of things that aren't immediately obvious. That said, I think that the name of Sandler's character, Mike Newman, might be a reference to the fact that he becomes a "new man" after he wakes up. Obviously its also fitting because Newman is a Jewish last name and the character is Jewish, but I think that that name was probably chosen for the other reason that I mentioned. -Random Guy

I went ahead and removed the trivia item about comparing the feet. It wasn't an interesting fact you might otherwise not know, it was simply a scene in the movie, and an unimportant scene at that. --Phantom784 17:01, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Stuff 2 Adam Sandler.com Trailer song 3 Influences? 4 Plot 5 Click 6 also seen at 7 Years 8 Who wrote this? 9 Portuguese 10 I don't understand 11 UK release dates. 12 "Academy Award-nominated"

[edit] Stuff

Is this movie at all based off the Twilight Zone episode "A Kind of Stopwatch" or the RL Stine book of the same name? SpikeZoft 12:33, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

I believe that if it's based off of anything it'd be the Twlight Zone episode, since it's older. And that idea is hardly original, since I'm sure many people have had the idea, documented or not. It'd be hard to trace a source since it probably has no specific one. Fllmtlchcb 09:50, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

I took out the "Trivia" section entirely because all it consisted of was pretty much speculation.

I changed the trivia about the O'Doyles being related to the family from Billy Madison, and reflected that it was a reference only, as the O'Doyles of Billy Madison did not have a Cadillac, or expensive robot dogs, they seemed somewhat poor.

Worst. Ending. Ever.

As soon as Sandler's character's life started getting screwed up, I knew it was going to have to end Deus Ex Machina, which in my opinion is one of the cheesiest ways to solve a plot conflict. --Phantom784 17:03, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Unless we get official word on it, don't say this movie is based on anything. Sure, it's not completely original, but the same could be said for almost every major release from the last five years. And please sign your comments.--Agent Aquamarine 03:10, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

I do not see the greatest people editing this page...looking at the discussion makes me sad. I just thought I'd say that this trivia, "Walken plays Morty, the angel of death. He played the same role as the Archangel Gabriel in the movie "The Prophecy", 11 years earlier," is not correct. The Archangel Gabriel is not the angel of death. I will agree that he played a darker, evil Gabriel, but still he is not the angel of death. And besides by the end of the inane "Prophecy" movies, Gabriel is good again.

[edit] Adam Sandler.com Trailer song

What's the name of the song that plays at then end of the trailer #2 at www.adamsandler.com?

[edit] Influences?

This idea is of course a rehash of at least dozens of earlier famous works. A list of previous similar works would be nice.

I'm not going to put this in the article because it's unencylopedic, but I kept thinking It's a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol, and of course Return of the King with the Bed Bath and Beyond guy jumping on the bed at the end. --Liface 07:07, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

I swear I could remember a fairy tale about a young boy who is given a magic ball of string, and he is told that he can pull out the string in order to make the years pass quicker. In the end, he realizes that he should have enjoyed life instead of rushing through it. While I watched "Click", I kept thinking about that story, but I can't remember the name or who wrote it. But I know I read the story at least 12-14 years ago. JJ4sad6

That's right. I don't know the name of the book but I do know that it wasn't a string. It was a watch I think. But I do remember what your are talking about. (Art1991 16:22, 26 July 2006 (UTC))

The first movie I thought about was Clockstoppers. Where the main character has a watch that can stop time.Coasttocoast 00:36, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

I know what you're talking about. I saw it on Adventures from the Book of Virtues, and it was a magic ball of string there, too.

The story was called "The Magic Thread." I think it's an old French folktale and I know that it did indeed appear in William Bennett's Adventures from the Book of Virtues. The text of the story can be found here. I think it's probably worthy of mention. 67.171.163.212 04:02, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes, When I saw the movie, I thought of the story about the ball of string that could be used to skip past the boring parts. It's very similar. For that reason, I have removed the references to Wonderful life, and christmas carol. (see WP:NOT) I don't think there would be a problem with adding them after adding some verifiablity. (did critics actually say that it has resemblences to wonderful life? If so, it could be included here.) The question is how to proceed with the Magic Thread. There isn't an entry on The Book of Virtues. Maybe that's first? McKay 14:23, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

K, I've stubbed The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Great Moral Stories. That article needs some serious expansion. Also, I found some reviewres who found the connection:

From Google(click sandler "book of virtues"):

• [1] who also references wonderful life and christmas carol
• [2]
• theres a bunch more. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mckaysalisbury (talk • contribs) 16:46, 29 December 2006 (UTC).

Why is this in the article: This film was deemed by critics a "20th Century remake of It's A Wonderful Life." Click was made and released in the 21st century. It's A Wonderful Life was made and released in the 20th century, is this where the person is confused? Was this a mistake by the critic? If so why not use [sic]? If it was a direct quote where is the citation? I tried to correct this mistake but someone came back and reverted to its original, incorrect version. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 204.87.86.50 (talk • contribs).

I agree. you are correct in this matter. McKay 20:08, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Plot

A proper plot section with "spoiler" alert would be good. Aaron 15:03, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Click

It was very funny.

1:He slapped the boss's face. The boss said,"was I hit by a train?" Then,he farted a long fart. The boss said,"I tasted shit."

2:He threw away his remote control. One appeared in his hand. Then,he smashed it. Another appeared on his head. Then,he threw it out the door. Here is the funny part. It appeared near his DD.

[edit] also seen at

Eerie Indiana

[edit] Years

I thought Click took place in these years:

• 1976
• 1994
• 2006
• 2007
• 2017
• 2021
• 2023
• 2029

205.188.117.69 00:44, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Who wrote this?

"Michael knows what to do with it, and that he still finds michael's wife's rocking body attractive."

There's a note written by Morty in the end that on the front says: Michael

and inside: I know you will do the right thing this time.

Love, Morty.

P.S: I still find your wife's rocking body attractive.

[edit] Portuguese

Links to two Portuguese versions of this page are given to the left of the article, however one of them links to a page called "KNOB!!!". I would remove it but don't know how. Fantom 25th October 2006 12:45 GMT

Fixed. Ariel. 05:00, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I don't understand

How come under the trivia it says " Michael, driving to his house in 2017, hears a radio report saying that 'Britney Spears has had her 23rd baby today and Kevin Federline has announced that he will find a job.' which after the DVD release of the film was found to be untrue." What was found to be untrue? Colin Reding 23:01, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

I would assume that because the movie was filmed and produced at the end of 2005 and beginning of 2006, Britney and Kevin were still together. Since that time they have divorced. AussieNickuss 10:57, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] UK release dates.

No way is that true, unless it is referring to DVD's, as I saw the film a while ago, September possibly, maybe august, in the cinema, any kind of thoughts on this? NickBrett 10:36, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

EDIT - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389860/releaseinfo Claims it was released late september, the 29th to be precise, which makes sense.

[edit] "Academy Award-nominated"

Maybe it's just me, but I absolutely despise the fact that the first sentence of the article reads "Click is a 2006 Academy Award-nominated... film." While the sentence is technically correct, it's incredibly misleading. Yes, it is Oscar-nominated... it was nominated for one Oscar, for makeup, and generally got bad reviews. I'm not going to change it myself, as the information is (again, technically) factual, but I hope I'm not the only person who feels this way. I would support mentioning the Oscar nom in the lead, but not in the first damn sentence. (For the record, I've never seen the film, so it's not as if I have some personal vendetta against it.) -- Kicking222 21:38, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, I don't think my feelings are as strong as you are, but I understand where you're coming from. Maybe you have too much faith in the Academy Award nominations. What if it actually wins, would that mean something more? It's still just a makeup award. It's going up against a foreign film (which the Academy isn't too fond of, and another with a lot of makeup, but nothing spectacular. It might win.) McKay 22:20, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

It's similar to calling yourself a lotto-jackpot winner when the jackpot was < $1,000,000. --Meadowbrook 01:50, 10 February 2007 (UTC)