WATCH: Frank and the Hoff on how they clicked for their new comedy.
If it weren't for the Wayans brothers, Adam Sandler would've cornered the market in "tiresome fratboy humour". Click is another example of him ruining a fairly good premise (a man finds a remote control that can shuttle him back and forth through life) by turning it into an excuse for farting and fat jokes. Nobody can doubt Sandler's box office muscle though. This was a No.1 hit on both sides of the Atlantic.
The Shtick Of Click
Seven bite-sized featurettes fast-forward through the business of making the film. First we find Sandler in the make-up chair getting latex jowls applied to his face ("I'm not so good at sitting still so that sucked.") and in another featurette, he waddles around the set demanding burgers. Meanwhile The FX Of Click reveals the use of blue screen in scenes like a frozen David Hasslehoff getting slapped around, but the bods don't properly demonstrate the technology.
Design My Universe gives us a brief tour of Michael's (Sandler's) futuristic bachelor pad and a cursory explanation of the concept behind the design. Director's Take is just the obligatory bit of backslapping for the helmsman, Frank Coraci ("He's the best!" exclaims Sandler), and Humping Dogs is literally a montage of, yes, dogs humping inanimate objects. The only vaguely enlightening bit of behind-the-scenes info comes in Future Cars, which follows the creation of a futuristic minivan from design to construction.
Make It Stop...
Four deleted scenes add up to only four minutes and that's probably just as well. One of the clips subjects us to more of Rob Schneider and his frankly offensive portrayal of an Arab businessman, while scenes of extreme stuttering and the spectacle of Sandler 'naked' in his fat suit are just tediously uninspired.
For the film commentary, Sandler and Coraci are joined by the writers and producers. With so many people in the room it's inevitably a scattered and raucous affair. Of course there's pressure to be funny as well so Sandler does his best to convince us that his co-star Kate Beckinsale is "from France" and Coraci tells us that he got the dogs to hump on cue by "dressing up sexy". At one point, the commentary is in danger of becoming too edifying, when Coraci reveals that he shot the whole film on high-definition video, but Sandler promptly steers him back to the realms of inanity. Phew!
To sum up this DVD, anyone with an IQ over 50 will find themselves reaching for the eject button pretty early on...
EXTRA FEATURES
WATCH: Frank and the Hoff on how they clicked for their new comedy.
Click DVD is released on Monday 29th January 2007.
