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Adam Sandler films tend to be gimmicky things that somehow work; yet every time I don’t think it will until I see it. This one seemed gimmickier than usual — a guy gets a magic remote that lets him pause and fast forward his life — but somehow Sandler makes it work, not just well, but extremely well. Sandler’s a workaholic trying to get ahead in business and somehow he ignores his gorgeous wife (quite improbable as Kate Beckinsale lights up the room in every scene she’s in) and his two kids. With the remote’s help he skips past the “boring bits” of life and suddenly discovers he’s missed most of his life (I didn’t understand why he couldn’t rewind but I suppose I’m being to analytical). The ending is nicely done and suprisingly emotional — Sandler is always over-the-top, even with happy emotions, and while you can resist his charm for a while, eventually you just have to give in and love the goofball. Certainly a brain strain movie, it was a lot of fun and had a surprisingly amount of depth to it.
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