Adam Sandler pulled out a fast one on us. He orchestrates his own version of Candid Camera ( or Punk'd for the MTV generation or Victim for Filipino telly-viewers) to us who watched his latest movie, Click.
We thought that this will be a typical Sandler flick, but nooooo sir, we were at the butt of a Sandler joke and instead of us laughing at him, I'm pretty sure that he is the one laughing at us. Might as well at the end of the movie, he jumps out of the theatre and shout at us: "You all are in Candid Camera!" ( or "You've been Punk'd!" for the Ashton Kutcher fans or "Ikaw ay isang veeek-teeem!!!" for Carlos Agassi ... er...fans.)
From adamsandler.com: Michael Newman (Adam Sandler) is a family man whose busy career as an architect does not leave much time for his wife Donna(Kate Beckinsale) and his two kids. Unable one day to determine which of his many remotes turns on the television, he decides he needs a universal remote that does it all. On his search for the perfect device, he meets Morty (Christopher Walken) who gives him a one-of-a-kind remote that has magical powers. With each click, Michael can control his career and personal life. But complications arise when the remote starts to overrule his choices.
Again, the plot sounds like your typical Adam Sandler movie, and on the start of the movie, it is an Adam Sandler movie. The Sandler formula is there: the pseudo-slapstick shmucks, the juvenile humor, animals, kids, the "Hidden Mickey" Rob Schneider cameo (Didn't see him? Look closely at the Arabs) and many others. Interesting to note too is Baywatch's David Hasselhoff who was great as Sandler's chauvinistic boss.
However, as you watch comfortably and get sucked into this "Sandler movie," you feel that your heart is being stabbed. You do not know what hit you because as the film progresses into the climax, you will feel that you cannot stand it anymore and will begin to cry. Of course it will start as your eyes feeling moist, and then after a few more minutes the dam will burst. When I watched Click for the second time with my friend, Toothfairy, I looked at her at the particular moment, I saw her bursting into tears (and so half of the theatre, I suppose).
The only thing you can ask yourself is this: "What happened? Am I still watching the same movie?" while wiping your tears and blowing your nose (if you're lucky to bring with you a roll of tissue paper).
Ahhh, yes. What hit you? You're on Candid Camera. Adam Sandler's Candid Camera. You've been punk'd. Imagine Adam Sandler saying: Ikaw ay isang veeek-teeem!!!
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