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Click

2006 • Unknown

Woke Score
2
out of 10

Plot

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.

Overall Series Review

Click is a fantasy comedy-drama centered on Michael Newman, a workaholic architect who obtains a magical universal remote. The remote allows him to fast-forward through the 'boring' parts of his life, such as arguments with his wife and family events, to focus only on his career advancement. The narrative uses this fantastical device to deliver a morality tale about the profound value of the nuclear family and the tragedy of a life lived on 'auto-pilot' and devoid of emotional presence. Michael’s journey is one of deep, personal regret as he realizes his prioritization of work over his wife, children, and parents leads to him missing decades of crucial life moments, including the death of loved ones. The film ultimately champions the concept that family and present-moment connection are the most important things in life, far outweighing professional and material success. The resolution is a redemption arc focused on Michael choosing to be a better husband and father, affirming traditional priorities.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics1/10

The plot focuses on a universal, class-agnostic moral lesson about work-life balance and personal priorities, independent of race or other immutable characteristics. Characters are judged solely on their personal merits and flaws, such as Michael’s failure to be present and his boss’s greed. The casting presents a conventional, colorblind family unit without any social commentary on systemic oppression.

Oikophobia1/10

The central message is a profound affirmation of a fundamental Western institution: the nuclear family. The protagonist's conflict is resolved by him abandoning his obsession with corporate success (a form of materialist culture) to fully embrace his home and ancestral ties, specifically by reconciling with his wife and cherishing his parents. The film explicitly validates the family unit as the foundation of a meaningful life.

Feminism3/10

The core of the story is the restoration of a traditional, heterosexual marriage where the wife (Donna) and family are the moral center that the husband (Michael) must return to. The narrative is pro-natalist, with the ultimate tragedy being Michael's failure to be present for his children's growth. The male lead is shown to be completely incompetent and morally bankrupt due to his poor choices, and his redemption is a strong embrace of his role as husband and father. However, the film includes some low-brow objectifying humor and crude sexual jokes, which introduces a mild, non-narrative-based imbalance in gender portrayal.

LGBTQ+1/10

The entire film is structured around the defense and ultimate importance of the traditional male-female pairing and the nuclear family as the normative structure. Sexual identity is private and not centered as a primary character trait or political cause. The only non-normative sexual content consists of a few crude, passing jokes which serve as comedic asides rather than a push for 'queer theory' or gender ideology.

Anti-Theism2/10

The narrative is a spiritual morality tale that acknowledges a higher moral law: the value of human connection and time. The mysterious character Morty is revealed to be a powerful, transcendent figure, explicitly referred to as the Angel of Death, whose role is to enforce Michael's moral consequences. This transcendent framework is the source of the story’s moral truth, which directly contradicts moral relativism and anti-theism.