Michael Newman Click

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Click “Family is not an important thing, it is everything,” says Michael J. Fox. Michael Newman is a workaholic architect that goes through the dilemma of spending time with family or working on building designs in anticipations of becoming his boss’s second hand man. During the movie Click, Michael Newman differentiates that family, the most important aspect of life, comes before work. In the beginning of the movie, Michael never seemed to have time to sit down and relax with his wife and two young children instead he was always working. As soon as he finished one assignment, another would be given to him and since he is trying to be promoted, he will not say no to that duty nor let another person take it. “No, no. Absolutely not. Can’t …show more content…

Though he cannot go back into time, he tries to make things right before the remote skips to his death. During an argument between him and his wife, the remote fast forwards to dinner time where he sees his two kids. “Samantha, my little angel. Look at you. Look how long your hair’s getting. When did you grow up? Ben! Get over here. Don’t worry. I’m not going to work tonight. We can watch Dragon Tales together.” – Michael Newman. As a father who hasn’t seen his kids for over a year, he tries to be nice to them as he knows this remote will skip ahead. The early typical Michael would have not said what he just said but this shows that he is starting to care about spending time with his little ones. Fast forwarding more into the future, he is now old and is in a hospital after having a heart attack during his son’s wedding. His ex-wife, daughter, son, and son’s new wife come visit him before they leave to home. Ben Newman tells Michael that instead of going on a honeymoon, he is going to continue working on this important project the company has introduced. Michael then starts to panic again which causes the nurses to kick out his family. Before his son leaves, he runs outside, knowing it may kill him with the condition he is in, to tell his son one last thing, “Family comes first.” After saying this, he did pass away. This emotional act supports …show more content…

Before, he believed that working hard and taking no days off would bring the family more money and happiness. Once they had enough money, he would be able to spend more time with them but now he realizes that time is limited and the best you can do with that is to spend it with your loved ones. Luckily for him, the remote and all the depressing events were just a dream that he woke up from once he died. After he woke up, he suddenly became joyful and grateful that his family was present and his life is still the way it is. He then goes to his parents’ house to show that he appreciates them. “I just wanted to tell you I love you……..Thank you so much for giving birth to me, I know it hurt.” – Michael Newman. Usually, he isn’t this joyful and to surprise his parents in the middle of the night to say I love you shows that he has changed. Also, he does surprise his family by playing a trick on them. When he is finally home, he makes a loud noise by banging a spoon on a pan, trying to wake up everyone. Once his wife finally comes down, he says “Hey, do you mind? I am trying to concentrate. Here I am, staying up all night trying to come up with activities for our Fourth of July camping trip but you won’t let me think!” His wife would typically think that he would be working on the design but this shows that he cancelled his project and decided to make the camping trip a reality. He also

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