A harried workaholic, Michael Newman (Adam Sandler) doesn't have time
for his wife (Kate Beckinsale) and children, not if he's to impress his
ungrateful boss and earn a well-deserved promotion. So when he meets
Morty (Christopher Walken), 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. But as Michael
gleefully mutes, skips and scans past his family and his friends, the
remote gradually takes over his life and begins to program him, in this
fast, funny and out-of-control comedy adventure.