Publisher's Synopsis
A harried workaholic, Michael Newman (Adam Sandler) doesnt have time for his wife (Kate Beckinsale) and children, not if hes to impress his ungrateful boss and earn a well-deserved promotion. So when he meets Morty (Christopher Walken), a loopy sales clerk, he gets him to bypass lifes 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.