A magical remote control offers a workaholic a whimsical shortcut through life, with bittersweet and heartwarming results.
Melancholy and feel-good, with big broad humor. A comfort watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Starz.
The thing to know: moderate sex and nudity, more than a PG-13 usually carries. Beyond that, some strong language and no real violence.
Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the PG-13 suggests, because of the sex and nudity.
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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.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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