6 ▁American ▁science ▁fant asy ▁comedy - d rama ▁film ▁directed ▁by ▁Frank ▁C ora ci , ▁written ▁by ▁Steve ▁K oren ▁and ▁Mark ▁O ' Ke efe , ▁and ▁produced ▁by ▁Adam ▁Sand ler , ▁who ▁also ▁stars ▁in ▁the ▁lead ▁role . ▁The ▁film ▁co - st ars ▁Kate ▁Beck ins ale ▁as ▁his ▁wife ▁Don na ▁and ▁Christopher ▁Wal ken ▁as ▁Mort y , ▁an ▁ecc ent ric ▁stranger . ▁Sand ler ▁plays ▁Michael ▁New man , ▁an ▁over work ed ▁architect ▁who ▁neglect s ▁his ▁family . ▁When ▁he ▁acqu ires ▁a ▁mag ical ▁universal ▁remote ▁from ▁Mort y ▁that ▁enables ▁him ▁to ▁" fast ▁forward " ▁through ▁un ple asant ▁or ▁out right ▁d ull ▁parts ▁of ▁his ▁life , ▁he ▁soon ▁lear ns ▁that ▁those ▁seem ingly ▁bad ▁moments ▁that ▁he ▁ski ps ▁over ▁contained ▁valuable ▁time ▁with ▁his ▁family ▁and ▁important ▁life ▁less ons . ▁Through out ▁the ▁story , ▁Mort y ▁explains ▁how ▁the ▁remote ▁works ▁and ▁issues ▁warnings . ▁ ▁Fil ming ▁began ▁in ▁late ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁and ▁was ▁finished ▁by ▁early ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁on ▁June ▁ 2 3 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁by ▁Columbia ▁Pictures ▁and ▁distributed ▁by ▁Sony ▁Pictures ▁Re le asing . ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁made ▁on ▁a ▁budget ▁of ▁$ 8 2 . 5 ▁million , ▁and ▁gross ed ▁$ 2 4 0 . 7 ▁million . ▁Despite ▁having ▁mixed ▁reviews ▁from