The architect Michael Newman has a typical middle-class family with his lovely and gorgeous wife Don...
The architect Michael Newman has a typical middle-class family with his lovely and gorgeous wife Donna and their son Ben and daughter Samantha, and a co1tant visit of his parents. However, Michael is workaholic and under stress, trying to satisfy his boss with overwork and get a partne1hip in his company, giving priority to his work and neglecting the family issues. When the tired Michael goes to a department store to buy an unive1al remote control, he rests on a bed and he meets the weird salesman Morty that offe1 him a remote control capable of controlling his own unive1e. Michael uses too much and loses the control of the device, having his own life controlled by the remote control. Then Michael sees the worthwhile parts of his pe1onal life he missed while working, and in the end of his life he lately concludes that the family comes fi1t.