{{Short description|2018 British TV movie}} {{about|the film|the shopping process|Online grocer#In-store pickup}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | director = Ben Palmer | producer = Sam Ward | writer = Joe Tucker<br>Lloyd Woolf | story = | based_on = | starring = {{plainlist | * Stephen Merchant * Asim Chaudhry * Sophia Di Martino }} | music = Oli Julian | editor = Mark Henson | company = Mondo Deluxe Productions<br>BBC Studios | network = | released = {{Start date|2018|12|24|df=y}} | runtime = 53 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = }} '''''Click & Collect''''' is a British comedy television film directed by Ben Palmer, written by Joe Tucker and Lloyd Woolf. The film stars Asim Chaudhry and Stephen Merchant, following Andrew and his neighbour Dev as they travel 300 miles to Carlisle to buy a Christmas present for Andrew's daughter.<ref name="bbc">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2018/click-and-collect|title=Stephen Merchant and Asim Chaudhry to star in BBC One Christmas comedy Click & Collect |website=bbc.co.uk|access-date=27 December 2018|date=1 November 2018}}</ref><ref name="bbc2">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/click-and-collect|title=BBC – Click & Collect – Media Centre|website=bbc.co.uk|access-date=27 December 2018}}</ref>
==Plot== Andrew Bennett is an uptight father in Bedford and lives in a semi-detached house with his wife Claire and their daughter. On Christmas Eve, after he fails to get his daughter the Christmas present she wants the most—a Sparklehoof the Unicorn Princess toy—and instead settling for a chemistry set, his extroverted next-door neighbour Dev D'Cruz informs Andrew and Claire that he managed to find the toy online. However, the last unit in the country is in Carlisle, 300 miles away from Bedford, and Dev has chosen to "click and collect". Because the payment details are on Dev's credit card, Andrew has no choice but to drive with him to get the toy.
During the trip, Dev accidentally causes several mishaps that increasingly annoy Andrew. At a petrol station, Dev accidentally fills the car's fuel tank with diesel fuel, causing the car to break down. After Dev explains that he will be alone on Christmas, due to his children being with his ex that year, Andrew accepts to rent a buggy. As they are about to buy the toy, they realise that a cashier at a service station switched out Dev's credit card for hers, allowing her to steal the toy. The two devise a plan to break into her house and steal the toy. Once inside, they realise that the toy is for her daughter, who is a big fan of Sparklehoof the Unicorn Princess and is diagnosed with cancer. Feeling guilty, they decide to leave the toy with the young girl.
Back at the service station, Dev comes across a claw machine with the toy inside. They use every coin they have, but fail. Just as they accept defeat, a homeless man gives them one last coin, which Dev uses to successfully win the toy. The two are ecstatic, but on their way home, Dev finds a letter that Andrew had written before the trip, which states that they are not friends. While Andrew returns home with the toy while his daughter is asleep, Dev wakes up alone on Christmas morning. He goes outside to find that Andrew had restored Dev's Christmas lights that he had previously taken down, and the former invites the latter to a Christmas party.
==Cast and characters== * Stephen Merchant as Andrew Bennett * Asim Chaudhry as Dev D'Cruz * Sophia Di Martino as Claire Bennett * Sophie Willan as Jessie * Tala Gouveia as a toy shop assistant * Jason Barnett as a toy shop customer * Steven Wickham as a homeless man * Emily Aston as a burger bar worker * Darcy Ewart as Emily Bennett
==Filming== Footage of the characters' houses was filmed in Willesden Green, North-West London in November 2018.
==Reception== ''Click & Collect'' received positive reviews across the British press. ''The Guardian'' described it "funny and tender",<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/dec/24/christmas-eve-best-tv-december-24-click-and-collect-queen-and-i|title=Christmas Eve's best TV: Click and Collect; The Queen and I|last1=Bradley|first1=Mike|date=24 December 2018|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=1 January 2019|last2=Virtue|first2=Graeme|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|last3=Davies|first3=Hannah J.|last4=Harrison|first4=Phil|last5=Verdier|first5=Hannah|last6=Howlett|first6=Paul}}</ref> ''The Observer'' as "excellent",<ref>{{Cite news|title=The New Review|date=23 December 2018|work=The Observer}}</ref> Stephen Merchant and Asim Chaudhry were described by ''The Telegraph'' as "a mismatch made in heaven".<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2018/12/24/click-collect-review-odd-couple-christmas-road-trip-high-fives/|title=Click and Collect, review: this odd-couple Christmas road trip high-fives the season of goodwill|last=Rees|first=Jasper|date=24 December 2018|work=The Telegraph|access-date=1 January 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> A number of reviewers noted the similarities with ''Planes, Trains and Automobiles'' and ''Jingle All the Way'', with ''The Times'' noting that "these references are done with a wink".<ref>{{Cite news|title=Saturday Review|date=22 December 2018|work=The Times}}</ref> ''Metro'' described it as "comforting, sharply written Christmas TV",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2018/12/24/click-and-collect-review-stephen-merchant-and-asim-chaudry-delight-in-christmas-crowd-pleaser-8277972/|title=Click & Collect review: Stephen Merchant and Asim Chaudhry are a charming force|last=Starkey|first=Adam|date=24 December 2018|website=Metro|language=en|access-date=1 January 2019}}</ref> whilst ''The Daily Telegraph'' praised the "lively script" and "warm hearted satire", stating: "''Click & Collect'' offered proof that, in certain circumstances, it is possible to have your cake and eat it. It subjected Christmas to a testy satirical buffeting while also smothering it with reverence as an enfolding nationwide group hug."<ref name=":1" />
==See also== * List of Christmas films
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{BBC Programme|b0bwq0gc}} * {{IMDb title|tt9217716}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Click and Collect}} Category:2010s buddy comedy films Category:2010s Christmas comedy films Category:2010s comedy road movies Category:2018 comedy films Category:2018 films Category:2018 television films Category:Bedford Category:British buddy comedy films Category:British Christmas comedy films Category:British comedy road movies Category:Carlisle, Cumbria Category:Christmas television films Category:2018 English-language films Category:Films about consumerism Category:Films set in Bedfordshire Category:Films set in Cumbria Category:Films directed by Ben Palmer Category:2018 British films Category:British comedy television films Category:English-language Christmas comedy films Category:English-language buddy comedy films