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Feb 16, 1996 · Happy Gilmore. "Happy Gilmore" tells the story of a violent sociopath. Since it's about golf, that makes it a comedy. The movie, the latest in the dumber and dumbest sweepstakes, stars Adam Sandler as a kid who only wants to play hockey.
62% Tomatometer 55 Reviews 85% Audience Score 250,000+ Ratings All Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler) has ever wanted is to be a professional hockey player. But he soon discovers he may actually have a...
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Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler) is a nearly unlikeable loser who after a strangely traumatic childhood, grew up to be a raving, anti-social lunatic, who happens to be obsessed with hockey.
Adam Sandler is in one of his funniest roles as Happy Gilmore, a man with a hard, aggressive core and a surprisingly sweet center. After hearing that his grandmother has lost her house due to back taxes, Gilmore is forced to come up with $270,000 to save it.
Feb 16, 1996 · Happy Gilmore: Directed by Dennis Dugan. With Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen, Frances Bay. After his grandmothers house is repossessed by the IRS, bad tempered hockey player takes his talents to golf to earn the big bucks and get his grandmothers house back.
The comedy is never more than sudden, outsized explosions of violence from the otherwise placid, childlike Happy. But director Dugan maximizes the laughs through careful timing and counterpoint.
Feb 16, 2021 · Hear Us Out. Happy Gilmore Is Adam Sandler's Best Comedy. On its 25th anniversary, we look back at an early Sandler hit that is not only full of great performances and memorable lines, but also...
On Rotten Tomatoes, Happy Gilmore has an approval rating of 62% based on 55 reviews, with an average rating of 5.9/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Those who enjoy Adam Sandler's schtick will find plenty to love in this gleefully juvenile take on professional golf; those who don't, however, will find it unfunny and forgettable."
Feb 16, 1996 · Kids' Choice Awards, USA. When a would-be hockey player (Sandler) hits a golf ball 400 yards, he realizes that his true calling is in pro golf, so he trades in his skates for a 3-wood and a tee, and joins the PGA tour.
Feb 16, 2016 · As Happy Gilmore, a hockey player who becomes an insanely violent golf pro, Adam Sandler plays down his infantile impishness — the brat as self-adoring chipmunk — and comes on as a marauding...
