
A Hockey player wannabe finds out that he has the most powerful golf drive in history. He joins the P.G.A. tour to make some money to save grandma's house. The downside is that his hockey player mentality doesn't really go on the P.G.A. tour. Especially with the favorite to win the championship.... (Full plot summary below)
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A Hockey player wannabe finds out that he has the most powerful golf drive in history. He joins the P.G.A. tour to make some money to save grandma's house. The downside is that his hockey player mentality doesn't really go on the P.G.A. tour. Especially with the favorite to win the championship.
Leave your thoughts about Happy Gilmore.
| Arizona Daily StarPhil VillarrealFrom beginning to end, there's not a slow moment in "Happy Gilmore," the Tiger Woods of gleefully idiotic comedy. |
| Hartford CourantDeborah Hornblow[Adam] Sandler vascillates between obnoxiousness and boyish charm and winds up winning plenty -- including the majority of audience members -- in the end. |
| JoBlo's Movie EmporiumJoBloThis is a fun movie. I don't know how many times I've seen it now, but it never ceases to amuse me. |
| Montreal Film JournalKevin N. LaforestIt's not quite Sandler's best film, but it still is a very fun movie. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonHappy Gilmore provides Sandler with a perfect outlet for his character. |
| New York Daily NewsDave KehrThe 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. |
| 7M PicturesKevin Carrthere's still plenty of true immaturity to go around |
| NetflixJames RocchiSever those cerebral lobes, sit back, and enjoy a gleeful, energetically stupid comedy. |
| MovieholeClint MorrisSandler at his crazy, comical best....side-splitting stuff~ |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsTed PriggeIt's just a minor little film that you forget until the next Adam Sandler flick comes along. |