It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Excellent but underrated film

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Now, this is a very funny flick. It has the funny moments, the fun characters, the memorable music, moments, and quotes, and also being one of the most famous sports flicks and Adam Sandler flicks of all time! But it does have problems. It is clichéd, but this was the 90's. Clichéd sports flicks were common then. It has stupid moments like the ass shot at one point and how could Happy get that crazy shot to work TWICE? A few jokes don't work and apparently on the DVD version, we don't see Hank the Quilt guy get his proper punishment. But apparently you can see it on TV, so OK, I guess? But despite that, it's a comedy classic and definitely, next to Caddyshack, one of the best golf films of all time. Happy is funny, Chubbs is another one of the great mentors, Virginia's good, I love the grandma, the Bob Barker cameo was awesome, the "Jackass" guy was funny, and so and so on. I also even love Mr. Larson, too. I mean, it's not perfect, but it's fun, funny, exciting, memorable, and one Adam Sandler's best, if not THE BEST, film/s EVER! THE END

1996's Happy Gilmore is often regarded as one of Adam Sandler's best comedy, a film with a solid fanbase. It is deserving of that status, being more tolerable then his later offerings.Sandler stars as Happy Gilmore, a Bostonian man who aspiring ice hockey player who has no skating abilities and anger management problems, but has a killer slap shot. When his grandmother's home is repossess by the IRS Happy turns his talents to golf and quickly becomes a sensation. But his angry persona and blue collar roots results in Happy making enemies on the Pro Golf Tour.Despite the praise Happy Gilmore received it is a standard Sandler film, having moments of violent slapstick and angry outbursts, a mega-douchy villain, a love interest and having some sort of family element. Fortunately Sandler's more crass and overly sentimental material is not evident like it is his later films, nor is its message as harass like I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. Happy Gilmore's problem is simply the humour is not funny or consistent enough. There is no dept the humour on offer or the slapstick lacks invention. The best moment is when Happy has a fight with Bob Barker but it is really a joke for an American audience. The most noticeable thing about the film's direction is its exaggerated sound effects when Happy hits a golf ball or when someone gets hit.Happy Gilmore has a standard sports movie storyline which in the perfectly acceptable for a comedy; it gets the job done even its story is predictable. At least there was some variation because of the family story, Happy's attempts to romance the tour's head of PR and the clash of culture between Happy's unfiltered personal style compared to the refined, upper class world of professional golf. Happy is responsible for a working-class, beer drinking audience coming to watch golf, wanting a show and outbursts, shaking up the natural order of the golfing world.Happy Gilmore was made before the worst excesses of Sandler's career, but his shtick was hardly great to begin with. There are many better comedies of this style out there.

A follow-up to his miserable Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore is actually one of Adam Sandler's best comedies he's done. Maybe they got the right script, the correct director or just that Sandler dropped his loud, incoherent, obnoxious and incomprehensible gibberish…a ton worked here and I found myself actually (and FINALLY) laughing out loud in one of his comedies.I do my best to keep an open mind during any movie, and I devoted this weekend to spend more time with Sandler's more well-known films I hadn't seen. Even though, I didn't have high expectations for this. It didn't help, the opening credits were fairly lame and I thought: here we go again. But, then, the comedy began to work with Sandler's first couple of strokes of the golf balls. I started to uncontrollably laugh and enjoyed myself for the remainder of the flick.Granted, it's not the most original movie, and it relied on the usual antics, movie tricks and clichés. Still, I enjoyed the ride despite knowing how it would play out.Sandler works best when he doesn't lower himself to sudden, expected and whiney outbursts. Much like modern-day Melissa McCarthy; when she's not "Tammy," she's pretty damn funny. If I hadn't just now watched this movie for the first time in 2015, I would've had a renewed faith in Sandler, despite his already failing grade in 1996. Unfortunately, he would continue to make an enormous amount of garbage that would certainly make his movies a(n unintentional) laughing stalk in the industry. That all said, he's had a few gems, and I completely recommend this one.

here is happy Gilmore destroying everything in his path just to help others he plays hockey but not good but destroys everything on ice but he love his mother she is a fun loving old woman who has her house for years but cant keep up with bills so she has to move into a old folks home with a cameo from Ben stiller treating old folks like crap but his mother hates it so Gilmore accidentally plays golf with a another cameo from Carl weathers as his caddy with a wooden hand he does his best to become a pro he does his Gilmore golf shot which In real life has been done by a Irish golfer so any way with his hockey stick putter defies boundaries and obstacles to go from amateur fines being angry and other pro to try and win his mothers home back what a hilarious fun film 7/10 one of his best films you will see from Sander one of his longest film at 1hr35mins