Happy Gilmore

PG-13

Released Feb 16, 1996

1h 32m

Comedy

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62%

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55 Reviews

85%

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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 talent for playing an entirely different sport: golf. When his grandmother (Frances Bay) learns she is about to lose her home, Happy joins a golf tournament to try and win enough money to buy it for her. With his powerful driving skills and foulmouthed attitude, Happy becomes an unlikely golf hero -- much to the chagrin of the well-mannered golf professionals.

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Critics Consensus

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.

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Dave Kehr

New York Daily News

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.

Rated: 3/4

Feb 16, 2016

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

[A] one-joke Caddyshack for the blitzed and jaded.

Rated: D+

Apr 15, 2008

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Brian Lowry

Variety

There are about three minutes of funny material in Happy Gilmore, and pretty much all of them are in the trailer.

Apr 15, 2008

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

Sports comedies can be a tricky genre to pull off but Happy Gilmore manages to hit it in the hole more often than not.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 28, 2023

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...holds up impressively well all these years later.

Rated: 3/4

Feb 23, 2021

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Deborah Hornblow

Hartford Courant

[Adam] Sandler vascillates between obnoxiousness and boyish charm and winds up winning plenty -- including the majority of audience members -- in the end.

Jan 2, 2018

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Oaklee D

Didn't find it as funny as what people have told me but I still found it to be a very enjoyable affair.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/12/24

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Nicole N

Extremely funny and a decent story line. Movies like this are to be cherished. The comedy factor in this film is off the charts and really targeted for those with a really open sense of humor.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/03/24

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Julian R

In one of Sandler's breakout roles, nothing stops audiences from having fun with this movie, unless you're the least fun person in the world.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/01/24

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Jaiaditya T

Common Adam Sandler W.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/17/24

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Hailee B

Good movie good fight scene in the field. I tried golfing like Billy Madison and tbh that's a way to golf i banging them balls.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/15/24

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Gnr E

Adam Sandler never disappoints loved it!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/18/24

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Dennis Dugan

Director

Adam Sandler

Happy Gilmore

Christopher McDonald

Shooter McGavin

Julie Bowen

Virginia Venit

Frances Bay

Grandma Gilmore

Carl Weathers

Chubbs Peterson

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