Happy Gilmore
He doesn't play golf... he destroys it.
He doesn't play golf... he destroys it.
Comedy
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1996
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Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore -- whose unconventional approach and antics on the grass courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin -- is determined to win a PGA tournament so he can save his granny's house with the prize money. Meanwhile, an attractive tour publicist tries to soften Happy's image.
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
92 min
Release date:
16 Feb 1996
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$12,000,000
Revenue:
$41,205,099
Awards:
1 win & 4 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
[A] one-joke Caddyshack for the blitzed and jaded.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Apr 2008
rotten:
There are about three minutes of funny material in Happy Gilmore, and pretty much all of them are in the trailer.
– Brian Lowry,
Variety,
15 Apr 2008
fresh:
It may smell awful from a distance, especially if you have low tolerance for lowbrow humor, but up close this yarn about an unlikely golf star is fairly painless.
– Edward Guthmann,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Jun 2002
rotten:
You don't feel that Sandler and director Dennis Dugan are trying for the kind of subversiveness that might just make Happy's brutal anarchy more effective.
– Kevin Thomas,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Feb 2001
rotten:
Happy's tantrums, which the movie pretends are liberating explosions of self-expression, aren't nearly maniacal enough to reach comic delirium.
– Stephen Holden,
New York Times,
1 Jan 2000