Adam Sandler, Allen Covert, Bob Barker

For centuries, golf has been a gentleman's game. A game of tradition, etiquette and, above all, sportsmanship... until now. Happy Gilmore is a hockey player skating on thin ice who discovers that his ...( read more  read more... )wicked slap shot easily converts into a crushing 400 yard tee shot with the potential for big bucks. Happy's career takes a 180 degree swing and lands him on the Pro Golf Tour, where he's about to turn the gentleman's game into a contact sport. A working stiff with a temper as short as his drives are long, Happy doesn't fit on the manicured greens of the country club. His outrageous antics, both on and off the course, cause an uproar among the players and officials; but his roughhouse style attracts hordes of new blue collar fans. Now Happy is going from rinks to links--and driving the game of golf straight into the ground.

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PG-13, 1 hr. 32 min.

Directed by: Dennis Dugan

Release Date: February 16, 1996

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DVD Release Date: February 24, 1998

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  • September 25, 2009
    I'm not a big fan of Adam Sandler comedies. I didn't like this much at all!
  • June 19, 2009
    "Happy Gilmore" is the Adam Sandler movie to see. If everyone had to see one Sandler movie before their lives were complete, I would seriously hope this is the movie they see. It's nice to see golf and hockey in a movie again. I don't think there is another movie out there that m...( read more)akes me laugh as much as "Happy Gilmore" does. You have Happy, the ultimate hero, fighting to win a life of security for his grandma. There's Shooter McGavin, the villain you love to hate, who attempts to foil Happy's quest. And then there's Mr. Larson, Happy's 8' tall monster of a former employer, threatening Shooter at every turn. Hey Bob Barker is in this movie! It doesn't get much funnier than Mr. Price Is Right insulting our hero. Well maybe Ben Stiller's part in this movie is funnier, as he corruptly directs a retirement home. It doesn't matter what's the funniest. This whole movie is one hilarious moment after another.
  • February 11, 2009
    Hillarious! It's surprising how funny someone's anger can be, it's a great film
  • October 6, 2008
    Happy Gilmore is a failed hockey player with no direction in life. His grandmother is evicted from her house for her failure to pay back taxes, and his girlfriend has left him. He makes it on to the pro golf tour with the hope of making some money to save his grandmother's house,...( read more) but is challenged by the favorites on the tour, Shooter McGavin.

    This is one of the better Happy Madison flicks I've seen and this one actually made me laugh. The best scene has got to be the cameo of Bob Barker who went ballistic on hot-tempered Happy Gilmore. That scene is classic and it will be remembered forever.

    The Happy Madison shingle has been a big disappointment nowadays with the release of vile spew Zohan and terrible unfunny Chuck and Larry. I'm glad I got to see this one because honestly, I'm starting to lose the faith with Adam's comedy posse. Let's just hope Happy Madison's next outing is a lot like Happy Gilmore and a little less of Zohan and Chuck and Larry.

    3.5/5
  • June 9, 2008
    Shooter McGavin: Just stay out of my way or you'll pay, listen to what I say.
    Happy Gilmore: Hey, why don't I just go and eat some hay. I can lay by the bay, make things out of clay, I just may, what'd ya say?

    This is my favorite of the Adam Sandler type comedies. It always funn...( read more)y when I watch it.

    Happy Gilmore: [to Bob Barker] The price is wrong, bitch.

    A lot of the humor comes from Sandler of course and the premise, but much of the fun also lies in the great supporting cast that includes Carl Weathers as Chubbs and Christopher McDonald as Shooter McGavin, who is so funny as the counter to Happy.

    Chubbs: Golf requires concentration and focus.
    Happy Gilmore: Golf requires goofy pants and a fat ass. You should talk to my neighbor the accountant. Probably a great golfer. Huge ass.
    Chubbs: I'll bet your neighbor the accountant doesn't have a shot at joining the pro tour, and winning the championships. Get that gold jacket like I never got.
    Happy Gilmore: Gold jacket, green jacket, who gives a shit?

    The plot is of course very easy, Gilmore has unique strength when it comes to driving a golf ball. He now decides to play golf in order to get money to buy back his grandma's house. Hilarity ensues.

    Happy Gilmore: You're gonna die, clown!

    Very funny movie, with plenty of great, memorable scenes.

    Shooter McGavin: I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast.
    Happy Gilmore: [laughing] you eat pieces of shit for breakfast?
    Shooter McGavin: No... I...
  • November 20, 2009
    Stupid, funny movie. You can't help but laugh.
  • November 18, 2009
    a funny clssic it is a lught out loud funny
  • November 18, 2009
    one of Sandler's best
  • November 14, 2009
    Probably not my kind of humor. Anyway, excessively repetitive.
  • November 10, 2009
    I LOVE this movie. It is so funny!!!!!!! It kind of reminds my how my dad golfs. LOL!!!!!!

Critic Reviews


January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The Happy Gilmore character is strange. I guess we are supposed to like him. full review

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Comments


  • boby080
    February 15, 2008
    very nice I love it.
  • boby080
    February 15, 2008
    very nice I love it.
  • sportboy
    December 21, 2007
    Well I have not watched this but this looks great and funny and I can't wait to see it it just looks great.
  • tinkerbell4991
    April 20, 2007
    i love happy gilmore and reccomend you all buy it ... IMMEDIATELY! no seriously this film is fab, i feel sorry for the nana though, its nice to see a happy ending, whats wid da crocodile? lol, fab fil 10/10... WATCH IT!!!
  • GirlfromWaikiki
    February 18, 2007
    I Love Adam Sandler and I Love this movie !!! it is soooo funny funny funny !! I tell you this one really makes you laugh . one of my favorite Adam Sandler movies .. I also Love Waterboy :)
  • Zackboy105
    January 7, 2007
    sandler is my fav actor of all time
  • jbpelican
    September 2, 2006
    If every golfer was like this.....it would probaby get boring, so just introduce one or two utterly insane people from a mental hospital or Texas, then golf would be worth watching.

    Justins Best Bit: "Your gonna die clown!!!!!"
  • realmadrid7910
    August 30, 2006
    una pelicula para k dure simpre buenisima,greatest adam sandler movie everm, greatatatatatatata, great


    Awante los tigres, se viene el tigres campeon,
  • solveigbookworm
    August 13, 2006
    i totally agree!!! i dont get how some1 gould have that bad of anger management playing GOLF. its hardly a sport! well it is a sport but it is a mighty boring 1 in my opinion. and he swears on and on. my fav line:

    shooter:i eat pieces of shit like u 4 breakfast.
    gilmore:u eat pieces of shit 4 breakfast?

    wen sandler said that i just about died
  • iownzyou
    July 3, 2006
    Happy gilmore is the funniest movie adam sandler is in besdies maybe waterboy and thats saying alot because every movie he is in is hilarious.

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