Happy Gilmore

Name: Happy Gilmore
Released: 1996-2-16
Cast: Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen, Frances Bay, Carl Weathers

Happy Gilmore

PG-13
1h 31m
1996

62%

age 14+

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Adam Sandler stars in this hilarious comedy that scores a hole in one for gut-busting wit and outrageous slapstick. Happy, a raucous hockey player turned golfer, sends the sedate sport into overdrive after he becomes a media sensation with his outlandish antics on the links. It's par for the course entertainment co-starring Christopher McDonald, Carl Weathers and Kevin Nealon.

Director:

Dennis Dugan

Producer:

Robert Simonds

Writer:

Tim Herlihy, Adam Sandler

Cast:

Adam Sandler , Christopher McDonald , Julie Bowen , Frances Bay, Carl Weathers, Alan Covert , Robert Smigel , Bob Barker , Lee Trevino , Kevin Nealon

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

62%

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.

Reviews

Hartford Courant

Deborah Hornblow

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

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.

there's still plenty of true immaturity to go around

Adolescent humor at its best/worst. Lots of profanity.

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

August 15, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 14+

Common Sense Says

Adolescent humor at its best/worst. Lots of profanity.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that the biggest red flag for this movie is the cursing and violent behavior of Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler). His short fuse results in a number of skirmishes, including an extended (comic) fight scene with Bob Barker. The two brutally pound on each other until Gilmore is eventually knocked unconscious. Another scene has Gilmore threaten another golfer with the shards of a broken beer bottle. The profanity shies away from sexual comments and is composed mostly of "f--k" and "s--t." Older kids will enjoy Sandler's over-the-top and abrasive humor, as well as the ongoing joke of a golfer's handicapped hand that was eaten by an alligator.