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Happy Gilmore (1996)

Happy Gilmore (1996)

PG-13 92 minutes EN Comedy
He doesn't play golf... he destroys it.
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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Adam Sandler
Happy Gilmore
Christopher McDonald
Shooter McGavin
Julie Bowen
Virginia Venit
Frances Bay
Grandma
Robert Smigel
IRS Agent
Bob Barker
Bob Barker
Richard Kiel
Mr. Larson
Dennis Dugan
Doug Thompson
Joe Flaherty
Jeering Fan
Lee Trevino
Lee Trevino

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The most positive review

Adam Sandler makes so many good movies. Who doesn't love this movie. If you don't like this, then there's something wrong with you. The price is wrong bitch!

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The most negative review

Mr. Angry channels aggression nicely...
True Story. All my friends are golfers, however, it's not a sport for me. I played with them once after they continued to badger me about it, at a par 4 hole I used a putter instead of a driver to get onto the green, literally just whacked it straight and hard, I holed in 3, much to my friend's consternation!!
The purpose of that story is why I enjoyed Happy Gilmore so much, it takes fun pot shots at the sport whilst daftly proclaiming that any dude can play in his own style. This is an absolutely no brain movie of course, with a plot as daft as it sounds - a failed/angry ice-hockey player takes up golf to earn money to save his granny's house from being repossessed - and of course he becomes a cause célèbre to the golfing curates.
Sandler has and always will be an acquired comedy taste, making this very much one for his fans only. And truth be told this is basic Sandler where he's shouty and sweary, and he certainly improved on a filmic level from this point on. So what you gonna do? I laughed a lot, but you see I'm a Sandler fan (though there are some films of his I positively hate), it cheered me up and sometimes that's all I want from one of his movies. 7/10

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Production companies: Universal Pictures, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, Robert Simonds Productions
Production countries: United States of America
Budget: $12,000,000
Revenue: $41,205,099

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PG-13 (Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Films given this rating may contain sexual content, brief or partial nudity, some strong language and innuendo, humor, mature themes, political themes, terror and/or intense action violence. However, bloodshed is rarely present. This is the minimum rating at which drug content is present.)

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