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Happy Gilmore

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Sequel:

Happy Gilmore 2

Original title

Happy Gilmore

Year

1996

Running time

92 min.

Country

United States

Director

Dennis Dugan

Screenwriter

Adam Sandler, Tim Herlihy

Cast

Music

Mark Mothersbaugh

Cinematography

Arthur Albert

Producer

Universal Pictures, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, Robert Simonds Productions

Genre

Comedy | Sports. Golf. Cult movie

Synopsis

Happy Gilmore was a fanatical field hockey player and now has no goals in his life. When his girlfriend dumps him and his mother gets kicked out of the apartment she lives in for not paying the rent, he decides to take up golf in professional tournaments in hopes of raising enough money to turn his situation around. It turns out that Happy has a very powerful swing that sends the ball 400 yards away. In addition, due to his crazy temperament, he begins to cause a furor among the media for his extravagant antics on the golf courses.

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Critics' reviews

"Tells the story of a violent sociopath. Since it's about golf, that makes it a comedy"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"Added together, there are about three minutes of funny material in 'Happy Gilmore', and pretty much all of them are in the trailer"

Brian Lowry: Variety
"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: SFgate
"A lame, unoriginal comedy."

Joey O'Bryan: Austin Chronicle
"The real surprise is that it's a lot of fun, with Sandler becoming more personable as the film progresses, and a couple of truly side-splitting scenes"

Darren Bignell: Empire

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