CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!

GetPapa Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible

Freeman This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Ortiz Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

JLRMovieReviews Ever since he was a young boy, Adam Sandler wanted to be a hockey player. His hot temper and uncontrollable rages fit the sport, but then he is taken off the team. When the IRS takes his grandmother's (actress Frances Bay) house for back taxes, he vows to make enough money to buy it back. Ultimately, he takes up golf to win the tournament money. But golfer and rival Christopher McDonald has something to say about that. (Christopher plays his role memorably and mercilessly well.) For some reason, I had been avoiding Adam Sandler movies like the plague, since most of his humor is usually childish, infantile, dumb, silly, etc. I must have seen something years ago to have come to this conclusion, But recently I decided to watch a few. After finding out that this movie and "Happy Gilmore" were his best, I saw them. I think most people would agree that the highlight of this film is Bob Barker and him duking it out on the golf course. But parts of this seemed too silly and/or dumb, like him trying constantly to shake Carl Weathers' wooden hand. My main criticism of this film is that most of its one-liners, jokes, or scenarios fall flat resulting in little to no reaction other than shock, which gets in the way of enjoying the film, along with his almost-hostile disposition due to his love of hockey. But he does agree to cool it down and act more professional. A lot of people would say to take "Happy Gilmore" for what it is, not to think about it too much and not take it so seriously and just enjoy yourself and let it come over you, the whole experience. A second viewing is needed for this experiment! Oh, boy!

colevasic We all know what a comedy is and we can all predict the plot of the movie before even finishing it, wouldn't it be nice if we had a comedy where we didn't know what was going to happen? Or if the movie surprised us at the end? Happy Gilmore isn't an exception. Happy Gilmore is about this guy who is kind of struggling with living and his grandma gets kicked out of her house which really upsets him. During the process of moving his grandma out he comes to find that he is really good at golf, but not in the normal way he isn't necessarily, "professional" he just runs and hits the ball and it just soars through the air. This guys name is Happy Gilmore, Happy ends up going to the big tournament where he must face off with the best golfers in the world, here he faces many challenges and has to learn to be a better golfer to win the tournament and use that money to buy back his mothers home. This movie is just like any other cliché movie that the main person overcomes the challenge, or the hero wins the war, etc. The biggest struggle Happy has to overcome in this film is his biggest competition, a guy named Shooter McGavin who is a real professional golfer who has been doing it a whole lot longer than Gilmore. Happy Gilmore isn't completely taken by surprise with golf because he has been playing hockey is whole life which basically involves the same swing technique and everything that golfing does. But Happy realizes that he won't ever have the chance to win the tournament unless he seeks help from someone who knows what exactly they are doing. The person that Gilmore goes to and seeks out is a guy he knows as Chubbs, who has a fake arm because it got bitten off during a golf tournament by an alligator. This movie is definitely one of those, "dirty secret comedies" where the humor is just kind of dumb comedy but that doesn't mean it isn't funny, it definitely is a funny movie! This movie is attracted for its simplistic representation and I would concur, because you already know what basically is going to happen before the movie even ends. The main part of this movie is that Happy has to beat Shooter McGavin in a tournament in order to pay for his Grandmas house so she doesn't have to move out. Whenever there is a plot like this in a movie, you know that the main character or hero is going to come through with the challenge and everyone is going to live happily-ever-after.The tournament starts out fair and they keep playing through it, eventually everyone is eliminated except the two that face off in the end. It comes down to the last hole and Shooter swings an impressive hit that puts him ahead a little bit, as long as Happy doesn't get it in in less amount of hits. Unfortunately, an accident happens with a bystander and a big tower falls down blocking the course, Happy wants people to move it and go again when its clear, but Shooter says the rules say that once you start a hole you have to finish it. Gilmore takes this and has a flashback to when he went mini-golfing with Chubbs and how he had taught him to be the ball and to just relax and take a breath. Gilmore does just that and he ends up using the fallen over tower to his advantage to hit the ball like you would hit it if you were playing mini-golf, the ball bounces all over the place and eventually finds its way into the hole. This scene is very dramatic as you can imagine and when it goes in everyone goes crazy and starts cheering and celebrating. Gilmore gets a prize jacket and a trophy, but more importantly he gets money that he later uses to save his grandmas house.This is why I am not super impressed with this movie; it is funny but very predictable. But to come from the other side, it is just a comedy, "a dumb comedy" more specifically so it doesn't necessarily need to have some super in depth plot or some big surprise that happens. That's the whole point of this movie, it's just like a dumb comedy that makes you laugh even though it might seem un-intelligent or looked down upon. Even thought this movie might have a normal plot and is nothing special, it is still a good movie and it definitely made us laugh. I think the characters were chosen very wisely, the actual actors that played the characters and the actual characters themselves. They really complement each other and they build on each other, the main character wouldn't be the main character without his supporting characters and those characters really did help Adam Sandler in this case. For example, when Gilmore goes to the mini-golf course with Chubbs (Carl Weathers) they really improve Gilmores skills and help him basically win the tournament in the end and this is a key point in the movie. I think the casting director really hit it on the head. In conclusion I would say that to criticize this movie for having a cliché plot would be unfair and if that is the only thing I got out of this movie that would be a lie. Because this movie is a first of its time it is a classic. This movie is a knee slapper and I would say a classic, lots of people know what this movie is and have probably seen it. In the end this is still a very funny movie and I would recommend to anyone.

andersonsean-41047 Everyone Needs to Laugh In the movie Happy Gilmore, the director Dennis Dugan portrayed the typical golfer as being a very calm, cool and collected individual. Then within a few minutes, the golfer was swearing up a storm and wishing golf had never been created. Dennis made sure his viewers felt different emotions throughout the movie: at one instance you're laughing, then you're angry, sympathetic, sad or even empathetic. Happy Gilmore is a must see movie, because of its excellent plot development, acting and cinematography. The movie starts out as Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler) getting cut from the Boston Bruins. From there, his grandma (Frances Bay) begins to lose her house because she wasn't paying her taxes. As the movers are moving furniture out of the house they find some old golf clubs and decide to hit some balls. Well Happy tells them "it's easy to hit a golf ball" so the movers bet him that he can't even drive the ball 100 yards. Happy lines up and drives it 400 yards down the street. From there he's told to try out for the tour, but he's reluctant to do it until he realizes he can win a lot of money playing golf and pay for his grandma's house. Happy picks up the sport and begins winning until he runs into Shooter McGavin (Christopher McDonald) who's out to destroy him because Happy isn't "right" for the game of golf. Shooter and Happy eventually battle it out for grandma's house at the tour championship. One of the main reasons Happy Gilmore is a classic is because of its exceptional plot development. Every scene from the movie seems to flow with each other and there is no scene in the movie that doesn't play an important role in the movie. For example, before the tour championship begins, all the players have dinner together at the clubhouse, then the very next scene is the players playing at the tournament. Viewers never have to ask themselves, "Why is that scene in there?" Or "What does it have to do with the movie?" In addition, the plot is consistent throughout the whole movie; Happy is playing the game of golf to get his grandmother's house back and that's it, there's no side plot. The second reason Happy Gilmore is one of the best movies ever made, is because of the acting. For example, Christopher McDonald, while on and off the course is always walking around arrogantly; his shoulders tucked back, chest out and his smooth strides as he walks. Christopher is showing the viewers that he is the best on the course at any given time; almost like he's God. In addition, when Christopher is talking to somebody, he often has a tone in his voice; like that of a person thinking, "Did you just say that to me?" This really entices the viewer because the viewer feels some type of emotion toward Christopher. The most important reason Happy Gilmore is a must see movie is because of its excellent cinematography work. For example, when Happy lines up to make a big putt, the cameraman puts the camera low and looks up at Happy to show how crucial the putt is. Also, towards the end of the movie, Dennis plays some slow; suspenseful music when Happy needs to make a putt to beat Shooter McGavin. Making the viewer feel like there heart was going to beat out of there chest if he didn't hit that putt. If I was any person looking to watch a comedy or a movie based on golf that has a feel good story at the end, then I would highly recommend seeing Happy Gilmore. I would give Happy Gilmore a rating of 4 out of 5 stars because of the pure comedic value that Adam Sandler and Christopher McDonald bring to the movie. I would argue that Happy Gilmore, wasn't just funny, but it helped jump start Adam Sandler's career, because think of all the movies he made after Happy Gilmore.

framptonhollis Adam Sandler, before he was infamous for making some of the worst movies of all time! This is one of the Sandler movies that people add as an exception after insulting Adam Sandler's film career. I mean, it is really funny! It's unlike most of Sandler's other movies because of how hilarious it was, and Sandler was actually pretty good in the role, as, pretty much, a sociopath who plays golf!Although it is very funny, the movie is predictable, and it is really a by-the-numbers 90s comedy. It has the bully character, the unneeded romance, an old lady "sidekick", etc. I mean, if you just gave me a detailed synopsis of the plot, without any major spoilers, I would probably be able to tell you exactly what happens in the movie, plot wise, but that doesn't make it bad, because it's funny, and, in a comedy, that is all that really matters.