Stupidity as brilliance

Rating: 8/10 (22 March 2012)

IMO, Adam Sandler is not a movie star actor, he is a comedian. These days he deludes himself into being a big shot "actor", fact is this guy can't act for s**t. He has been relegated to starring in run-of-the-mill comedies that no one remembers or cares about after 6 months.
I saw Happy Gilmore when I was 15 or 16 and it was hilarious to my friends and I. After all those years I can still clearly recall every one of my favorite scenes. It's pure ridiculous crap but it was surprising, different, and hilarious to my adolescent male mind.
The plot of this movie is nothingness, a weakly contrived excuse to string together a sequence of events comprising a movie. The script is pure idiocy really, but it is an absurdly satirical idiocy, and absurdity can be really hilarious if it's done right.
Really, it's like a stand up comedy routine presented as a narrative, it's all about Adam Sandler getting laughs as a true comedian, not a wannabe actor.