Review

Rating: Null/10 (1 October 2015)

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.