Movie Schitzo's Review of "Happy Gilmore"

Rating: 7/10 (30 July 2006)

Adam Sandler is a genius. He has made so many great and funny films with basically no plot. I think he enjoys playing dumb characters or characters that learn a lesson at the end of the film. Some of his best performances to date are "Big Daddy" and "50 First Dates". Here he plays an ill tempered Hockey player who real wants to play the game. When his Grandma (Frances Bay) forgets to pay the mortgage Happy comes to the rescue. He gets help in the form of a black guy who had his hand bitten off by a 'gator. So Happy decides to win some money by playing golf. Along the way he makes an enemy in Shooter McGaven (Christopher McDonald) and catches the eye of a love interest Virginia Vennit (Julie Bowen), all the way headed to win the championship game and to get his Grandma's house back from Shooter. One of the most famous scenes in this movie is the scene where Happy and Bob Barker get into a huge fistfight. This is a very "Happy" and dumb comedy from Sandler and his crew that goes up there with some of his other sports movies like The Waterboy and The Longest Yard. All in all this was a very dumb and entertaining movie that should become a favorite of everyones over the years.
3 out of 4 stars