Hockey Player?

Rating: Null/10 (13 July 2008)

Golf is pathetic and I wouldn't like to watch a film about it yet Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler) thinks in a similar way so we are going to have some fun. He is a so-called ice hockey player but he can hit golf balls as nobody and he needs a lot of money for a good cause (his grandma) so why not joining a professional golf tour. You know when a professional football player or any player of a decent sport is asked about their beginnings they always mention things like " you know I love to play it since I was a kid in my neighbourhood with all my friends" and stuff but when a golfer is asked is like "well my family owned a country club so" and stuff so for obvious reasons golf is for me extremely boring and the golfer himself or herself is pathetic. So imagine when Gilmore enters in the golf world, he is the punk rocker of golf, doesn't dress with Lacoste but with AC/DC t-shirts, uses for caddy a vagrant and is the only one followed by the masses, the new working class hero and since it doesn't really matters if he doesn't win, since there is always a big check, he is going to have some fun. The tag-line of the film is "He doesn't play golf... he destroys it" and I really appreciate that but of course he will not be the punk rocker of golf all the time since he has to win the money for his grandma and eventually he will learn how to really play golf with the help of Chubbs (Carl Weathers), a character with some terrific moments. The weakest part of the film is the ending because reminds you that this is not that special and that you can know what is going to happen in films but by that I have already laughed in many scenes and I think you will have too.
I like Sandler but I'm not his biggest fan yet of course I do have enjoyed some of his films so after reading many positive things about "Happy Gilmore" and founding its DVD very cheap (mostly for this) I'm here writing that I enjoyed it but it doesn't stand up from the rest of Adam Sandler films that I have seen but at the same time it is an excellent choice if you are looking for an entertaining and light comedy with a memorable cameo of Bob Barker (as himself) and a hilarious cameo of Ben Stiller! (as a true bastard).