What is it about this movie

Rating: 10/10 (10 September 2002)

It puzzles me that this movie stays funny over time, while the other Sandler films fall flat. It's on a par with Caddyshack and Animal House, two other good SNL alumni films, and shares with them a similar array of short crude skits. Part of the success comes from the cameos, displayed rapid-fire. Richard Keil reprising his role from Silver Streak (this time shot with a nailgun instead of a harpoon)....Bob Barker sending up his TV persona...Carl Weathers reading a golf magazine, muttering "that's good, it's all in the hips"....Joe Flaherty's insistence on eating at chain food restaurants...Ben Stiller's conniving nursing home orderly. And then there is the guiding philosophy of the film....who but a golfer would ever WANT to wear a green jacket and plaid pants? Behond all the money and image, golf is a sport for crazy people, and Happy spoofs it well.