among the most re-viewable movies i can imagine

Rating: 9/10 (4 February 2000)

Happy Gilmore is the closest thing adam sandler has made to a masterpiece. sandler's goofball side ("billy madison") is intact here, but is kept in check--and thus made less irritating--by his sentimental side ("big daddy"). the two are enough in balance that the movie is enjoyable by both sports-comedy fans and romantic-comedy fans. in fact, it's hard to imagine a person who wouldn't enjoy Happy on some level.
this is the one movie to which i most often turn when i want to watch a comedy, and that is the strongest praise i can give. it always makes me laugh, and, as corny as it is to say so, warms my heart as well. honestly, it's just a sweet movie, and one about golf to boot.