Very funny...

Rating: 9/10 (8 February 2007)

It is not at all realistic, and it isn't even that original either. But boy, I enjoyed Happy Gilmore - probably because it's so damn funny! If you don't find people being hit by golf balls and falling to their deaths or a bloke shouting the word "Jackass" repeatedly funny, you're not a real person! It is predictable from start to finish, but at least Happy himself feels like a real person (even if his golfing escapades are out of this world), and the whole film does revolve around him being a rather good-natured person who occasionally breaks. From the very start of the film, you know it's going to be mostly puerile humour with a bit of sport thrown in, but if it is enough to bring you to the floor in fits of laughter, then Happy Gilmore has done its job! 9/10