Happy Gilmore (1996)

Directed by

Dennis Dugan

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 3,380 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A failed hockey player discovers he has a powerful golf swing. He enters tournaments to save his grandmother's house from being taken away.

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What happens

Happy Gilmore is a 1996 American sports comedy film starring Adam Sandler in the title role. Directed by Dennis Dugan and produced by Robert Simonds, the supporting cast includes Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen, and Carl Weathers. The film follows Happy Gilmore, a boorish, failed ice hockey player with a unique talent for golf, who seeks to raise enough money to prevent the foreclosure of his grandmother's house. The screenplay was written by Sandler and his writing partner Tim Herlihy, in their second feature collaboration after the previous year's Billy Madison. This film also marks the first collaboration between Sandler and Dugan. Happy Gilmore was released in theaters on February 16, 1996, by Universal Pictures, and received mixed reviews from critics. The film was a commercial success, earning $41.4 million on a $12 million budget, and it won an MTV Movie Award for Best Fight for Sandler and Bob Barker. It has developed a cult following, especially in the golf community. A sequel, Happy Gilmore 2, was released on Netflix in 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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