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Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   49,782 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Tim Herlihy (written by) &
Adam Sandler (written by)
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Release Date:
16 February 1996 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
He doesn't play golf... he destroys it.
Plot:
A rejected hockey player puts his skills to the golf course to save his grandmother's house. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
To Be Remembered Forever: 'Happy' And Bob Barker Trading Blows more (234 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Adam Sandler's Happy Gilmore (USA) (video title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for language and some comic sexuality.
Runtime:
92 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Certification:
Netherlands:MG6 (video premiere) | Iceland:L | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Sweden:11 | South Korea:12 | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) (Canadian Home Video rating) | USA:PG-13 (No. 34362) | Philippines:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 (video premiere) | Germany:6 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | UK:12
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Trivia:
Bruce Campbell auditioned for the role of Shooter McGavin. more
Goofs:
Continuity: During the first hole of the Waterberry Open, Happy's ball moves from the back to the front of the green. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
[opening narration voice over]
Happy Gilmore: My name is Happy Gilmore. Ever since I was old enough to skate, I loved hockey. I wasn't really the greatest skater though. But that didn't stop my dad from teaching me the secret of smacking his greatest slap shot.
[Young Happy, hits a hard plastic ball into his father's forehead]
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To Be Remembered Forever: 'Happy' And Bob Barker Trading Blows, 30 March 2006
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Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

A "pro" golfer duking it out with veteran game-show host Bob Barker right in the middle of a tournament. That scene alone makes this one of the more memorable comedies of the last 30 years. Almost everyone I know has either seen or heard of that scene and everyone laughs at it.

It IS ludicrous and that's what makes it so funny. In fact, most of the movie is totally preposterous, totally unbelievable and totally wacky, which is Adam Sandler's trademark in these comedies. He's low key but violent, as he was in Mr. Deeds, Punch-Drunk Love and a few other films.

Here, Sander is even more vocal and violent than normal and definitely more crude, which is saying something since this actor usually doesn't play guys with a lot of class. "Happy" is a hot-tempered hockey player who can hit a golf ball 400 yards so he tries his hand on the PGA tour to help raise money for his grandmother. I just shake my head even writing that last sentence, it sounds so stupid....but this is a stupid movie with an incredibly stupid story but is hilarious, for the most part.

Anyone who is a golfer would appreciate this movie more than others, because Sandler says and does things we'd all like to do on the links at times but, thankfully, don't. In short: this is a crude but very funny movie.

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