Review of Happy Gilmore (1996) by Chw — 18 Jul 2014

Happy Gilmore was awesome for an Adam Sandler movie.

This review of Happy Gilmore (1996) was written by Chw on 18 Jul 2014.

Happy Gilmore has generally received positive reviews.

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[Adam] Sandler vascillates between obnoxiousness and boyish charm and winds up winning plenty -- including the majority of audience members…

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By Gracjanski (417) on 01 Feb 2021

Very stupid movie with many unrealistic scenes. The humour is also for the masses…

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By Benjamin C (416) on 13 Aug 2017

Happy Gilmore is a funny movie with a competent plot. That is really all I have to say about it…

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By Collin P (449) on 28 Jun 2017

I can't see how anyone could no like this film. Yeah it's incredibly stupid but it's very funny…

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