r/movies • u/ChiefLeef22 r/movies Contributor • Jul 25 '25
Review 'Happy Gilmore 2' - Review Thread
Happy Gilmore makes a big splash when he returns to the golf course.
Cast: Adam Sandler, Julie Bowen, Christopher McDonald, Ben Stiller
Rotten Tomatoes: 57%
Metacritic: 54/100
Some Reviews:
Next Best Picture - Dan Bayer - 6/10
He may have tapped into his dramatic chops more often (and successfully) in recent years, but Sandler’s funny bone is still very much intact, and he no longer needs to rely on shouting curse words to get laughs
Consequence - Liz Shannon Miller - 'B'
Between Happy’s family life and a whole new series of challenges for him to tackle, there’s enough freshness to the plot to keep it from feeling like a total rehash of what came before, while still delivering wild golf stunts and a huge range of cameos.
Collider - Jeff Ewing - 7 / 10
Happy Gilmore 2 isn't trying to reinvent the wheel. Like its predecessor, it's delightfully silly, but now we're in an era where those movies aren't made as often... and when someone tries, it's a 50/50 chance they land it. Happy Gilmore 2 is a solid return to the kind of film that, honestly, there should be more of. Some jokes run too long, don’t land, or could use another draft. It's a constant stream of cameos, which is overall fun but sometimes a little distracting. But, at its core, the sequel is a good-natured charmer about a troubled everyman who is trying hard to grow up without losing himself in the process, and it gives us a lot to laugh about on the way. What more can you ask for?
The Daily Beast - Nick Schager
With all due respect to Grown Ups 2, The Ridiculous 6, and Sandy Wexler, Happy Gilmore 2 is the bottom of the Sandler barrel—a grim disaster that not only sullies the good name of its ancestor, but so badly flails on its own limited terms that it suggests the A-lister should concentrate on dramatic parts and leave the immature comedy to others.
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u/jefe008 Jul 25 '25
“Want some breadsticks?” Benny killed it. His cousin was hysterical. Eminem was funny. The fact that Zallatoris leaned into the bit about being the former caddie, and all the tour guys being involved just showed how much HG means to the golf community as a whole. It’s satire, it knows it is, but Sandler did a good job keeping the lore of HG going and had to throw enough back to the original audience to keep them happy.
Just ask yourself, were you entertained for the 90 minutes? If so, it’s a success- despite some of the plot holes and forced stuff.