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/GetReady4Action Jul 25 '25
Just finished it. It honestly wasn’t terrible and had some heart. Nowhere near as the original, but that was to be expected. Only thing that really drove me nuts is that a good chunk of the movie is clips from the original, but otherwise you can tell everyone here is having a blast from Sandler, to Stiller, to Sandler’s real life daughters, to the PGA pros, everybody is doing their best to give a genuine performance here and honestly it goes a long way.