Happy Gilmore (DVD)

...much of the same with Happy Gilmore. However, it was in fact much better that I had expected, and far exceeded my expectations. ***Storyline*** The film tells the story of Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler), an Ice Hockey fanatic from an early age, spurred on by his father to the stage where his life ambition is to become a prefessional ice hockey player. His mother decides she has had enough, after having had to put up with her husband and son's obsessions ...
...and nowhere else to go, Happy is sent to live with his grandmother in Waterbury, who brings him up throughout the remainder of his childhood and teenage years. Happy continues to pursue his dream, training with local clubs, but is never able to make much of an impact, and fails to make the grade for the tenth year running. However, he does hold two unsurpassed records at the club - though not the usual kind of records you would expect to hear about!! ...

groovypurks 07.04.2004 (30.12.2004) · Read full review
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...follows: Adam Sandler - Happy Gilmore Christopher McDonald - Shooter McGavin Julie Bowen - Virginia Venit Frances Bay - Grandma Gilmore Carl Weathers - Chubbs Peterson Allen Covert - Otto Robert Smigel - I.R.S. Agent Bob Barker - Himself Richard Kiel - Mr. Larson Dennis Dugan - Doug Thompson Joe Flaherty - Donald Lee Trevino - Himself Kevin Nealon - Gary Potter Verne Lundquist - Himself Jared Van Snellenberg - Happy's Waterbury Caddy ...
...these actors, you can initially tell this will produce a good quality film. The basic story goes that Gilmore [Sandler] has always loved hockey, but has only ever had the talent of having a horrendously hard shot. His girlfriend leaves him due to his unrealistic ambitions, and upon visiting his grandmother's home he discovers he needs to find money to allow his grandmother to keep her house - built by her husband with his bare hands. The plot then ...

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...by arrogant toffs, I saw Happy Gilmore as exactly what should happen to the pompous classist,racist,sexist,ageist,crusty old farts that appear top rule in courses around the world. Happy Gilmore is the funniest film I have seen in years and all centred around Adam Sandlers protryal of a frustrated Hockey Player who finds by accident that he has the longest drive in the world. He take his short temper on the US Pro Tour in the search of riches and ...

MarcusPerkins 29.08.2000 · Read full review
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...Singer, The Waterboy, etc plays Happy Gilmore a failure at Ice Hockey who turns his attention to Golf. Tiger Woods he aint! More like a John Daly meets Gazza with a slice of Eddie the Eagle on Top. He wants to be a success, but doesnt really care and doesnt like Golf. He plays it his way. His first drive gets him nowhere till he has a run up and hits the ball like a slapshot in Ice Hockey and wowwwwwwwwwwwwwww it goes! Okay you have a big hitter, ...
...em smash em whirl of Happy being gross. He has to earn money to save his mums house. He gets a tour card and gradually improves, winning more and more each time. It's not going to happen in the real world - but this is a movie - suspend belief for 90 minutes. Great performance by Sandler, good story but most important great fun and one to rival that golf classic of a few years ago 'CaddyShack' with wacky Bill Murray ...

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.... . Adam Sandler - Happy Gilmore Christopher McDonald - Shooter McGavin Julie Bowen - Virginia Venit Frances Bay - Grandma Gilmore Carl Weathers - "Chubbs" Peterson Allen Covert - Otto Richard Kiel - Mr. Larson Dennis Dugan - Doug Thompson Bob Barker - Himself Kevin Nealon - Gary Potter Ben Stiller - Nursing Home Orderly Man The main overview is a man called Happy Gilmore who is in love with the game Ice Hockey. He goes to the try outs every year ...
...He wins. This is how Happy then gets into golf and starts winning games, with his only problem being his short game. I don't want too spoil anymore of the film to anyone who hasn't seen the film but it is a great comedy that brings humour with love and mixes them in just right amounts, comedy coming out on top. The main element of comedy comes from Happy's anger and when he gets into a fight with Bob Barker, a spectator and starts screaming and ...

lemonlicker 03.11.2006 (08.11.2006) · Read full review
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...Despite being in huge demand, Happy Gilmore was released in the UK last year, and came straight out on budget. I could not beleive my luck, being able to buy a brand new copy of a film I had been searching for for ages, for just £5.99. You know when a comedy is good, because you remember all the lines, characters and scenes, and after just one viewing you are already going over and over them all with you friends. This is definately one of those ...
...about. Adam Sandler plays a Happy Gilmore. Since he was a wee nipper, all he has wnated to do is play Hockey. There is just one thing, he is useless. However, when a old 'hand' (you'll get the joke when you watch it) sees him whacking trash in anger, he offers to coach him at golf. With his dear old grandma in financial problems he goes with it for the money, and he somewhat loud, Hockey-esc course manners make an instant impression. This really ...

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Adam Sandler plays Happy Gimlore, in Happy gilmore. Happy is a hockey player who is the crappest skater and has got no puck control, but his got the most accurate and powerful puck shot ever. One day when his Grandmas house is being repossed by the government Happy has to make some money quik to save the house which was hand built by his granddad. One of the removal men Challenges happy to see who can hit the golf ball the furthest, hapyy easily ...

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...From start to finish Happy Gilmore had me in stitches, it has it all Comedy, Romance and Action! Happy Gilmore is about a man surprisingly called Happy Gilmore who dreams of becoming a Professional Hockey player, until of course one day he realises his Hockey slapshot translates into an amazing 400 yard tee shot! So when his Grandma, who he's lived with most of his life, loses her home to the IRS he realises he could buy her house back by joining ...
...performance in this role as Happy Gilmore, but of course no feel good film would be complete without some sort of romance. This film is no different, Happy falls for the lovely Julie Bowen who also pulls off a nice performance. But for me the actor who deserves the most credit in this film is Christopher McDonald who plays Happy's bitter golf rival Shooter McGavin, McDonald is hilarious in this role and quite simply stole the show! I would recommend ...

Seb_Valmont 05.08.2001 · Read full review
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...this week. Ice Hockey "wonnabe" Happy Gilmore introduces his 400 yard golfing talent and begins to change the way of golf as the IRS re-processes his grandmothers home due to not paying taxes. Happy( Adam Sandler) has a well under par golf performance, but a spectacular acting one as he hits the spot every time. As a rejected Ice Hockey player, Happy discovers his golfing talents and ex-pro Chubbs Peterson (Carl Weathers) helps him progress. Gilmore ...
...caddy but none the wiser Happy believes it's just someone pinching his clubs. Adam Sandler has yet another comical film but this has to be rated as his best performance yet in a positive acting career. This film is a sports comedy which is a must-see although the rating of 12 is appropriate as there are some sexual comical references. Gilmore has made this a must-see and the film is well worth a top spot at the box office as Gilmore bring a whole ...

peachiepagan 20.03.2007 (01.04.2007) · Read full review
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...The story is about happy who tries and tries in vain to become an ice hockey player, but is awful at skating, when the IRS come to take away his grand-mothers house, he has to find a way to make some money to try to save it, and as the workmen are clearing the house, he discovers his drive is considerably longer than the workmens and uses this talent to go and make some money, from then on, its laughs all the way, and Sandler is absoloutely superb, ...
...i wrote that). I'm not what you would call a golf fan, but i love this film to bits and everyone I force to watch it with me loves it as well. The humour is thick fast, slapstick and spoken word and it has to be said that the supporting cast are also excellent, films this good deserve sequels, and sandler has not made a film as good as this since. The one let down, and it is only minor, is that the extra features on the dvd are non-existant, aside ...

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...real hole in one...sorry! Happy is a terrible Hockey player, he cant skate and he fights with every opponant but boy what a shot! His grandma gets evicted due to unpaid taxes and during the eviction he discovers some golf clubs where he has a bet with the removers that he can hit the ball further than them...and does he hit it further than them! He desperatly needs to find the money to pay the tax bill so he has an idea to earn cash on a golf driving ...
...who tries to give happy some advice on the psychology part of the game, its brilliant, I still use some of his one liners when I am on the course with my mates. Awesome, this film will have you wetting yourself (or maybe not if you dont like stupid humour!) ...

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If you like Adam Sandler, you will like this movie. Adam Sandler stars as a hockey player who cannot skate. Carl Weathers character plays a golf pro with a wooden hand. He notices that "Happy" can hit a golf ball over 400 yards and convinced him to joins a professional golfing tour to help his Grandmother, who is about to lose her house due to unpaid taxes. While this movie is definately stupid and rather profane, it's hillarity cannot be topped ...

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...alive when failed hockey player Happy Gilmore discovers that he has the knack for driving a golf ball 400 yards! Gilmore (Sandler) is really just a big kid (a role which he seems to emulate in his recent film Big Daddy). He only takes up Golf because his Mother has her house re-possessed by the IRS, and Happy turns to golf so that he can use the prize money to buy back the family home. Happys’ popularity continues to grow, which angers the ...
...his power to stop Happy from making a success of Golf (including a wacky scene involving Happy and a Beetle!) This film was probably the first film to really launched Sandlers career. His two previous efforts failed to hit the spot, and now, he’s one of Hollywoods’ hottest properties. And you can tell that the film is going to be good because the film is directed by Ben Stiller (There’s Something about Mary), who also cameos as ...

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...in Adam Sandlers 'Happy Gilmore'. Happy Gilmore is about a man who has had a hard child hood with his mother leaving him and his Dad because they were both obsessed with hockey, then his dad die's in a freak accident which involes a hockey puck, he then moves in with his Grandma at the age of 10. He wants to become a pro hockey player but is crap at puck handling and skating but the best slap shot ever but his talents are only noticed when he bets ...
...the baylifts (Sorry don't know how to spell it). This film is funny, I even think it is the second best film out of the Adam Sandler serise the top is always going to be Waterboy/Big Daddy so really it is third , okay then it is the third best out of all of them. If you have never heard of Adam Sandler then you have missed out on some funny songs, films and programmes which involved him. The best film he has been in is water boy but Big daddy is ...

The_Mufftery2k 22.05.2001 (27.05.2001) · Read full review
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Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler) is a ice hockey player from Connecticut,the only problem is his anger on the ice makes it impossible to join a hockey team. With his hockey career not going to plan the only thing in his life is his grandmother (Frances Bay) and when her home is at threat to the IRS for non paid taxes Happy feels he has to act,fast. With a powerful slapshot that Happy learnt from his Happy soon finds out money can be made with golf and ...
...his swing. Within a instant Happy finds himself a enemy,not really in his league to be a rival, Shooter McGavin (Christopher McDonald). Soon a contest breaks out and the winner gets grannies house and the loser quits the PGA tour. This was my first ever look into Adam Sandlers acting ability and in my view it was a good start. He fills the role well and it seems have followed him in his future roles. The rest of the cast help to make the movie ...

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