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Happy Gilmore 1996 Sports Comedy Movie Review

Friday, June 29, 2018
This 1996 sports comedy movie is about a guy named Happy Gilmore (#ad) (played by Adam Sandler) who wants to be a hockey player. But he apparently has a talent for playing golf, and he ends up playing said sport due to some unforeseen and unexpected circumstances.

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Extremely funny, laugh-out-loud movie

If there’s only one thing I can say about this film, it would be that it’s funny. It’s really very funny and humorous and that’s not an exaggeration at all. There are many scenes in this comedy that can really make you laugh out loud.

A notable mention would definitely be that part where Happy Gilmore tells a golf ball to go home and demands to know why said golf ball refused to follow his orders (trying to keep this spoiler-free, so the lack of details and explanations is intentional).

Heartwarming, touching scenes

While Happy Gilmore is a really fun and happy movie, it also has moments that can be quite touching such as the scenes that show the love of a grandmother and grandson for each other, and the things that a grandson is willing to do and sacrifice for the sake of his beloved grandmother.

Realistic movie

This movie even showed some realism like how the protagonist doesn’t instantly become good at playing golf overnight and doesn’t easily beat his opponents who have been playing golf for years.

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Happy’s clearly got some talent at it, but he has to hone it and keep practicing and actually learn how to play the sport before he can hope to win and get first place.

Believable romance in Happy Gilmore

It’s also interesting to note how romance took a backseat in this film. There was some romance, but it wasn’t center-stage. The focus was really on the sport as well as the grandmother and grandson. This was fine though because it made the romance between the 2 characters seem believable. They didn’t get together right away.

It took a bit of time though it did still seem a bit fast, but, with the way the movie presented it, it could come across as the 2 characters in question still getting to know each other better since it wasn’t like they were getting married or declaring their undying love for each other and that added to the realistic aspect of the film.



All-in-all, Happy Gilmore is a very fun movie, and, if you want a laugh, a smile, and if you just want to be cheered up after a bad and stressful day, you can try watching this film and just enjoy yourself and allow the story to tickle you and make you laugh.

*Notes
-Image with added text was modified by Freya Yuki (CC:BY-SA) based on the image by hayashinomura (CC:BY-SA) from deviantArt
-Image is meant to symbolize how funny and humorous Happy Gilmore is since the figure in said image is smiling happily
-First pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above
-YouTube video features the trailer for aforementioned film
-This was previously published elsewhere

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