Happy Gilmore

1996
12
1h 32m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

261K

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POPULARITY

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A rejected hockey player puts his skills to the golf course to save his grandmother's house.

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After his grandmother's house is repossessed by the IRS, a bad tempered hockey player takes his talents to golf to earn the big bucks and get his grandmothers house back.After his grandmother's house is repossessed by the IRS, a bad tempered hockey player takes his talents to golf to earn the big bucks and get his grandmothers house back.After his grandmother's house is repossessed by the IRS, a bad tempered hockey player takes his talents to golf to earn the big bucks and get his grandmothers house back.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

261K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

639

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations total

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Happy Gilmore: Throwing Punches With Bob Barker

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Happy Gilmore: Throwing Punches With Bob Barker

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Trivia
Bob Barker wasn't sure if he wanted to be in the movie. When he learned that he was going to win the fight with Adam Sandler, he accepted the role.

Goofs
At the beginning when Happy is playing hockey, he hits the puck at the glass which the two coaches are standing behind. The glass clearly gets broken but then in the next close-up shot of the two coaches, the glass is back. A reflection can be seen in it.

Quotes
Shooter McGavin: [after buying grandma's house in an auction] You're in big trouble though, pal. I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast!
Happy Gilmore: [laughing] You eat pieces of shit for breakfast?
Shooter McGavin: [long pause] No!

Crazy credits
The End appears before the end credits roll.

Alternate versions
Happy's line of "The price is wrong, bitch" is changed depending on the channel. Some versions replace "bitch" with "geek"; others replace it with "Bob."

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Broken Arrow/Black Sheep/Beautiful Girls/A Midwinter's Tale/Antonia's Line (1996)

Soundtracks
Tuesday's Gone
Written by Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant
Performed by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Courtesy of MCA Records

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Featured review

9/10

To Be Remembered Forever: 'Happy' And Bob Barker Trading Blows

A "pro" golfer duking it out with veteran game-show host Bob Barker right in the middle of a tournament. That scene alone makes this one of the more memorable comedies of the last 30 years. Almost everyone I know has either seen or heard of that scene and everyone laughs at it.

It IS ludicrous and that's what makes it so funny. In fact, most of the movie is totally preposterous, totally unbelievable and totally wacky, which is Adam Sandler's trademark in these comedies. He's low key but violent, as he was in Mr. Deeds, Punch-Drunk Love and a few other films.

Here, Sander is even more vocal and violent than normal and definitely more crude, which is saying something since this actor usually doesn't play guys with a lot of class. "Happy" is a hot-tempered hockey player who can hit a golf ball 400 yards so he tries his hand on the PGA tour to help raise money for his grandmother. I just shake my head even writing that last sentence, it sounds so stupid....but this is a stupid movie with an incredibly stupid story but is hilarious, for the most part.

Anyone who is a golfer would appreciate this movie more than others, because Sandler says and does things we'd all like to do on the links at times but, thankfully, don't. In short: this is a crude but very funny movie.