After the death of his wife, golfer Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler) gives up the game to raise his kids. As the years go by, he becomes strapped for cash and decides to pick up his clubs once again in order to put his daughter through ballet school. He also winds up going toe to toe with an upstart “extreme” golf league and sets out to take their obnoxious creator (Benny Safdie) down a peg with the help of his old nemesis, Shooter McGavin (Christopher McDonald).
I haven’t really kept up with Adam Sandler’s Netflix films (aside from the dramas like Uncut Gems and The Meyerwitz Stories). This one wasn’t too bad, all things considered. However, it wasn’t exactly good enough to make me want to run out and watch his other Netflix stuff any time soon.
The biggest problem was there was no reason it needed to be two hours long. Then again, I guess just about every Netflix Original out there runs on way too long. The real issue is that it has enough plot for two movies. Had the film been content with having Happy trying to pay for his daughter’s dance lessons, it would’ve been just fine. The last half hour with the extreme golf stuff is weak though, and it’s here where the film begins treading into Caddyshack 2 territory.
Qualms aside, Happy Gilmore 2 pretty much gives you what you would expect from a three-decades later sequel to Happy Gilmore. There are lots of cameos from stars of the original and random celebrities (some more random than others), plenty of scenes of Sandler acting like his usual goofball self, and a few genuine chuckles. It’s just entertaining enough to justify the long wait. While it will no doubt appease Sandler’s die-hard fans, it often gets bogged down with plot and fan service. Then again, there are certainly worse legacy sequels you could waste your time on.
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