Why Happy Gilmore 2 Surprised Me: The Unexpected Workout for Your Funny Bone and Fitness Mojo
Now, you’ll probably see quite a few reviews dunking on Happy Gilmore 2 and its shameless nostalgia plays this weekend. To that, I say two things: One, fair, and two, at this point in Sandler’s career—where we know he can bust out an Oscar-worthy performance at any minute, yet chooses to make impossible-to-hate escapist comedy—we grade his work not only on a curve, but by wholly different benchmarks. Does it have Buscemi playing a creep who looks like he walked out of the “How Do You Do, Fellow Kids” meme? (Yes.) Does the movie end in a big ol’ group hug? (Yes.) Does Rob Schneider appear from nowhere and scream something either nonsensical, or “YOU CAN DO IT!!!!” (Yes and yes.) By those merits, yes—Happy Gilmore 2 is a damn good movie.
My advice? Let it wash over you. Enjoy the sight of John Daly watching Love Island Australia. Bask in the vision of Ben Stiller’s face superimposed on a golf ball. Let Sandman do as only Sandman can do—whisk you away from this doomed planet for two hours to laugh at Eminem’s fake beard.
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