Happy Gilmore isn't done with golf — not by a long shot. Since his retirement after his first Tour Championship win, Gilmore returns to finance his daughter's ballet classes.
Ratings
Curator score: 1.2/10
IMDb: 6.1/10
Letterboxd: 2.72/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 62%
Metacritic: 52
TMDB: 6.5/10
Director
Kyle Newacheck
Production
Happy Madison Productions
Cast
Adam Sandler, Julie Bowen, Christopher McDonald, Benny Safdie, Ben Stiller, Bad Bunny, John Daly, Dennis Dugan, Haley Joel Osment, Lavell Crawford, Jackie Sandler, Sadie Sandler, Sunny Sandler, Maxwell Jacob Friedman, Philip Schneider, Ethan Cutkosky, Conor Sherry, Steve Buscemi, Kevin Nealon, Kym Whitley
Where to watch
Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Curator Review
Verdict
A noisy, cameo-heavy legacy sequel that seems to deliver bursts of dumb fun for fans of Adam Sandler’s broad, chaotic comedy, but also draws plenty of criticism for feeling overstuffed and ad-like. If you liked the original’s rude energy and don’t mind a scattershot sequel built on nostalgia and celebrity appearances, there’s enough here to justify a watch.
Best for
fans of broad, absurdist sports comedies
viewers who enjoy celebrity-cameo heavy ensemble comedies
people looking for low-stakes, goofy nostalgia
audiences open to uneven but energetic legacy sequels
Skip if
you dislike shameless fan service and cameo overload
you want tightly written comedy with a clear third act
you’re allergic to juvenile humor and broad slapstick
you prefer sequels that justify their existence beyond nostalgia
Overview
This sequel leans hard into the kind of chaotic, joke-first comedy that made the original a cultural staple, but it also inherits the modern legacy-sequel problem: too many callbacks, too many cameos, not enough shape. The result sounds less like a clean continuation than a highlight reel of bits, with some viewers clearly enjoying the mess and others feeling like they’ve been trapped inside a branded content package.
Worth noting
The strongest reactions point to a few performers and recurring comic pairings doing the heavy lifting, while the rest of the movie seems to swing between inspired nonsense and total overload. That makes it easy to recommend as a curiosity or a comfort watch, but harder to call it essential.
Bottom line
If you’re in the mood for a loud, unserious sports comedy that treats coherence as optional, it may land. If you want the sequel to deepen the character work or sharpen the satire, this one is probably going to feel like it’s mostly there to keep the franchise alive.
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