| | | He Doesn't Play Golf...He Destroys It.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby, Dolby Digital (5.1), English, Spanish, French Subtitled
Adam Sandler stars in this hilarious comedy that scores a hole in one for gut-busting wit and outrageous slapstick. Co-starring Christopher McDonald, Carl Weathers and Kevin Nealon.
"Sandler has a brash, funky charm and a gift for funny voices that he uses to good advantage here." Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
"...Sandler's best outing to date." James Berardinelli's ReelViews
"...heady sight gags." Mike Clark, USA Today
Editor's Note
A would-be hockey player who unfortunately can't skate transforms his slap-shot into a 400-yard golf drive in this slapstick comedy. Joining the pro tour to win enough money to get his grandma's house out of hock, this unsportsmanlike sportsman enrages the staid establishment with his on-course shenanigans.
Plot Summary
When Happy Gilmore, a would-be hockey player, hits a golf ball over 400 yards, he realizes that his true calling lies in that sport. So, to help his grandma regain her home from the IRS, he trades in his stick and puck for a 5-iron and a tee, and enters the PGA tour. To prepare for this new career, Gilmore hires Chubbs, an ex-golf pro. | Happy's "Generation X" status, and his wild, boisterous antics on the green, shake up the stuffy golf world -- particularly when groups of rowdy hockey fans show up at tournaments to cheer Happy on. This dismays Shooter, an arrogant pro who is exasperated with Happy... and will do anything to get rid of him. | Can Happy elude Shooter's conspiratorial clutches? And if so, can he win enough money to save his grandma?
| Features | Audio: English, French, Spanish Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 Surround Sound | | Deleted Scenes | | Dubbed: French, Spanish | | Interactive Menus | | Outtakes | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | This Is An HD-DVD Made For HD-DVD Format Players Which Produce Higher Quality Picture & Sound |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 8/8/2006 |
| Running Time: 92 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1996 | | Catalog ID: 30017 | | UPC: 00025193001726 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Winner (1996) | | | MTV Award, Adam Sandler, Bob Barker, Best Fight | |
Nominee (1996) | | | MTV Award, Adam Sandler, Best Comedic Performance |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"Sandler literally throws himself into this tailor-made showcase..." 07/19/1996 p.84DVD Times 8 of 10
Whereas most mainstream comedy efforts of the nineties were stupid, humourless affairs that failed to capitalise on the gains made by such fine eighties examples as Airplane!, The Naked Gun or Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Happy Gilmore possesses a paradoxical 'dumb intelligence', and elevates itself to the highest level of farcical comedy...Happy Gilmore is a perfect night's no-brainer comedy entertainment, and is vying with There's Something About Mary for title of the best mainstream farcical comedy of the nineties. Already a cult hit, the film will separate the camps firmly, like most comedies do, but will still please a large portion of audiences who still appreciate the formulaic Hollywood comedy...Feelgood golfing comedy at its best, Happy Gilmore is one of those rare treats... - Raphael Pour-Hashemi
Chicago Sun-Times 6 of 10
"Happy Gilmore" tells the story of a violent sociopath. Since it's about golf, that makes it a comedy. The movie, the latest in the dumber and dumbest sweepstakes, stars Adam Sandler as a kid who only wants to play hockey. He hits the puck so hard he kills his father, who is in the act of filming a home movie. (Actually, he kills his father's camera, but it's a small point.)...The Happy Gilmore character is strange. I guess we are supposed to like him. He loves his old Grandma, and wins the heart of a pretty public relations lady (Julie Bowen) who tries to teach him to control his temper. Yet, as played by Sandler, he doesn't have a pleasing personality: He seems angry even when he's not supposed to be, and his habit of pounding everyone he dislikes is tiring in a PG-13 movie. At one point, he even knocks the bottom off a beer bottle and goes for Shooter. - Roger Ebert
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