Happy Gilmore is a 1996 American sports comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan and starring Adam Sandler as the title character. This film is number 97 on Bravo's 100 funniest movies.
Happy Gilmore (Sandler) is an aspiring ice hockey player who masters a powerful and dangerous slapshot that his late father taught him as a child. However, his aggression and poor skating ability render him unable to join any hockey team. His grandmother, (Frances Bay...
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Happy Gilmore is a 1996 American sports comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan and starring Adam Sandler as the title character. This film is number 97 on Bravo's 100 funniest movies.
Happy Gilmore (Sandler) is an aspiring ice hockey player who masters a powerful and dangerous slapshot that his late father taught him as a child. However, his aggression and poor skating ability render him unable to join any hockey team. His grandmother, (Frances Bay), with whom he has lived almost all his life, has not paid her taxes for many years. As such, she owes $270,000 to the IRS and the house that Happy's grandfather "built with his bare hands" is about to be seized. Grandma Gilmore is forced to temporarily move into a retirement home run as a sweatshop by Hal, the retirement home's unpleasant and cruel manager (Ben Stiller in an uncredited role). While repossessing Grandma's furniture, a pair of movers challenge Happy to hit golf balls, and his unorthodox hockey slapshot hits 400 yards three...
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