Warning: Contains spoilers.When it comes to Adam Sandler movies, I’m probably more of a Billy Madison guy, but I like Happy Gilmore too. I saw it in the theater opening weekend, bought it on DVD and h

Happy Gilmore 2 was released on Netflix on July 25, 2025, and received mostly positive reviews, holding a 65% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film serves as a sequel to the original 1996 title.

Long-time Sandler collaborator Steve Buscemi makes an early cameo in "Happy Gilmore 2." After Happy loses his grandma's house for a second time following Virginia's death, he and his daughter are forced to move to a seedier side of town. Buscemi plays their new oddball neighbor.

A lack of original jokes makes Happy Gilmore 2 a belated sequel that is passable, but highly unmemorable in Adam Sandler's output. The post REVIEW: ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ Earns More Shrugs Than Laughs appeared first on But Why Tho?

Happy Gilmore is back on the fairway in “Happy Gilmore 2,” a nostalgia-fueled, celeb-packed legacy sequel to Adam Sandler’s 1996 fan favorite.

This specific high-powered cocktail of superstars can only be found in Happy Gilmore 2, a dizzying carnival ride of a comedy that’s fun, exhausting and, occasionally, oddly beautiful. Sandler and Tim Herlihy have once again written the script,

Meanwhile, Sandler and Bowen reacted to Bowen’s shocking “Happy Gilmore 2” death during an interview with Entertainment Weekly published shortly after the movie’s release. The “Modern Family” star suggested that her character needed to die to drive Happy and the events of the film.

It feels like "Happy Gilmore's" 30th high-school reunion. But it also testifies to the timelessness of Sandler's Jerry-Lewis-meets-punk-rock rage.