Happy Gilmore (PG-13, 1996)

What happens when you take a psychotic hockey player who holds the only league record of trying to stab somebody with his skate and throw him on the links with tranquil golfers? Adam Sandler in one of his funniest roles. Happy Gilmore is a man with a hard aggressive core and a surprisingly sweet center. After hearing his grandmother lost her house due to back taxes, Gilmore is forced to come up with $270,000 to save his grandmother's home. Despite the maniacal hockey player's thunderous slapshot, Gilmore can't skate worth a dime and thus seeks alternatives to raise money for his beloved grandmother. Under the guidance of "Chubbs," an ex-pro golfer who lost his hand to an alligator, Gilmore surges up the golf circuit and knocks out his competition.

Second only to Billy Madison, HAPPY GILMORE stands out as one of Adam Sandler's best works. The movie pokes fun at the rather "stiff" golf world and spices it up with a character that makes Mike Tyson look like a level-headed individual. Anyone and everything sets Sandler into a crippling fury. For anyone who has previewed Sandler's work in the mid-90's (SNL or Billy Madison), the film's humor becomes quite predictable, but kids are likely to enjoy it. Appropriate for older teens.

Studio: Universal Pictures
Director: Dennis Dugan
Cast: Adam Sandler, Carl Weathers, Christopher McDonald
Genre: Comedy
Run time: 92 minutes
Theatrical release: February 16, 1996
DVD release: February 24, 1998
MPAA Rating: PG-13
MPAA explanation: language and some comic sexuality