Critics Scoreboard
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Average Critic Score:
31
(14 sources)
31
(14 sources)
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60
Empire
The real surprise is that it's a lot of fun, with Sandler becoming more personable as the film progresses, and a couple of truly side-splitting scenes. Read Full Review » -
50
Washington Post
A genial and surprisingly self-contained performance by Adam Sandler. Read Full Review » -
50
Christian Science Monitor
Adam Sandler is funny as the volatile hero, and the screenplay is just abrasive enough to keep the story surprising. Read Full Review » -
50
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50
San Francisco Chronicle
It may smell awful from a distance, especially if you have low tolerance for lowbrow humor, but up close this yarn about an unlikely golf star is fairly painless. Read Full Review » -
40
Los Angeles Times
The result is a movie that's hard to laugh at when its hero would surely be either in jail or perhaps even a mental institution were he to behave the way he does on screen in real life. Read Full Review » -
38
Chicago Sun-Times
Tells the story of a violent sociopath. Since it's about golf, that makes it a comedy. Read Full Review » -
33
Entertainment Weekly
Adam Sandler stars in a one-joke Caddyshack for the blitzed and jaded. Read Full Review » -
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Variety
Added together, there are about three minutes of funny material in Happy Gilmore, and pretty much all of them are in the trailer, leaving a sometimes painfully unfunny 90 minutes with which to contend. Read Full Review »
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