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Movieloverman12

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This movie is just fun. Thats all i can really say about this movie bacauswe thats it. Theres not much in this other then slapsstick comedy. The thing is thats what adam sandler is right. So all im saying about this movie is youll have some laughs...
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This movie is just fun. Thats all i can really say about this movie bacauswe thats it. Theres not much in this other then slapsstick comedy. The thing is thats what adam sandler is right. So all im saying about this movie is youll have some laughs in this movie. If thats what your looking for, a laugh, then this movie will please you.

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Posted jun 27, 2009 9:08 am pt

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Happy Gilmore is really funny movie but there are better chocies, Like Hot Fuzz but thats hard to beat so back to topic. Happy Gilmore stars adam Sandler doing what he dos best. Being crazy and thats what i like about this film. ITs fun and as...
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Happy Gilmore is really funny movie but there are better chocies, Like Hot Fuzz but thats hard to beat so back to topic. Happy Gilmore stars adam Sandler doing what he dos best. Being crazy and thats what i like about this film. ITs fun and as long as that still in there im fine. Not laugh out loud but happy gilmore is a great movie for teens.

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Posted may 7, 2009 6:39 am pt

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One of the best Adam Sandler movies ever made. This movie is as funny today as when I first seen it in the movie theaters. A very funny take on the sport of Golf. If you are a fan of Sandler's most recent work you should see this one. A great...
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One of the best Adam Sandler movies ever made. This movie is as funny today as when I first seen it in the movie theaters. A very funny take on the sport of Golf. If you are a fan of Sandler's most recent work you should see this one. A great pick for movie night.

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Posted jan 12, 2009 11:55 am pt

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Its mental that this film got such bad critic reviews. Yeah so it has its bit that don't quite make sense and some of it is cheesy but come on... its brilliantly funny. You shove a grumpy twenty-something man whose Grandma needs the money to buy...
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Its mental that this film got such bad critic reviews. Yeah so it has its bit that don't quite make sense and some of it is cheesy but come on... its brilliantly funny. You shove a grumpy twenty-something man whose Grandma needs the money to buy back her house into the poncy world of Golf and get plenty of hilarious moments. Sandler does an amazing job as usual. I love how he acts. It seems to come very easily and naturally to him. You always need that little bit of weirdness, be it Happy's 'happy place', Chuggs' porcelain hand or the miraculous way in which he wins the main Golfing tournament. Its a hoot from beginning to end and will always be one of my favourite comedys.

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Posted jul 8, 2008 8:16 am pt

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This is the funniest Adam Sandler movie I've seen, and the funniest movie I've seen overall. When Happy got into the cage and started being hit with baseballs, that was funny. There are so many other funny parts I could describe, but if I did,...
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This is the funniest Adam Sandler movie I've seen, and the funniest movie I've seen overall. When Happy got into the cage and started being hit with baseballs, that was funny. There are so many other funny parts I could describe, but if I did, this review would take me a week to write.

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Posted jun 10, 2007 12:43 am pt

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Really? Whats with the low ratings this movie has recieved! It was brilliant, one of my favourite movies of all time! It's so quotable and just hilarious all the way through.

Anyone who hasn't seen this but likes Adam Sandler should...
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Really? Whats with the low ratings this movie has recieved! It was brilliant, one of my favourite movies of all time! It's so quotable and just hilarious all the way through.

Anyone who hasn't seen this but likes Adam Sandler should watch it.

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Posted may 14, 2007 9:38 pm pt

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I think this is the funniest Adam Sandler movie of all of his movies this is the best one and this has the best story.

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Posted mar 9, 2007 4:05 pm pt

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There are two must-watch movies for any kind of golfer. One is The Legend of Bagger Vance, starring Will Smith of all people. This is the other. Any golfer will appreciate watching this, a comedic take on the very serious game of golf. Heck, even...
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There are two must-watch movies for any kind of golfer. One is The Legend of Bagger Vance, starring Will Smith of all people. This is the other. Any golfer will appreciate watching this, a comedic take on the very serious game of golf. Heck, even people who haven't even heard of golf will enjoy this. It's concentration versus emotion as a hockey player tries his hand at golf with comedic results. Adam Sandler at his best!

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Posted feb 25, 2007 10:14 am pt

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Happy Gilmore is quite possibly the most quotable comedic movie of our time. Adam Sandler plays this role of a wanna-be hockey player come golfer with an odd swing trying to save his grandmother's house perfectly. Special nods to Bob Barker's cameo.

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Posted jan 29, 2007 11:39 pm pt

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I thought Adam Sandler was alright. He's a really good actor that make's me laugh. Especially when Bob Barker kick's his A..!

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Posted jan 29, 2007 3:56 pm pt

• [+] USA Today
  
  63
  Slap Happy. [16 February 1996, p.D4]

  by Mike Clark | Read Full Review »
• [+] Empire
  
  60
  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.

  by Darren Bignell | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
  50
  A genial and surprisingly self-contained performance by Adam Sandler.

  by Richard Harrington | Read Full Review »
• [+] Christian Science Monitor
  
  50
  Adam Sandler is funny as the volatile hero, and the screenplay is just abrasive enough to keep the story surprising.

  by David Sterritt | Read Full Review »
• [+] ReelViews
  
  50
  Several strokes short of a respectable finish.

  by James Berardinelli | Read Full Review »
• [+] San Francisco Chronicle
  
  50
  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.

  by Edward Guthmann | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
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  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.

  by Kevin Thomas | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
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  Tells the story of a violent sociopath. Since it's about golf, that makes it a comedy.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
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  Adam Sandler stars in a one-joke Caddyshack for the blitzed and jaded.

  by Owen Gleiberman | Read Full Review »
• [+] TV Guide
  
  30
  Sorry excuse for a comedy.

  by Staff (Not credited) | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
  30
  Doesn't deliver.

  by Stephen Holden | Read Full Review »
• [+] San Francisco Examiner
  
  25
  A way-below-par golfing comedy.

  by Walter Addiego | Read Full Review »
• [+] Austin Chronicle
  
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  A lame, unoriginal comedy.

  by Joey O'Bryan | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
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  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.

  by Brian Lowry | Read Full Review »