US EditionHappy Gilmore 2 Review
UNITED STATES, JUL 25 – Happy Gilmore returns to golf in 2025 to fund his daughter’s $75,000 ballet tuition while facing a new multimedia Maxi Golf League and his old rival Shooter McGavin.
- In 2025, Happy Gilmore returns to competition, challenging the Maxi Golf League team led by a millennial businessman to secure funds for his daughter.
- Nearly 30 years after the original film, Happy Gilmore struggles with grief after accidentally killing his wife Virginia , sharing a cramped apartment with John Daly.
- The sequel dishes cameos by Kevin Nealon, Rob Schneider and Marcello Hernández, while showing Happy as a 58-year-old supermarket stockboy who hides Jack Daniels in everyday-object flasks.
- Critics and audiences remain split as the review dubs it a nostalgia fest that fans must not miss.
- In tribute, the sequel honors deceased original cast members Frances Bay, Carl Weathers and Bob Barker, and also pays homage to Richard Kiel's and Joe Flaherty's characters.
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Happy Gilmore 2 Review
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