Happy Gilmore

Happy Gilmore is a 1996 comedy film starring Adam Sandler. The film is rated PG-13.

Description

Happy is a wannabe ice hockey player who masters a powerful slapshot with the help of his father. His slapshot isn't enough, though, as his aggression and poor skating ability on the ice gets him cut from every team he tries out for. His grandmother, whom he's lived with almost all his life, has not paid taxes on her home for several years and it is about to be reposessed. Happy searches for a way to help, but has few options. On a bet with the movers, who are chipping golf balls with Happy's grandfather's clubs, Happy takes a swing (so to speak) at trying to hit the ball farther than them. He drives the ball an estimated 400 yards in one shot (hitting unsuspecting neighbors down the street). The movers indicate how unbelievable this is and Happy discovers a new source of income to buy back his grandmother's home.

Related Topics:
Ice hockey - Slapshot - Taxes

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Happy goes to the local driving range to showcase his talent in exchange for cash, and he catches the eye of a washed-up-golf-pro-turned-teacher Chubbs Peterson (played by Carl Weathers), who lost his hand to an alligator. Chubbs thinks Happy can make big money as a golf tour player, and challenges him to enter an amateur tournament, the winner of which will be asked to play on the tour. Happy wins the tournament (his most impressive shot being a hole-in-one on a Par 4), catching the eye of tour PR head Virginia Venit (Julie Bowen) and tour veteran Shooter McGavin (Christopher McDonald).

Related Topics:
Carl Weathers - Alligator - Hole-in-one - Par - Julie Bowen - Christopher McDonald

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Happy joins the pro tour and challenges his nemesis Shooter. Happy's passion for hockey spills over into his golf game and becomes an animate golfer the average viewer can identify with. Shooter finds his antics to be a disgrace to the game of golf and despises what Happy has done to his championship year. Both Happy and Shooter play hard for the gold jacket and the right to own Happy's Grandmother's home.

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