Movie of the Week: Happy Gilmore

   

 

    Movie of the Week (11/3/13-11/9/13): I know I am way late this week, but I have been pretty busy with some other stuff. But, last week was Halloween and everybody got their scare on so why don't we take it back a notch this week. Lets lighten the mood with a comedy this week and not just any comedy, but a very popular comedy for my generation. This movie is one of Adam Sandler's better movies, but that's not saying much now, and it is a funny one! This is Happy Gilmore.
    Now, the movie doesn't have much of a plot, but then again many Adam Sandler movies don't, but we don't watch these kind of movies for the plot. But, nevertheless the film focuses on a man whose desire in life is the play hockey, but keeps getting rejected. He is then discovered that he has a nasty swing of the club by a golf trainer. He then joins the tour to play, but only to get enough money to pay off his grandmothers house before she loses it.
    The film is called Happy Gilmore because the main character's name is Happy Gilmore, who is played by Adam Sandler, but of course you already knew that. And believe it or not this is probably his second best performance of his career, just behind Click, and he does give us a funny performance. But, Christopher McDonald gives us probably the best performance in the movie as Shooter McGavin, who I'm sure you all know well too. He made me laugh more than Sandler did at times, but we get a good mix of comedy and seriousness form his character. We've all used the point and shoot gesture that McGavin made popular once in our life. We also have Carl Weathers as Chubbs, the guy who found Happy, and gives us funny performance too, but not his best.
    There is not much to say about this film because everything about it is average, the directing, the editing, the cinematography, the sound, and the music. This is not a movie to stand and cheer for at the end. It is a movie that you sit and laugh at with a bunch of your friends. And you will get quite a few laughs out of it. Every now and then they try and sneak in some seriousness but it just doesn't work well with the film. However, there are several moments that are pretty funny, but there are also several stupid funny moments. Those are the kinds that hurt this film because they went to far and it just became stupid at times. I mean it's no Wedding Crashers or The Hangover.    
    As I said I laughed at almost everything that Shooter did or said because his character is just great and it is the best part of the film. We also get a few good cameos from some funny celebrities, the Bob Barker one is one to remember. Ben Stiller's is quite funny too. Again, you will get your laughs out of this movie, but that is it, there is no message that it sends it is just a comedy that comes up just short of being too stupid. Overall though I liked it and I still think it is one of Adam Sandler's better films. But, again nothing special here with most everything being mediocre.
2.5/4 Stars