I Anticipated Happy Gilmore 2 Would Be A Enjoyable Sequel, However Was Stunned By Who My Favorite Character Turned Out To Be

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Golf ball-sized spoilers beneath for anybody who hasn’t but watched Happy Gilmore 2 with a Netflix subscription.

Happy Gilmore is probably not thought of among the many best sports movies in existence, and possibly wouldn’t even high lists restricted to these starring Adam Sandler, which is an admission I make with plentiful wincing. I like it nonetheless, and maybe naively had little doubts the character’s return could be simply as wonderful — an opinion our Happy Gilmore 2 overview helps. So I wasn’t precisely shocked to spend the entire runtime laughing, however was shocked by who earned a number of these laughs.

Because a number of main forged members handed away after the O.G. comedy’s launch — with Carl Weathers’ demise sparking late-stage rewrites — Happy Gilmore 2 pays tribute to beloved characters who couldn’t return, whereas bringing again primarily everybody who might, from Kevin Nealon’s Gary Potter to Dennis Dugan’s Doug Thompson to Shooter McGavin himself, Christopher McDonald. Yet it’s by some means a larger-than-expected supporting position from a real-life golfer that stole the present for me.

John Daly Is My Favorite Happy Gilmore 2 Character, Which Still Feels Weird To Say

Like many Adam Sandler movies, Happy Gilmore 2 exists on a airplane the place actuality is heightened however feelings are grounded. Case in level: Virginia’s demise through golf ball within the opening catch-up mirroring Happy’s dad dying through slapshot within the first film. As such, it is a world the place a widowed Happy and his 5 children reside with a fictionalized model of real-life golfer John Daly. And it is so damned humorous!

Initially, Daly slumming it up in Happy’s storage would not seem to be such a stretch, and I can not even clarify why. Perhaps as a result of that bonkers element is launched early on with such an informal tone that it is like, ‘Well yeah, why WOULDN’T they be residing collectively?” Daly developed a reputation as a rabble-rouser on the golf course with behavior not unlike Happy Gilmore’s.

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However, Daly becomes more unsavory and feral as Happy gets back into the (golf) swing of things ahead of the Maxi Golf face-off, and it’s wild just how many scenes in the movie cut back to him inside Happy’s house. Whether he’s with the Gilmore kids, Shooter McGavin, Steve Buscemi’s weirdo neighbor character, or otherwise, Daly is far more of a supporting character than I ever would have predicted. Whlie I thought he’d be relegated to the banquet scene with all dozens of other real-life golfers appearing, Daly instead became an all-time great Sandler co-star.

Making the role all the more baffling is the fact John Daly has been candid about his real-life struggles with alcoholism throughout his career and much of his adult life, which adds a strange layer to all the jokes about Happy’s own boozing. Not to mention his endless supply of secret flasks throughout the house, which Daly makes attempts to seek out while also pumping hand sanitizer into his mouth. I can’t explain why it’s so funny for that specific act to punctuate a scene, but it works.

It all works, in fact, to the point where I now won’t be too surprised if Adam Sandler gets John Daly back for whatever his next Happy Madison movie is. Maybe he can be brothers with Blake Clark’s homeless beachcomber.

Extremely Honorable Mention Goes To Bad Bunny’s Oscar

Bad Bunny has already proven himself to be as multi-talented on screen as he is with music, so it’s less surprising that his debut as Happy’s new caddy Oscar is such a delight to watch. Perhaps the biggest surprise here is that Oscar is able to get so many laughs without having a whole lot of dialogue to play around with.

The fact that Bad Bunny is able to make the line “Breadsticks?” work as a punchline across multiple scenes is as much an indication of his skills as anything. Just thinking about Oscar introducing his cousin Esteban (SNL‘s Marcello Hernandez) as his own caddy is enough to make me start giggling. As is Esteban’s extreme generosity after it’s clear he won’t be anyone’s caddy.

I do not know if we’ll get to see any additional adventures from Happy Gilmore & Co., however I’m grateful that every one concerned took the time to verify this long-awaited sequel was worthy of the wait. Also, if there ever IS one other sequel, possibly it’s going to be one the place Ben Stiller’s Hal L. swallows a grenade and explodes.