Happy Gilmore 2 (2025)

In the decade after accidentally killing his wife with a shanked ball, Happy has lost everything except for his now grown -- but mostly messy -- five kids. Now he has to return to golf and give up the bottle to make enough money to send his daughter to an exclusive Parisian dance school. He's got a lot of work to do to get himself sober and in golfing shape. There's also an obstacle in the way of all lovers of golf: a rich weirdo wants to upgrade the sport (by making it more like a live video game) and golfers themselves (by severing a ligament in their hip that will give them greater twistability). For some inexplicable reason, old-school golfers have to win a tournament to decide which version of golf will prevail. Yeah, it makes zero sense.

I don't know why they bothered with so much plot when this is all about nostalgia. It just feels overlong and too stuffed with cameos and convolution. To be fair: most of the guest stars throw themselves into the madness, which is pretty fun to watch but definitely doesn't balance the bloat.

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