The Reel Rejects - HAPPY GILMORE 2 (2025) IS HILARIOUSLY HEARTFELT!! MOVIE REVIEW!!

Episode Date: July 26, 2025

EMINEM CAMEO?! Happy Gilmore 2 Full Reaction Watch Along:   / thereelrejects   Use code 50REELREJECTS to get 50% OFF plus free shipping on your first Factor box at https://bit.ly/4ftNIcS! Happy Gilmore Reaction:    • HAPPY GILMORE (1996) MOVIE REACTION!! FIRS...   In this hilarious and nostalgic Happy Gilmore 2 Netflix reaction review, Andrew Gordon, John Humphrey & Aaron Alexander break down Adam Sandler’s return as Happy Gilmore—now widowed, battling grief, and trying to fund his daughter Vienna’s (Sunny Sandler) ballet dreams—after an accidental golf shot kills his wife Virginia (Julie Bowen), a shocking twist early in the film that sets the tone for comedy and heartache. We cover all the familiar faces—Christopher McDonald as Shooter McGavin, Ben Stiller as Hal L., Dennis Dugan as Doug Thompson, Kevin Nealon, Blake Clark as Fran, Kym Whitley in support group scenes—and new characters like Bad Bunny as Oscar the caddie, and Happy’s four rambunctious sons (Ethan Cutkosky, Maxwell Jacob Friedman, Philip F. Schneider, Conor Sherry) Plus dozens of celebrity cameos from real-life golfers (Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas, John Daly, Jack Nicklaus and more) and stars like Eminem, Post Malone, Travis Kelce, Eric André, Margaret Qualley, Kid Cudi, Becky Lynch, Rob Schneider, Sadie & Sunny Sandler, Jackie Sandler, Tim & Martin Herlihy, Jack Giarraputo and others—jumping in every scene to amp up the fun vibe. We talk sample quotes, most meme‑worthy scenes, insane cameos, family legacy moments, golf league chaos, emotional beats, plus overarching themes of nostalgia, grief, second chances and over-the-top celebrity mashups—that’s Happy Gilmore 2 through and through. And of course at the end we list out every major cast member and cameo to make sure fans know who’s in this star-packed, legacy‑dripping follow‑up. Follow Aaron On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealaaronalexander/?hl=en Follow Andrew Gordon on Socials:  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MovieSource Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/agor711/?hl=en Twitter:  https://twitter.com/Agor711 Intense Suspense by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! https://www.rejectnationshop.com/ Follow Us On Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/  Tik-Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reelrejects?lang=en Twitter: https://x.com/reelrejects Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ Music Used In Ad:  Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor: https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO: https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM:  FB:  https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thereelrejects Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thegregalba Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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All right, we got Robi Bobar Papyrus. Thank you so much for stoking the fires of our chitty chat for Aaron, John, and Andrew Shigay. Happy Gilmore 2. Hi guys. Hola. How's it going? It's going pretty great right now.

You're feeling nice. Yar. Today, three simple questions. Here we go. Which one is your favorite and which one is your least favorite Adam Sandler movie and why then which one was your favorite concealed flask in the movie? That's a great question.

I like that one. And will you react to what I call the Barrymore Sandler trilogy, the wedding singer Aaron excluded because you've already covered that, 51st dates and blended. And yes, I did just make a triple request. Keep up the good work and chow from sardinia

Let's start it off one question at a time. Okay, literally all right question Let's see favorite everyone at once. Oh, even least faith. Okay favorite Sandler movie has to be wedding singer for me I love the chemistry between Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler I love all the songs in that movie and I love the balance between how serious that film can be and how Hysterical that movie can be and it's just a great romantic film in general. I love the balance between how serious that film can be and how hysterical that movie can be and it's just a great Romantic film in general. I love that movie. He is so damn good as Robbie Hart Chef's kiss that's my favorite Adam Sandler movie, but it's a close between that and happy Gilmore. I will say I'll have to think about my least favorite Adam Sandler film. That's a toughie

I I haven't watched as many recently Adam Sandler films to be quite honest so I I don't know if I have a least favorite again I'd have to think about that what about you guys do you have a favorite Adam Sandler film? Oh it's Wedding Singer for me. I'm I'm tossed between uh because I reacted to at least one of them on his channel uh Wedding Singer was is up there for me to at least one of them on his channel. Wedding Singer is up there for me, but my other one would be Uncut Gems. Because that movie is an anxiety-inducing trip. That was good, and we reacted to that.

I've never felt so much anxiety on a reaction. Do you remember how that was? Oh goodness, remind me again, I was momentarily arrested by, I was pulling up some information. He said that Uncut was one of his oh, yeah, man. I said John and I I don't know So much anxiety during a reaction as a stressful movie. That is an incredibly intense movie I mean, it's hard to beat on could I guess you know?

It's a great film the The Sandlers certainly at a certain point, I guess you could pick your favorite dramatic Sandler and your favorite comedic Sandler. Definitely. I very much enjoyed that movie, obviously. I think my personal Sandler comedy that, you know, charmed me from when it came out and, you know, is not one most people name but is one of those like kind of like family fave movies is you don't mess with the Zohan I think that movie is very fun. Michael Michael Michael. I need to look at his thing. It's the movie he got buff for. And it's one of the rare like I had to come around to Adam Sandler later in life

obviously you guys have seen a lot around to Adam Sandler later in life, obviously. You guys have seen a lot of my Adam Sandler experiences watching his, like, classic flicks, and I've really enjoyed, you know, Big Daddy and the Waterboy and Happy Gilmore and everything that we've seen. But yeah, like, that was the one that I discovered, you know, kind of, you know, when it came out on my own interest. And, you know, kind of that was the icebreaker for me with Adam Sandler and then I was able to come back and appreciate his older stuff after that so I guess that's what I would say would be my favorite one I'm trying to figure out what would be my personal least favorite there's definitely a couple of the older ones I need to say I still need to see with Damon

Wayne's Bulletproof and James Conn is in that film. I think that one came out in 96 as well. I need to see that one. I have not seen Blended, so I would love to react to that. If I don't, I'll check it out, because I do love... 50 First Dates is one of my favorite ones. I know I didn't include that in here, but that is one of my favorites. I love that.

Again, his chemistry with Drew Barrymore, it's just phenomenal. They are so damn good together. Like if he was not married to his wife in real life, you would think they are a couple. They're so good together on screen. And shouts out to Hotel Transylvania. Oh, I've never seen those movies.

I gotta check those out, okay. Back when we were allowed to go to test screenings, like just, you know, those people who pass out flyers, you know, at the movie theater, we got to see, oh, Click, that's right. We got to see... Oh, I love Click. That's a good one. Yeah, Click was a lot of fun and more touching than you would expect.

Same director as Wedding Singer and Waterboy, Frank Carrazzi. What was I going to say? The test screenings. The test screenings, yeah. We went to one for funny people way back when. Ooh, Judd Apatow. We've never seen funny people. I like that movie. I like the theatrical cut that ultimately came out,

but we saw it a couple times at advance screenings, and it changed a lot each time. And the first time we saw it, I remember Judd Apatow said his goal was to make a movie that was twice as serious as his previous movies and like three times as funny, I think is how he described it. And the first cut we saw was like a near perfect, or Greg and I recall that as like a near perfect movie.

And I have been sitting there waiting, wishing that we could see that cut again, because it was the perfect blend of the dramatic parts of that movie with a lot of the funny stuff. And there's a lot of improv. And so obviously each cut changed a lot in terms of what jokes they kept what stand-up bits they kept and so like that doesn't really count to me because obviously like you know people can't see and it's not really out there but that was always kind of like one that stood out in the Adam Sandler oeuvre to me... Good choices, good choices. I would also say, too, he's a phenomenal dramatic actor.

And I saw Punch Truck Love so long ago, I don't remember it. And then I would say to Rain Over Me, I think it's called, right? Yeah. He was great in that movie. I love the longest yard. That was the haunting role. He had to play in Uncut Gems, of course.

Yeah, longest yard was great. It's hard to choose. You reacted to that, right? That was you and him? It's hard to choose. You reacted to that, right? That was you and him? It's hard to choose a least favorite, honestly, because I have seen most of the classics and I've enjoyed most of his classics. I haven't seen what's regarded as his worst movie.

You know what that one is? I think it's a movie that you like. Really? Yeah. Which one are we talking about? Jack and Jill. Oh, no, actually. Oh, I have. Which one are we talking about? Jack and Jill. Oh, no, actually. Oh, I have not seen that.

I haven't seen Jack and Jill. I've heard a lot of reviews of not very good Sandler movies. I heard Al Pacino's funny in it. Yes, I've heard that. That's all I've heard. I mean, somebody reacted to Pixels here, and they said it was surprisingly fun. I was going to, I thought you were going

to bring up Little Nikki. I love Little Nikki. It's directed by Stephen Brill. I love that film. And then also what is our favorite concealed flask? The cell phone one, I thought that was pretty cool. They were all, and it was sad, obviously, of course. Pepper Shaker, I think is pretty great.

That was a good one. They were all great. Golf ball is pretty great. I love golf ball Yeah, I like the cell phone one and just having the cuckoo clock with the flip out just little bottle I thought the cucumber one was great the first one yeah Yeah, absolutely the cucumber like totally took me by surprise because I first thought it was just gonna be like oh It's a phallic vegetable joke. And then it turned into one of my favorite gags in the movie. So yeah, I respect where it all began.

Remote control also pretty good. And yeah, well, we can't can't guarantee any particular reactions here. And obviously the Wedding Singer has at least happened once. The Wedding Singer and 50 First Days for me are actually movies that I saw way back in the day and have very little recollection of the finer points of. So I would be thrilled to watch them again and to get like that fresh first experience. And Blended, yeah, I know almost nothing about.

I've never seen Blended. Yeah. I mean, it's been years since I've seen 50 First Days. I've never seen Blended either, so maybe the three of us can do Blended. That would be cool. That would be great. And ciao to you in Sardinia. Yeah, thank you for the questions.

That was great. I haven't seen all of the Ridiculous 6, but what I have seen was pretty awful. So I guess if I had a least favorite Sandler, maybe it would be that one. Who knows? Tim wants to know, thank you, Tim, for stoking the fires of conversation.

Thank you, Timothy. for stoking the fires of conversation. Thank you, Timothy. Including anyone who played the children of the characters who have since passed, who was your favorite returning or new character? The Mr. Larson was pretty funny. Sure. Drago. I mean, Eminem.

Eminem. Oh yeah, Joe Flaherty's son. As Joe Flaherty's son was pretty great. I mean, I loved, honestly, I thought it was a very fun memoria in the cemetery where they're fighting on all the games. That was, I think you're... Like, it's not technically appearances, but it is.

But it's a way to honor the characters, for sure. Yeah. Without actually having to show anyone. I think I'm gonna agree with you on that one. I think that was my favorite thing to do as well. I mean, yeah, like Slim was really fun. Like, there's just so many fun ones, yeah. And, you know, obviously, like, tons of cameos

we would have missed. Yeah. And I don't know if it counts. I mentioned it a couple of times already, but I love seeing Alan Covert, however you say his last name, Otto, the caddy, seeing him cameo at the end in the Alki meeting. So I think that was nice to see because he's obviously a very good friend of Adam Sandler. He's been in 50 billion of his movies.

So I think that was cool that he I don't know if he's the same character because they didn't he didn't interact with them or mention him by name. So but just to see him in there was really nice. It was cool to see Doug Thompson again. If that's his last time, I don't remember. But the director, Dennis Dugan, of the first movie, it was nice to see him back, even though he's not directing this. I'm glad he was a good sport and he's returned.

I think that was cool. So I think it was kind of like Michael Bay returning to the bad boys films and that cameo, right? Even though he's not directing the movies anymore. So I think it was kind of like in spirit of that. So that was kind of cool. I liked seeing Doug back. Well, in Shooter McGavin, I thought they, you know, obviously, it's kind of like in spirit of that. So that was kind of cool. I like seeing Doug back one shooter McGavin

I thought they they you know, obviously is kind of like an obvious choice for a question like this You know and part of the fun is picking the more like fun little appearances but I think his handling in the movie and the way they introduced him and the way they took their time and getting to Him and the way they have him in happy Barry the hatchet and ultimately team up I thought that was really fun. I really liked getting to watch him again in you know this role Yeah, no, I actually wrote one of the two notes I actually wrote down was that it made sense for his like actual arc in turn in terms of us also coming around to Rooting for him is like golf and that was a very big point of contention for why he hates happy so much in the first movie Why he's so jealous golf is so pure for him

And so to see what they are do maxi or whatever they are called to see what they are doing it makes sense Why he would be so against them when you're seeing like look at the life of luxury that they are offering towards you It's like he doesn't care like golf It means a lot to this guy as much as we were rooting against him and hated him in the first movie. This still like is is still in line with how this guy feels from the first movie about golf. Sure. So like it would make sense that he would actually team up with Happy and I think it was still done in a very natural way and in a way that we can actually root for the character. And I thought Christopher McDonnell was still fantastic. Like you love to hate him in the first movie and you love to root for him in this one.

And I love that. And it's so many movies. Like, he's been, it struck me the other day, I was like, oh man, he's been in so much stuff over so much time and in so many comedies and various movies and stuff. And yeah, he's got a distinct voice, but he's also got a very distinct face and presence.

And yeah, like, this is the kind of character he would often play, but he's really good at very distinct face and presence. And yeah, like this is a kind of character he would often play, but he's really good at it. And it was cool to see, especially at the end of that fight scene, looked like he and Sandler were like actually just having fun together. And I feel like there have been phases of Adam Sandler's career where people are more, you know, down on the fact that it looks like, oh, you got a bunch of people together to have fun on set. And does that translate into the movie? down on the fact that it looks like, oh, you got a bunch of people together to have fun on set

and does that translate into the movie? And this movie had that feeling of everyone's having fun on set and it's kind of a party, but it also felt like an actual movie and it didn't feel like anything was being, didn't feel like anything was like, didn't feel lazy because of that, I guess I would say. Do you have any characters that you I really liked bad bunnies

I was about to add that right He was great a lot of fun Is a very small character, but his cousin who's like offering to get hit in the oh, yeah Yeah, the two of them were really funny as like new characters. I thought they were really funny Yeah, Scooter was great as a returning character. Obviously I think that Happy himself was great because it's the sensibilities that made

Adam Sandler famous in the first place, but with the senior maturity of all of the experiences that he's had through his career. He's able to bring the heart and the humor to this new movie and the role of Happy within, you know, the time that's passed. I think he did an amazing job. I think he's still a great lead and I feel like he did a really strong job of bringing the softer side and the more hilarious side. Yeah, and I agree with you and I think this film was really able to strike that balance

between being hysterical, have self-awareness, and still have some really meaningful themes. Like they hit perseverance, legacy, and also coming to terms with grief. Well, yeah, coming to terms with grief, but also coming to terms with your past. Yeah, and where you are now in life. Yeah, and so I was like, wow,

the fact that they're able to really be mature about this, like in a film like this, and still also in the quieter moments, the film really, for me at least, it didn't drag. And especially in the first half, like I thought the first half was absolutely phenomenal. Second half I still liked, but the first half I loved. So I started to feel the runtime towards the middle of the movie. I think when we got to like an hour and ten ish.

But I was still enjoying it. Like the only two scenes that I really love most of the movie, the only two scenes I was like, huh, this is like, this is good. But you know, I'm ready for the next scene was when it was the room full of all the golfers and they all had their jackets on. And I was like, oh, this is the room people I don't know. And then I think by the time we got to like this, I think it was, we had like two or three montages in this movie or at least like training sequences, so to speak. And Brightwin's shooter started training them

and they're like watching the video. Granted the stuff after that was interesting, but I was like, okay, this movie's a little dense, but I still think it's great. I think it is a more rounded movie than the first. I like the simplicity and the bristness of the first movie, but I do like that this balances the heart of what it's like to be a dad who's going through grief.

Because the first movie is very much an underdog story and this one's more of a redemption story. And I guess an underdog in a sense as well. But yeah, what did I write? I wrote a note, it's like, yeah, this is a redemption story and a comeback story, which I thought was great. Yeah, and also too, the stakes were extremely high

in both films that I liked. In terms of like the first film, you got the simplistic story his Grandma owes back taxes He's got to make money so that he can get the house back and then this one Like he's got to make money so that he can send off his daughter to school But also there's the fact that like he's got to fix his life We had to make his life because of the grief that he's going through as well

But also he's got a set an example for his children as well who are now more Grown up as well to man who fights for family. Yeah. That's something that's strong and consistent through both films. And I mean, while we're on the subject of characters, it was really fun to see Ben Stiller back in action. And the ensemble of character and comedic actors

at the Alkies being healed forever, or whatever his thing is called. And the kids, I thought were all really fun. And I'm trying to think if there's anybody of huge note. I mean, who's the actress who plays his wife? Virginia? Virginia? Yeah.

Oh, God, I don't know that. Virginia. Madsen? Something Madsen, right? Well, there's a Virginia Madsen who's an actress, but I don't think that's her. Julie Bowen. Julie Bowen, that's right.

I thought that was an interesting call here to have her die so horribly. In the same way as the dad, basically, as the first movie with the hockey hitting her. But sorry. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was really funny. And I do appreciate that she at least loomed over the movie and had at least a few scenes.

And this, in the landscape of like, you know, we're doing a lot of legacy sequels. We're doing a lot of like many years later, this person's older. So now we're doing a comedy, but it's also more mature now. And I thought this was a pretty good version of that, generally speaking, cause it was, yeah,

it was like still funny. And you have all this high jinks of, you know, Benny Safdie, who was very fun to watch in this context because I'm not used to seeing him in more broad comedy and like Haley Joel Osment also very much it's kind of thick for what it is, but I will take that if it means that they'll put some extra effort into the tenor of, I think this is, for my taste, a good example of the balance, where you're like, yeah, we don't need to make this like a drama, but yeah, people care about Happy Gilmore,

people love Adam Sandler, so you can afford to take it a little bit more seriously, because you got to create the underdog stakes again. But also, I thought what they created out of those stakes was pretty believable, which was a nice thing. We can move on to the next question, I suppose. If no one else has a character to shout out or an actor, we've missed.

Tim Pierce. Thank you, Aaron. This is a fun one. Happy versus Dexter to be able to do that. I'm not sure if you're going to be able to do that. I'm not sure if you're going to be able to do that. I'm not sure if you're going to be able to do that. I'm not sure if you're going to be able to do that. I'm not sure if you're going to be able to do that. I'm not sure if you're going to be able to do that. I'm not sure if you're going to be able to do that.

I'm not sure if you're going to be able to do that. I'm not sure if you're going to be able to do that. I'm not sure if you're going to be able to do that. I'm not sure if you're going to be able to do that. I'm not sure if you're going to be able to do that. I'm not sure if and if he's not able to do that to happy I feel like happy might get the edge On him really quick. Are we talking about happy from the first movie or happy from this movie? Let's do one of you Just cover all the base. I feel like you'd have an easier time with happy from this movie because he's drunk Yeah, because he's way more

Okay 90s happy has a shot yeah 2020s happy has a shot yeah 2020s happy is that good fighter He does have if we really at the point in the show And this isn't very much of a spoiler because it's just an offhand comment, but it does register I think that he does have some kind of jujitsu training or yeah, and also and on top of that like I mean credit to Bob Barker He's a badass, but Bob Barker was able to take that half. Badass Bob. He was able to take down Happy, so I don't know. I mean Dexter might take down even 90s. I don't know. I don't know. Bob Barker's built different.

It would be a worthy fight is all I would say. I would love to see 90s Happy in his Prime versus Dexter in his Prime. It would be a great fight. I don't know who I would take. Absolutely. But I'd want to see them fighting on that green that we saw twirling around that'd be oh my god That that was that was like nightmare golf nightmare mini big golf Honestly though part of me goes like if you took mini golf and expanded it to regular golf scale So you're like playing in some kind of golf wonderland that would be sickness alright I was getting some vibes of I don't know if either of you saw caddyshack 2

I haven't seen caddyshack 2 I've seen caddyshack 2 when I was like a little kid You don't need to ever see that movie, please, but like it becomes this like crazy playground of wacky-do Golf I'm like it just reminded me of like the what this guy was trying to do. So I don't know if that was just like a play on from Caddyshack to what they were doing with Max here, but either way, that's fair. Reject nation. So many of you guys have been so kind of notice that. Yes, I've been on

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All golf movies are on the table. All right, Kevbee, thanks for chiming in here for Happy Gilmore 2. Hope you've had a nice day. I hope you have had as well. It's been a happy day. It has been a happy day so far. So what did you think of seeing Happy back on the green

after all these years? Did anything about this comeback story or the challenges he faces stand out to you compared to the original? I mean, Kind of just really went into that. Yeah, I feel like a lot of the stuff they do here kind of stands out. The original, you know, suits what a young guy would have to deal with.

I want to save my grandma's house. I'm trying to find my lot in life. Whereas this one, I thought they met the assignment of, OK, so it's a little bit more mature, and he's got a little bit more mature problems to deal with. It was nice. And the height of his character never broke out of the reality of his character never broke

out of the reality of what they've had him dealing with. It never seemed, every now and again, we'll watch one of these and you go like, how do people put up with this guy? And like, I never thought that here, even if he gets outlandish or whatever. Yeah, I think this one was really, really good. Honestly, way better than I thought a legacy sequel to a comedy could be.

I think it definitely stands amongst a few in that category. It's real hard to make a sequel all these years later, but I feel like them grounding a sense of heart and then believable stakes. Like I think seeing it now, seeing the elements and how much love was put into this, it's very believable that this is the same guy from 1996. 100%, that's a great call. And I really dug that. Plus the gags, it's weird because comedy is something

that changes over time and what we find funny, but I felt like they found a nice medium between stuff that was funny back then and stuff that would be funny now. And how Adam Sandler's sensibilities as a writer and a comedic performer have evolved since doing like the over-the-top hijinks of the 90s. So I think they did a great job in that. Did anything about the comeback story, new challenges he faced stand out to you compared to the original? Yeah, I think it makes sense that he is someone who,

because of how much he loves family and how much he loves people, his main struggle would be alcoholism in this movie. And that was an actual plot point of the movie. They didn't like, they started to treat it as a joke, but I think because they treated the gag of him having the different things as a joke when he finally does do it again and falls off the wagon with the phone one that was started off as a gag this version of it actually being a sad thing was I thought

really well done so again I think his sensibilities as a writer has really grown in the last 30 years yeah I yeah, I think it was really great. I love the first movie, but I don't remember like a moment hitting me that hard like it did in the bathroom in the first movie. But yeah, I really didn't wanna have my hopes too high up for this film because the last time I did that on a comedy sequel, so just full transparency, my favorite comedy of all time is the

original Dumb and Dumber from 1994 and I had my hopes way too high up for Dumb and Dumber 2 and apologies if I offend anyone who likes this that the sequel of that film I don't like that movie at all and I'd laugh maybe two times maybe I need to revisit it but I actually I legit did you're not even I'm not being hyperbole I did when I finished that film was like Yeah, cuz I think like the cardinal sin for that movie is like besides like I mean it's again the first movie is very simplistic but I Just wanted to laugh and I did one I think one or two times I maybe laughed in that movie I'll maybe one day I'll rewatch it

and give it one more try but I just yeah I think but this film really surprised me I again I didn't have my hopes up but I it's it surprised me and like how mature it was how self-aware it was, but again, it still balanced itself, and the emotional weight it still carried, and that I think like what you just said, Aaron, that it still felt like the same guy, and that it was still able to have that humor from the original and still be humoristic today in 2025.

So I think it did a great job, and I loved the the mature themes that this film was able to execute on and there were a lot of fun things in the golf montages that we got. So I really dug this film actually a lot because a lot of legacy sequels and comedy sequels and again comedy is so damn subjective it's so hard to make people laugh. So I was really pleasantly surprised with this film. Like I said, the first half,

I freaking adored the second half, I still liked a lot, but really shocked by how much I enjoyed this one. Not because I'm a, I hold Happy Go-Mart as such a high pedestal, so that's why I was shocked by how much, like, because I don't expect sequels, especially when you take this long. I mean, Gran and Top Gun was so damn good, like, I don't expect sequels especially when you take this long I mean granted Top Gun was so damn good like I don't expect sequels to be this good usually when it takes this long to make yeah I mean it's clear

clearly they cared to make this yeah and it reminds me of watching like Axel F which we I think all really enjoyed and that movie has a similar thing of like okay we're coming back after so much time and we got to give him like a slightly more mature conflict to have. And I like that movie a lot. And I think what they did to, again, add a little bit more meat to the character was pretty good. But I feel like this in some ways outpaces something like that. Not that they're the same kind of thing. This, yeah, felt more rich and more like, yeah, and something like an axle up. I'm like, good choice., but what they're doing with it

isn't overly inspired beyond what the actors are bringing to it, where in just the personal life, Axel Foley's a bad dad kind of stuff is kind of what I'm thinking of. Whereas here, his struggles as a dad, his grief as a husband, his alcohol, all the stuff really felt like they were, you just, yeah, of the character,

and that's a kind of neat thing for a movie like this. And then, yeah, I feel like, yeah, you have the first half that's a lot more set up and you're with a lot more of that stuff. And then the second half is still really fun, but you are doing more like, okay, we're gonna go from this set piece to this set piece to this set piece and to these gags and jokes.

And so, you know, I didn't think it like fell off necessarily in the second half, but it does have, yeah, like more just like stuff to get done by that point. Yeah, I felt like with Axe Left, that was an enjoyable movie. I felt like that movie was maybe like afraid to rock the boat as far as, you know, it's a legacy sequel to a franchise that's been well established and loved, but I feel like they didn't want to do too many new things

and just call back because they didn't want to do too many new things and just call back because they just wanted people to have a sequel that was really well liked. Just wanted to be definitely at least good. Exactly, yeah, exactly. I felt like I was afraid to challenge it, not anger fans. Whereas this one, I felt like as I was watching it, I was like, okay, I feel like though it's a little stuffed,

which is, you know, it was like, okay, I feel like though it's a little stuffed, which is, you know, it was never a bad inclusion here. I enjoyed all the little cameos, but I felt like it did justify its own existence with an updated story and building upon what we established in the first story. The only thing I felt like, I don't know if contrived is the right thing, but I felt like the only thing that felt maybe a little inorganic to, like, okay, I can believe this, or it was happy, I'm like, okay, I can believe this guy became an alcoholic with a family and kind of fell off the wagon. The only thing that felt like this is a movie written thing that we have to establish where

this guy is now was shooter McGavin in a mental asylum. That was just a fun movie thing, but I was like, I don't think that guy would really be in an asylum like all these years later. But you know, I went with it, it was fun, and then I like where it brought us to. I mean, there's so many things about the first movie that are so unrealistic that I can buy something like that,

but I understand what you're saying. I get it. Yeah, it's one of those things I think is designed to present you with like, okay, and here's the absurd cartoon thing that's happened to this guy Yeah, yeah, like Bob Barker beating up happy Gilmore in the first movie Joe Flaherty's character Jackass like they would have thrown that guy out In the first I mean there's so many unrealistic things so you just you just go but again. I understand. It's not a problem

I was just saying that yeah, you know the main stuff felt like okay This is something that feels natural and this is something that feels like it's written for a movie and we're dignifying happy struggles whereas shooters are a joke Jay Jay Gilmore to here we go favorite real-world golfer geez cuz we all watch golf Movie I Says there. I mean, I guess we're all chef or fans Oh, right favorite world golfer there and that's yeah, I guess you're right in the movie. I guess Jack Nicholas I mean, he's probably the one I knew they had a bust of Tiger Woods

had a bust of Tiger Woods. So I'm going to say Tiger Woods. It's the only golfer I know. When I was a kid, I was really into Greg Norman. He had a shark as his logo, and he wore cool hats. So that's going to be my favorite real world golfer. But was he in this? No, I don't think so. He could have been in it.

Maybe I missed him because it's been some time. I'm not sure if he's still with us. I hope he is. Also, I guess. Was it John Daly. John Daly. The old man. He was a golfer. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know golf like that. Why don't you know? And while we're here, I guess we should just name name Travis Kelsey because he was in this. Travis Kelsey was here too. He was having fun and all those camp. You got all those podcasts. That's one thing the movies do now, where you're like, oh, okay,

we gotta get a medley of podcasters on screen, which, you know, some make more sense than others, I feel like. And for Dan to answer your question, I don't know all the black people that watch golf, so. That's what she said in the one scene. Exactly! She's like, happy Gilmore

getting black people to watch golf again. I don't know shit about golf! Oh my God. Happy Gilmore too. See Happy Gilmore to Alexandria thank you so much for chiming in what do you think of all the cameos? Do you think having so many famous faces that faces appear in the film takes attention away from the story? They are trying to tell It's like it's well in line with the first movie. So I don't think it's a problem here.

Yeah, there's a lot of famous people in the first movie too. But I understand your question. It could, but I think again, because this film is really nuanced and balanced, it didn't for me. But I'd love to hear your thoughts, Alexandre, if you felt that it did take away for you. I mean, you're asking the question, so maybe it did.

But I don't think it did for me, because it was really, a lot of times, it was very quick cuts of those, like whether it was Stephen A. But it also was in line with the story. Like it was pushing the plot forward as well. Like, hey, Happy fell off the wagon and did this. So you know what I mean? So those cameos were actually justified

for being there too, a lot of times. And also too, it was a way to push brands as well and to get the film made or to get a bigger budget. So I get that as well. But I thought it was fun for them to be there. And again, as John and Aaron pointed out, it's in line with the first movie. There was just a lot of cameos as well.

So it didn't bother me. Well, and it's one of those things where like like when you're in a scene like the one in the banquet hall where it's like all these different, I would assume, yeah, like they are famous veteran golfers and also probably new up and coming golfers or contemporary famous golfers. Like that's a scene that I think at least Aaron and I think I feel like you recognize the most people but even even you I don't think recognized a ton of people in that scene and so like that's a moment where I'm like okay I don't have as much to respond to here because I'm sure a lot's flying over my head but it's also one of those kinds of movies where I'm like but it's fine like I'm sure a scene

is going to come up in a few minutes where I will see somebody I know and then I'll be happy again and it's like you know for again the fact that they are all golf related I'm sure the golf fans watching this are going to be really excited and then that makes me happy because I'm like oh some this is for somebody and this is hitting enough in all bunch of other ways and there are enough other cameos I think are really fun or that are charming me or making me laugh or whatever. So yeah this felt properly in the spirit of the first movie and in the spirit of it's a big party and we're coming back to this and everybody wants to jump on. Let's, we'll find a place to put you.

And you know, I think that's part of what is beloved about these movies. So I could see, you know, if it's not your bag and you find that distracting anyway, I could see you being distracted by it. It's definitely my bag, baby. But I don't think it's distracting in this context Also liked how much his family was in this movie and all the people from all the other happy Madison and

Just people in his career like I know The Safi brother A lot of people have just been in general movies after was the the guy was the villain with the bad breath, he directed Uncut Gems. He's one of the two directors. Oh, that was? Yeah. Oh, I didn't realize that. I'm glad you said that.

I did not realize that. In his rare comedy performance. That is cool. Absolutely. Well, thank you, Alexandria. I think that concludes at least the Q&A portion. Yeah, but just final thoughts. I really enjoyed it. Great sequel.

Good way of pushing the story forward. I don't know if there will be a third one. I don't know if it's necessary. If they did, I'd be OK with it. But again, I like how they were able to balance out emotional weight, the comedy, the meta-ness of certain moments. And I think they did a great job of what

they did with the happy character in general and what he had to deal with. That was a very bold, ambitious choice, what they did with Virginia and how they, again, had her character looming over the film and using her as emotional weight, but I think it did actually work. And again, I thought the film was hysterical too at the same point, which you want in a happy Gilmore film. So, yeah, so I think the film worked for me. Any final thoughts before we get into some rotten tomatoes gentlemen? No, it really, really worked for me. I think that in spite of it being a little stuffed, I think that the heart was there. It made me laugh a lot. And I believed in the stakes of the movie,

and I liked everybody who was in it. So this movie is a win for me. Yeah, it updated itself nicely for the now. It carried over a lot of the stuff that you want it to carry over. I feel like this is, yeah, pretty well-conceived in that it hits the, it takes the right things seriously. It makes the right kinds of jokes about things.

There are a couple moments where they're like, it's a different time and we're acknowledging that. And I think they handled that in a good way. Like this is, yeah, like I didn't... Legacy sequel, the more I care, the more, you know, sort of nervous I get about these kinds of things. And so I didn't grow up on Happy Gilmore, but I did have a really good experience with it the first time I saw it.

I wasn't thinking heavily or dreading heavily like what the response to this would be but I am like happily pleasantly surprised that like yeah this is a solid and hey I intentionally did that just for you guys. It makes me happy though that this turned out the way it did and yeah that they again Adam Sandler is somebody who I gather people seem to love as a human being. There have been moments in his career where people are being like, oh, man, this guy clearly

seems like he's sleepwalking through this or whatever. And I feel like, especially recently, he does have apparently that inspiration, that fire. It's clear he put some effort and everybody involved. But it's clear he's the co-writer on this and has said that he's had the idea brewing for a long time and I bought that and I like that this felt like a labor of love. This didn't rely on the first movie but it nicely repurposed it. I think I can imagine people griping about the fact that they'll show you

footage from time to time. I thought that for the most part that was a pretty well handled motif to do because it is about nostalgia at the end of the day. We do all, or you know, if you're watching this, chances are you love the original movie. Of course. You have, you know, strong associations with it from the past. Yeah. But yeah, I really liked everybody for the most part on the cast. I thought his kids did a good job.

Yeah, they did actually. Yeah, I was shot nicely for what it is. It had some fun editing too. I looked at the director and I mean, Kyle Newacek has mostly done a lot of TV comedy and stuff like that. But I mean this had a lot of like punch in the little cut twos and things like that. There's some CG gags that you can kind of tell her there, but that I think fits within again the realm of wackiness that we're inhabiting. And, yeah, like, you could trim this down, but for the most part, pretty much everything has a nice, you know, sheen and a nice, you know, sense that everything was really kind of well thought out and also then played with on set.

For sure. And so, yeah, I had a great time. I'm sure we got some good engagement from him, but I got one of the golfers wrong, the one who shakes his head no from the first Happy Gilmore and we saw him with the golfers at that scene. It's Lee Trevino, not Jay Trevino, so I got it. Wow, Andrew. I got his name wrong, I'm sorry, but I'm sure again. Going to golf jail now.

I am, I don't watch golf, but I'm sure my dad's pissed off at me because he knows him very well. Oh damn, is he-wrote this with a dude he writes a ton of his stuff with too. Oh Tim Hurley, right? Yeah, right, the original. Billy Madison, Wedding Singer. Yeah, he writes a lot. Oh yeah, Billy Madison. We gotta watch Little Nicky next. Yeah, I'd love to. We gotta watch your favorite comedy little Nikki Alright guys since you didn't do this and obviously there's no box office to go off of this Why don't we do this? Let's go rotten tomatoes on the many streams has this gotten in the last hour. Yes exactly What What did this film get in run tomatoes just do one at a time on the first movie the 96 film? What did it get get on run to me? I was just do one at a time on the first movie, the 96 film.

What did it get on the critics? I'm going to go with 65. Oh, that's a good guess. You know what? Critics? Critics. Oh, that's a tough one. First movie.

Because these would have had to have been compiled in hindsight. But there would be new reviews too. I'm going gonna go 48. 63%. Oh! Okay. I'm happy to be proven wrong.

I was close. Audience, first movie. 106%. Oh my God, he got it. I'm gonna go 76. 76. 76. 90%. 85.

Hey! Second movie. Critics. 71. 71. 78. We got a deadlock score at the same one as the first one. 63.

63. Okay. Well, then you win that one. Audience. 75. 85. You were 2% off again, 73. Damn. All right.

Wow, my game's off. Hey, any fun facts? I gotta do it with rage next time. That wind-up motion was was creepy as hell That is a as a motif was wild like that is and that that's a detail in this movie where I'm I it feels like man This this is jam-packed in a in like a kind of off-the-rails sort of way But also you know it was another funny That is wild right there Adam Sandler will be 58 when this movie is released.

Carl Weathers, who played Chubbs, was 48 when the first film came out. Holy crap. You know what that reminds me of? It's kind of like Ralph Macchio, how he looks now versus how Pat Morita, Mr. Miyagi, looked in the first film. Oh, was he older than Mr. Miyagi? He's older now than Mr. Miyagi was in the first film.

Wow, that's nuts. Yeah. Here's some trivia for you. There were plans for Carl Weathers to return as Chubbs before his death in 2024. Adam Sandler said, quote, We had a painful change. Carl Weathers had a massive part.

I would talk to Carl and we were excited. And then Carl passed away. We had to rewrite a lot of stuff and even what the story was. We made a lot of nice references to how great Chubbs was in the movie. That was the biggest change. I mean, obviously we know his character passed in the first movie, so I'm assuming it was in his happy place, right?

Maybe, yeah. Because he said, again, to Adam's words, we had a lot of stuff for him to do. So I'm curious what the role would have been. They shot this in New Jersey instead of Vancouver where they shot the first one. So no Smallville actors for you. Oh so one of Happy's son's name Terry is named after Harry's favorite hockey player Terry O'Reilly but also his girlfriend was named Terry in the first one but yeah that makes

sense Terry O'Reilly. And we can confirm Maxwell Jacob Friedman confirmed that he and the other actors playing the brothers did not use body doubles for their mooning scenes. And he even accidentally showed quote some danglage during a take. That was authentic right there. Good to know. Absolutely. Get them cheeks in there. See is a parody of the Saudi funded L.I.V. golf. That's what that's what I said. That's what I said to you guys. There was another league in real life The pro golf that I know Phil Mickelson and a bunch of others I knew that was like cuz that was my synapses were firing like wasn't there something that happened in real life like that Similar to the movie L. I. V. or live is advertised as a new more exciting and louder version of pro golf. Yeah But they were being offered so much more money than that what they were in the pro golf tournaments

Oh, of course, cuz they're just like we're gonna just gonna pay for this until it works That was a fun time anyways, what did you guys think of happy what notes did you guys take I was just here counting up the holes It's like a few I got a lot of shots recorded. I don't know if it's accurate whatsoever, honestly. And I also wrote finger guns. Ha. Anyways, what did you guys think of Happy Gilmore 2?

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