Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore — whose unconventional approach and antics on the green courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin — is determined to win a PGA tournament so he can save his granny's house with the prize money. Meanwhile, an attractive tour publicist tries to soften Happy's image.
- sports
- loss of loved one
- golf
- taxes
- class differences
- prize money
- driving range
- rich snob
- anger issues
- old-age home
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Adam Sandler
Happy Gilmore
Christopher McDonald
Shooter McGavin
Julie Bowen
Virginia Venit
Frances Bay
Grandma
- Carl Weathers — Chubbs Peterson
- Allen Covert — Otto
- Robert Smigel — IRS Agent
- Bob Barker — Self
- Richard Kiel — Mr. Larson
- Dennis Dugan — Doug Thompson
- Joe Flaherty — Jeering Fan
- Lee Trevino — Lee Trevino
- Kevin Nealon — Potter
- Verne Lundquist — Announcer
- Jared Van Snellenberg — Happy's Waterbury Caddy
- Directed
- Dennis Dugan
- Written
- Adam Sandler, Tim Herlihy
Production
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 3,447 ratings
- Studio
- Universal Pictures, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, Robert Simonds Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
