“Happy Gilmore” is not a fantastic movie but I enjoyed bits of it, maybe that’s because golf is one of the few sports I like to watch. The film is juvenile and has plenty of bad scenes but it is not completely irredeemable.

“Happy Gilmore” follows Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler “Billy Madison”). Happy is a rubbish ice hockey player but when his grandmother (Francis Bay) named simply ‘Grandma’ in the credits has her house repossessed, Happy turns to golf in an attempt to win enough money to get her house back. Happy has a knack for golf as he can hit the ball further than any other player but his putting skills need work.

Adam Sandler plays the incredibly aggressive Happy Gilmore. He does a reasonable job despite the fact I normally don’t find him funny. I do think the whole thing about Happy trying to stab someone with a skate is unnecessarily violent. Christopher McDonald (“Superhero Movie”) does a good job as Happy’s adversary Shooter McGavin. Carl Weathers (“Rocky”, “Predator”) is mediocre as Happy’s golf trainer Chubbs. Ben Stiller (“Zoolander”) does a good job as the mean guy, who works at the care home ‘Grandma’ is in. Richard Kiel (“Moonraker”) is appalling in this film as Mr. Larson. Game show host Bob Barker is funny as himself and he is involved in one of the funnier moments in the film.

“Happy Gilmore” is stupid, the characters aren’t great and there are plenty of bad jokes but there are some good ones in there. You don’t go into this movie without expecting stupidity and that’s just what you get. Although not a good comedy or anything like that, “Happy Gilmore” succeeds at what it tries to do. Unfortunately, it aims rather low but I’m afraid that is Adam Sandler for you.