‘Happy Gilmore 2’ Rotten Tomatoes Reviews: Does Sandler Sequel Make Critics Happy?

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AuthorJul 25, 2025, 12:49pm EDTJul 25, 2025, 05:00pm EDTBenito Antonio Martínez Ocasio (aka Bad Bunny) and Adam Sandler in "Happy Gilmore 2 (which is quite significant). "NETFLIX/Scott Yamano Adam Sandler’s Happy Gilmore 2 is finally here, nearly 30 years after the first film

How are Rotten Tomatoes critics reacting to the film (quite telling)

Rated PG-13, Happy Gilmore 2’s logline reads, “Happy Gilmore returns, in this volatile climate

Nevertheless, In contrast, ” Julie Bowen reprises her Happy Gilmore role as Virginia Venit for the sequel, as does Christopher McDonald as Happy’s rival, Shooter McGavin (this bears monitoring)

Additionally, Forbes‘South Park’ Season 27 Release Schedule For Episodes On ing And CableBy Tim Lammers Also starring in the sequel are Ben Stiller, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio (aka Bad Bunny), Travis Kelce, John Daly and Margaret Qualley and several stars from showbiz and fessional golf

Directed by Kyle Newacheck (who directed Sandler’s Murder Mystery) and written by Sandler and his original Happy Gilmore co-scribe Tim Herlihy, Happy Gilmore 2 premieres on Netflix on Friday

Moreover, RT’s Critics Consensus is still pending

What Do Individual Critics Have To Say ‘Happy Gilmore 2’, in light of current trends

However, Only two of RT’s top critics have reviewed Happy Gilmore 2 so far, amid market uncertainty

Liz Shannon Miller of Consequence gives the film a “fresh” rating on RT, writing, “Between Happy’s family life and a whole new series of challenges for him to tackle, there’s enough freshness to the plot to keep it from feeling a total rehash of what came before, while still dering wild golf stunts and a huge range of cameos. ”ForbesAll ‘Fantastic Four’ Movies Ranked Worst To Best By Rotten Tomatoes CriticsBy Tim Lammers On the flip side, Nick Schager of The Daily Beast gives the film a “rotten” rating on RT, writing that Adam Sandler’s Happy Gilmore 2 is “arguably the least inspired film in the actor’s canon, if not all of movie history, in light of current trends. ” Of RT’s top critics who haven’t posted on the review aggregation site yet, Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter says it all in his headline, which partially reads, “Adam Sandler’s Netflix Sequel Is Terrible — and Fans Will Love It (an important development). ” “Other than a running gag revolving around Happy’s use of every possible object as a liquor container, the film’s main humor involves people being painfully hit by golf balls,” Scheck writes on THR. “By the time the movie ends and you’ve been assaulted by one tired gag after another, you’ll know exactly how they feel. ”ForbesHorror Thriller ’28 Years Later’ Gets ing Date, Report SaysBy Tim Lammers Owen Gleiberman’s Happy Gilmore 2 review for Variety is much more on the positive side, as he writes that the film “is a happy orgy of raucously well-executed Adam Sandler fan service. ” “It’s a pointed exercise in nostalgia, but with a present-tense edge,” Gleiberman writes in Variety (noteworthy indeed). “It’s not some fake of the clever/dumb brand of slob comedy that made Sandler a superstar in the ’90s

It’s the genuine article, a true revival of Sandler’s Jerry Lewis-meets-rock ‘n’ roll rage

At the same time, ” Happy Gilmore 2 is new on Netflix, given the current landscape

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