Happy Gilmore 2 (2025)
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A former professional golfer returns to the course to fund his daughter's dreams while facing his past and a new rival league.
The story
Following the death of his wife and a spiral into alcoholism, Happy Gilmore has walked away from his successful golf career. Years later, his only daughter, Vienna, dreams of attending a prestigious ballet school in Paris. When a high-stakes golf league, Maxi Golf, emerges as a threat to traditional golf, Happy is pressured to return to the professional circuit. With the help of a new caddie and the encouragement of old friends, Happy must navigate his sobriety and the pressures of the sport to win enough money to secure his daughter's future in the world of dance.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
After a successful career and a tragic accident in 2014 that killed his wife, Happy Gilmore became an alcoholic and quit golf. In the present, he works at a supermarket with his children. To fund his daughter Vienna's ballet education in Paris, he returns to the tour. He faces a new league, Maxi Golf, led by Frank Manatee, which uses 'extreme' methods. Happy joins a match against Maxi Golf's best players. During the competition, he faces his old rival, Shooter McGavin, who has been released from a mental facility. After a series of matches and a final tie-breaker where Frank tries to force Happy into joining Maxi Golf, Happy wins the match and secures his daughter's future. He is eventually cleared of his legal troubles, and the fraudulent Maxi Energy Drink is shut down. The film ends with Happy's family heading to Paris while he prepares for the British Open.
- First release year
- 2025
- Runtime (minutes)
- 118
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Kyle Newacheck
- Writers
- Tim Herlihy · writer; Adam Sandler · writer
- Cast and characters
- Adam Sandler · Happy Gilmore; Julie Bowen · Virginia Venit Gilmore; Christopher McDonald · Shooter McGavin; Ben Stiller · Hal L.; Bad Bunny · Oscar Mejías; John Daly · himself; Ben · Stiller
- Genres
- sports comedy; comedy
- Themes
- redemption; fatherhood; addiction; legacy
- Tone and mood
- humorous; slapstick
- Premise and plot tags
- sequel; sports; comedy
- Source material / true-story basis
- Happy Gilmore (1996)
- Franchise connections
- Happy Gilmore
- Content notes
- alcoholism
- Reception
- The film received mixed reviews from critics.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 52 · scale: 100 · review count: 23
- Production trivia
- The production was influenced by the real-life rivalry between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf.; A promotional campaign included replacing the Times Square Ball with a golf ball.
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