‘Happy Gilmore 2’ called ‘cash grab’ in early reviews

The highly anticipated sequel to Happy Gilmore starring Adam Sandler has officially dropped on Netflix.

However, it seems fans of the original are not too pleased with the end result, with many deeming it pointless.

One user wrote on iMDB, “Ah Happy Gilmore, a fun sports cult classic that hasn't aged the best, but still offers some of Adam Sandler's best comedy work to date. Now, a new sequel with Sandler and the crew back, it is really bad.

I struggle to comprehend what was the necessity to have a sequel for this movie. As a whole, it's another cash grab sequel with a story that feels like a rehash of the original, unfunny atmosphere and humor, and more irritating rather than being funny. The original wasn't amazing but Sandler's non-serious performance, the chemistry and style made it fun, entertaining and quite memorable. Here, the writing , directing, and atmosphere feels cheap, uninteresting, and quite sloppy.”

Another user claimed that it lacked all the charm that the first one had, “Obviously I wasn't expecting this sequel to be nearly as good as the original. I would've been happy with just a fun time, but this movie is just straight boring and not funny at all. I don't think I laughed once.

Lots of the jokes are just lame rehashes of the actual funny jokes in the original, or just corny and not funny. Movie relies too heavily on nostalgia and has constant cutaways to the original movie, which just made me wish I was watching the original instead.”

Others took a more centered route, as one audience member said, “I don't think we needed a sequel for this movie but Netflix needed a summer hit from that Sandler contract which im sure it will be. I'll watch any Adam Sandler movie but at one point you have to start acknowledging the quality and value of jokes. This was definitely an 'ensemble' movie instead of a true sequel. The energy is in the cameos, a bigger budget (obviously), but not the script. Didn't pull on the story, just felt like a curtain call to a classic 90s film you've seen 1,000 times. Did I expect it to live up to the original? No. Did I have fun because it was a sequel long-awaited? Yes. Enjoy!”

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