Posts Tagged ‘Happy Gilmore’
Film Review – Happy Gilmore 2
On paper, Happy Gilmore (1996) probably shouldn’t have worked. A failed hockey player – prone to fits of rage – joining a pro golf circuit to make enough money to save his grandmother’s house sounds kooky. And yet, it had the right mix of stupid and sincere,…
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SIFF Film Review – Guidance
Ah, the idiot man-child: comedy staple or sad, overused trope? Both actually. I won’t deny I occasionally enjoy watching a dysfunctional dude implode before learning a valuable lesson; Happy Gilmore and School of Rock come to mind as very funny comedies about men who have…
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Film Review – That’s My Boy
There was a pivotal moment in Adam Sandler’s career in 2002, when he starred in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Punch Drunk Love. Anderson took the volatile, unstable behavior Sandler exhibited as immature, comedic fodder in such films as Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore and channeled it…
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Film Review – Just Go With It
There were two things I was thinking about while I was watching Just Go With It (2011), the latest comedy starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston. The first is that this is not a very good movie, but simply a retread of just about every…
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Episode 75 – He’s So Money
Spencer and John discuss the highs and lows of Adam Sandler before the release of Just Go With It, the potential of Cedar Rapids from Miguel Arteta, and give their DVD picks of the week.
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When you think of Adam Sandler, you think of the comedies that you grew up with, the potty humor and the cheap laughs that he gave you. One thing that you do not think of right away is great dramatic acting. While he has dabbled…
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