Happy Gilmore 2
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): July 25, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
10
Negative:
4

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
EmpireJohn NugentJul 28, 2025
Adam Sandler goes back to his Happy place for this unashamedly stupid sequel. What it lacks in precision or panache, it makes up for in sheer goofy, golf-y geniality. Read full review
60
The TimesEd PottonJul 25, 2025
Like the original movie, this isn’t super funny, unless burping, farting and people being hit in the groin with golf balls is your thing. Read full review
60
NMEJames MottramJul 25, 2025
This is a typically unsophisticated, heart-in-the-right-place comedy from Sandler, complete with Happy’s four sons mooning and making dick jokes. Read full review
60
The GuardianAndrew LawrenceJul 25, 2025
For those who aren’t into golf or weren’t around for SNL at the turn of the century, Happy Gilmore 2 could well sail overhead like a drive from the man himself. But for the generations who still quote summer comedies from eons ago (ahem), Sandler’s second round offers a refreshing trip down memory lane. Read full review
52
Paste MagazineJim VorelJul 25, 2025
Occasionally funny in spite of itself, particularly when relying on tried and true slapstick zaniness and the admittedly irresistible performance of Christopher McDonald as Shooter McGavin, it steadily becomes a punishing endurance run that belabors the same handful of gags to the point of nausea. Read full review
50
Washington PostThomas FloydJul 28, 2025
Rather than aim for the flagstick, “Happy Gilmore 2” seems all too content to lay up in search of one gimme putt after another. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Alison WillmoreJul 25, 2025
The dissonance between that meditative quality and a premise as goofy as Happy Gilmore’s is jarring, though it’s hard to blame Sandler for taking the time to look back, no matter the context. Read full review
50
Screen RantLewis GlazebrookJul 25, 2025
The film has some elements that work, but not enough to overcome its gratuitous cameos, its need to be bigger, or its wasted nostalgia and bloated runtime. Unfortunately, our lovable golfer may have been better off staying in retirement. Read full review
40
The New York TimesBrandon YuJul 25, 2025
The early and largely easy fun begins to curdle into inanity that simply drags (there is, oddly enough, way too much actual golf in this movie), before devolving into an overextended fever dream of celebrity cameos. Read full review
40
LooperCynthia VinneyJul 25, 2025
It's not a good movie, but it's not that bad for a streaming flick either. If you liked the first one, give this one a try. It won't give you the same warm and fuzzy feeling as the original, but you could do worse. Read full review
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