Let us guess: in Happy Gilmore 3, Adam Sandler will kick a guy in the nuts. In the meantime, he’s doing that – and somehow less – in Happy Gilmore 2.

Carl Weathers’ Chubbs Peterson was also slated to return, until the actor died last year. So this film features the character’s son Slim Peterson (Lavell Crawford), who, like his father, sports a prosthetic hand that has an inconvenient propensity for falling off.

Happy Gilmore 2 was released on Netflix on July 25, 2025, and received mostly positive reviews, holding a 65% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film serves as a sequel to the original 1996 title.

"Happy Gilmore 2" dropped on Netflix Friday. A day later, Baltimore Orioles backup catcher Alex Jackson practically recreated the franchise's signature move.

Adam Sandler returns as the golfer with anger issues in director Kyle Newacheck's sequel that is now streaming.

Julie Bowen, Christopher McDonald and Ben Stiller also reprise their roles from the original, alongside some new faces played by Bad Bunny, Margaret Qualley and Travis Kelce. Flicks.co.nz editor Steve Newall reveals whether this sequel lives up to the wait.

Ethan Anderton of SlashFilm says Happy Gilmore 2 takes a big swing but completely whiffs it by doing something unforgivable in the opening sequence from which it can never recover. The sequel is, per the critic, “a poor excuse for nostalgic comedy, and you'd have more fun getting a colonoscopy with a rake.” Anderton gives it a 2 out of 10, writing:

Adam Sandler fans should keep their clubs -- er, remotes, out when they finish watching "Happy Gilmore 2" on Netflix.

Nearly 30 years after the original dropped, Happy Gilmore 2 debuts on Netflix on Friday and the reviews are already pouring in for the sequel starring Adam Sandler, who reprises his 1996 role. Happy Gilmore was a classic, plain and simple, so the second installment has a lot to live up to. It ...