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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkSlap Happy. [16 February 1996, p.D4]
- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliSeveral strokes short of a respectable finish.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannIt may smell awful from a distance, especially if you have low tolerance for lowbrow humor, but up close this yarn about an unlikely golf star is fairly painless.
- 40Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasThe result is a movie that's hard to laugh at when its hero would surely be either in jail or perhaps even a mental institution were he to behave the way he does on screen in real life.
- 38Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertTells the story of a violent sociopath. Since it's about golf, that makes it a comedy.
- Sorry excuse for a comedy.
- 30The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenDoesn't deliver.
- 25San Francisco ExaminerWalter AddiegoSan Francisco ExaminerWalter AddiegoA way-below-par golfing comedy.
- 11Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleA lame, unoriginal comedy.
- 10VarietyBrian LowryVarietyBrian LowryAdded together, there are about three minutes of funny material in Happy Gilmore, and pretty much all of them are in the trailer, leaving a sometimes painfully unfunny 90 minutes with which to contend.