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Adam Sandler’s Family Takes Center Stage in Happy Gilmore 2’s Netflix Debut

He cast his wife as a dance instructor alongside his daughters in breakthrough roles that blend parental mentorship with meta humor.

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Overview

  • Happy Gilmore 2 is now streaming on Netflix, bypassing a traditional theatrical release.
  • Jackie Sandler appears as Vienna’s dance instructor, her most substantial film role in a Sandler production.
  • Sadie Sandler, 19, stars as Charlotte, a member of Happy’s Alcoholics Anonymous group, marking her first major on-screen performance.
  • Sunny Sandler, 16, plays Happy’s daughter Vienna, whose ballet-school dreams in Paris drive the film’s central storyline.
  • The film culminates in a meta joke referencing Sandler’s real-life father-daughter bond, and he has publicly praised his family’s performances.