Overview

• Happy Gilmore 2 debuted exclusively on Netflix on July 25, marking the 29-year follow-up to Sandler’s cult classic.
• Produced under Sandler’s multi-picture streaming pact, the sequel’s $30 million budget more than doubles the original’s spend.
• The storyline follows a retired Happy Gilmore returning to golf to fund his daughter’s trip to Paris.
• Celebrity cameos range from golf stars John Daly and Rory McIlroy to entertainers like Bad Bunny, Travis Kelce, Jon Lovitz, Rob Schneider, Steve Buscemi and Post Malone.
• Early social-media reactions are sharply divided between fans praising nostalgic callbacks and critics lamenting an overreliance on recycled jokes.