Adam Sandler, Happy Gilmore and Netflix
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Sandler's wife Jackie, and daughters Sadie and Sunny all appear in "Happy Gilmore 2," a follow-up to the 1996 golf comedy film. The Sandler family stepped out together to celebrate the sequel at the world premiere of "Happy Gilmore 2" in New York on July 21.
The reviews on "Happy Gilmore 2" are mixed. The results are not.
Instead of ending on a final twist, Happy Gilmore 2 kicks off with a shocking bit of news. After the triumphant win that completes the original movie, Happy Gilmore ( Adam Sandler) accidentally kills his wife, Virginia Venit ( Julie Bowen ), when one of his golf balls hits her in the head.
The New Jersey roots of Adam Sandler's new movie "Happy Gilmore 2" gives a sense of how productions at Netflix Fort Monmouth will boost the Shore.
"Happy Gilmore 2" director Kyle Newacheck defended the decision to kill off Virginia, telling /Film: "There's always a concern when you're playing with that type of darkness. But I don't know, I was never really concerned because it is the driving force [of the film]. If you pull that out, then what do you have? You don't have anything real."
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Adam Sandler released the highly-anticipated sequel to "Happy Gilmore" on Netflix over the weekend, giving fans a new installment in the story of the unlikely champion golfer. Sandler and a massive cast of celebrities and cameos engaged in their tried-and-true hijinks over the course of the film's