Happy Gilmore 2 is the funniest movie of the year so far by default, if only because no other movies really try to go for laugh-a-minute comedy like this any longer. The new Naked Gun movie will surely challenge it, but why can't the audiences of today get their own Happy Gilmores and Frank Drebins to cherish anew?

The movie Happy Gilmore 2 is here, and fans will notice that it's a family affair for Adam Sandler. His wife and daughters have roles in the new movie, although his daughters' roles are bigger. Sandler's family includes wife Jackie and daughters Sadie,

After much anticipation and a 29-year wait, Adam Sandler returned as the hot-tempered, big-hitting golf legend in “Happy Gilmore 2,” released on Netflix on Friday. As expected, the film was chock-full of cameos, many of them by real-life golfers and several of them with strong ties to the D-FW area.

WNBA star and Los Angeles Sparks veteran Kelsey Plum has some sweet screen action, too. Plum, a two-time WNBA champion and four-time All-Star, was traded to the Sparks by the Las Vegas Aces in January. More recently, she's perhaps most well-known for trolling Caitlin Clark.

Bowen, 55, has looked back on her upbringing with a real estate developer father who taught her a "golden rule" about success.

Adam Sandler returns as the hotheaded golfer in a follow-up that trades scrappy irreverence for overstuffed bombast.

Bowen reprises her character, Virginia Venit, in the comedy classic's second installment. Within the first four minutes of the film, Venit — who's since married Happy, welcomed five kids together and started a family — gets killed off, a tragedy caused by her husband.

The real Barker died two years ago in 2023, at the age of 99. But Sandler pays tribute to their epic fight in Happy Gilmore 2, with a new fight, this time between Gilmore and his longtime rival, Shooter McGavin, played once again by the hilarious Christopher McDonald.