Comfortable Gilmore 2. (L to R) Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio as Oscar Mejias and Adam Sandler as Comfortable Gilmore in Comfortable Gilmore 2. Cr. Scott Yamano/Netflix © 2025.
From Comfortable Madison Productions, Common Photos, & STX Movies, Comfortable Gilmore 2 is the sequel to the smash golf (and just a little hockey) comedy, Comfortable Gilmore, that really cemented its lead actor, Adam Sandler, as a bona fide, bankable film star. The unique 1996 movie was successful on the field workplace, incomes 3.5x its funds throughout its run, making a cult sensation that has created decades-long bonds with followers of Sandler and golf alike.
Recognizing Sandler’s god-tier comedy standing and penchant for making rewatchable movies with memorable characters, Netflix signed the Sandman to the primary of a number of four-picture offers again in 2014. Since that point, Sandler has starred in 12 movies for the streamer whereas producing a number of others below his Comfortable Madison banner.
However Sandler’s movies have taken a distinct form for the reason that earlier Comfortable Gilmore film virtually 30 years in the past. Following an unimaginable streak of largely massive hits & cult classics, beginning with Billy Madison in 1995 by the 2nd Drew Barrymore collaboration 50 First Dates in 2004, Sandler’s movies began to be recognized for his spectacular assortment of hilarious expertise and countless quantity of celeb cameos greater than the standard of jokes, characters, & lovable silliness in his finest work.
Now it’s 2025. Sandler’s greatest movie character is returning to our lives, however what sort of film will he be coming into into? Will bringing again Comfortable Spark a return to kind for Sandler and his longtime writing associate, Tim Herlihy, or will it’s a nostalgia play guided by the brand new playbook of identify recognition & celeb sightings over high quality?
Studying the mile-long cast list and watching the trailer, one might fairly assume that the latter is certainly in play. Whereas we can have the return of co-stars reminiscent of Julie Bowen, Christopher McDonald, & Ben Stiller, we may also see the likes of 10+ current & former professional golfers together with Jack Nicklaus and Rory McIlroy, three mainstream rappers, a number of soccer gamers, a couple of sports activities broadcasting personalities, & even a personality from The Waterboy (attempting to not spoil all these individuals for you all).
The trailer additionally ends the place my evaluation begins. The ultimate shot of the trailer sees Shooter McGavin (McDonald) lastly coming nose to nose with Comfortable following the fallout of the primary movie. In that temporary encounter, Comfortable brings again the “consuming items of sh*t for breakfast” line from the primary movie like that scene occurred yesterday as an alternative of virtually 30 years in the past. After I noticed that, I instantly stated “I hope that isn’t really within the film”. Seems, not solely is it IN the film, it EMBODIES the film’s whole spirit.
Comfortable Gilmore 2 is an echo, a canopy track, a clip present masquerading as a film; the movie is so nostalgic for itself with nothing new of substance to supply its legions of followers.
The unique movie was about Comfortable’s evolution from an indignant hockey participant who outlined himself by his rage to a golfer who can hear, love, & management his feelings sufficient to win on the course and off. The life classes from a rare supporting forged headed by Bowen & the late Carl Weathers are the true spine of the unique story, one thing sorely missing on this new movie.
The person preventing for his grandmother’s home has been changed with an alcoholic dad reeling from a loss HE CREATED needing to ship his daughter to ballet college; the love & assist of Virginia, Grandma, & Chubbs has been changed with a largely distant assist from his youngsters, idol worship from different golfers, & a delicate sophisticated redux of Shooter McGavin; Shooter’s former villain function now lies within the type of Benny Safdie’s foul breathed CEO character Frank Manatee and his Maxi Golf league staff attempting to vary golf for the more serious. Toss in a billion characters performed by a variety of celebrities, non-actors, & his succesful however not excellent actual life household and also you get a bloated, unfocused, unoriginal slog with a extreme lack of emotional resonance.
HAPPY GILMORE 2. Adam Sandler as Comfortable Gilmore in Comfortable Gilmore2. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2025.
Whereas many of those parts are laborious to swallow, particularly when you’ve got the template to success of the unique staring you within the face, the actual drawback is that it’s merely not humorous sufficient to beat its shortcomings. Sandler’s 2025 model of Comfortable is a bland combination of grief, alcoholism, & occasional bouts of rage on the course. He’s not evolving, he’s not studying, he’s simply attempting to get again on the horse after a loss we as an viewers actually didn’t need or ask for (particularly within the method of the way it occurred). There’s not a lot room for humor in that. The supporting forged has some situational laughs infrequently with the uncommon comedic actors preventing laborious for display time over golfers & different non-actors. Travis Kelce, Eminem, & Unhealthy Bunny shouldn’t be taking away from actual appearing expertise in any film, not to mention a legacy sequel with excessive expectations.
As a giant (however affordable) Sandler fan in his early 40s who roots for his comedies to be higher than they’re and applauds his proficient performances in his extra prestigious dramatic movies as of late, I really needed this movie to work. With the unique writers penning the script, the creator of “Workaholics” behind the digital camera, & a returning of fan favorites, I believed this film had no less than a excessive flooring with a shot at recapturing among the greatness. However sadly, just like the Lynyrd Skynyrd track taking part in usually within the background of those movies says, these expectations are “gone with the wind”.
Watch Comfortable Gilmore 2 If You Favored
- Comfortable Gilmore
- Grown Ups 2
- The Waterboy
- The Longest Yard (2005)
- Hubie Halloween
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Jon Daly & Steve Buscemi
One of many issues that made the unique Comfortable Gilmore humorous (and a lot of the early Sandler movies in whole) was its use of small function silliness. The maid in Billy Madison, the “Mista Mista” girl from Comfortable Gilmore. The previous man within the bar in The Marriage ceremony Singer. These items matter within the humorous tapestry of a profitable Sandler movie.
On this one, John Daly is Comfortable’s hand sanitizer ingesting home pet, and Steve Buscemi is his pirouetting neighbor who drinks Listerine and pees in his mailbox, the closest approximations to this crucial function as yow will discover on this film.
Sequels are laborious. Legacy sequels 3 many years aside are even tougher. Comfortable Gilmore 2 can’t match the unique, the expectations of a sequel, or the competence of a contemporary studio comedy. Don’t anticipate previous greatness. Possibly anticipate a good addition to his Netflix film filmography.