Adam Sandler's Happy Gilmore 2 is a movie sequel for one type of person.

Alert your big brother or the Adam Sandler sympathiser in your family because after an almost 30-year wait, Happy Gilmore 2 is here.

The sequel to Sandler's iconic 1996 classic picks up decades after the events of the original comedy about a hockey player who discovers he's damn good at golf.

These days, Happy is a retired golf champion, but his life is upended when he accidentally kills his wife, Virginia (Julie Bowen), with a powerful golf shot. Overcome by guilt, he spirals into alcoholism and loses everything.

If you think this sounds like a macabre way to start a movie, you're right. But from a franchise that often uses people being chomped up by alligators as punchlines, it somehow works.

Years later, Happy discovers that to fund his daughter Vienna's ballet ambitions, he must return to the golf world, taking on a new league led by energy drink mogul Frank Manatee (Benny Safdie). Of course, along the way, he must confront his past, especially his former nemesis, Shooter McGavin (Christopher McDonald).

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McDonald is hilarious in his return, as is Ben Stiller, who is back from the first film, playing a sadistic orderly running Happy's grandma's nursing home and heading up an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting that Happy joins. Stiller is at his best when he plays these kinds of deranged villains and he's incredible in this.

There's a lot to love about Happy Gilmore 2. The film's heart comes through with the wholesome family plotline: there was an authenticity to their family dynamic that felt reminiscent of Sandler's best work in The Wedding Singer.

Sandler's actual daughter, Sunny Sandler, portrays Happy's daughter, so it makes sense that this connection felt the most genuine.

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Like the original, the absurd and surrealist humour remains intact, with loads of outrageous imagery and dream sequences stuffed into the sequel to thrill any true fan.

Those whose film diet is mostly Sandler films will be fed by this film, which involves several callbacks to the Adam Sandler universe with collaborators Steve Buscemi, John Lovitz and (of course, a tricycle-wheeling) Rob Schneider all popping up to say hello.

The cameos in this movie are, simply put, out of control. You can imagine that every famous person who asked to be put in this movie got a part.

The best of these are Bad Bunny as Happy's caddy and Travis Kelce as a villainous manager, who were delightful in their scenes together.

Another cameo that made me do a double take (and spill my mum's spaghetti) is Eminem, who plays the son of the original 'Jackass!' heckler, played in the OG by Joe Flaherty. He was very good! Five stars!

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Some other more random cameos include (and this isn't even everyone): Post Malone, Kid Cudi, Guy Fieri, Eric André, Margaret Qualley, Alix Earle and Haley Joel Osment.

Then there's the professional golfers, who make appearances, like Lee Trevino, Fred Couples, Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo, Corey Pavin, Jordan Spieth, Ricky Fowler, Keegan Bradley and Collin Morikawa.

For fans of Happy Gilmore and golf, these cameos will no doubt bring quite a thrill, but for someone who is neither of these things, I found the constant spinning doors of random celebs to be a tad distracting.

Like, I had fun, but I didn't feel all that invested in Happy, or whatever was going on with the plot.

Sure, the writing is laugh-out-loud funny at times, but often the humour feels a little outdated. In the sequel, directed by Kyle Newacheck, Sandler doesn't just star, but he also produced and co-wrote the script, alongside original Happy Gilmore co-writer, Tim Herlihy.

This brings me back to Sandler. In the decades since his "goofball era" reigned, the actor has proven that he can deliver Oscar-level acting with ease.

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This meant he brought a delicate approach to the more emotional moments that were lacking in the original.

At the same time, as the character has matured over time, he's arguably lost what made him so engaging in the first place.

As Sandler brings a more subdued performance in Happy Gilmore 2, I was left wondering if Happy was always this, ummm… bland?

That said, the emotional beats with his on-screen daughter and his real-life wife (who plays the ballet teacher) were a worthy exchange for his more refined portrayal.

But sadly, these moments were sparse and this film took up a hell of a lot of time on a lot of silliness that didn't do much to advance the plot. But it is an Adam Sandler movie, so what was I expecting, right?

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The main problem was, the stakes in this movie were just simply too low. It was obvious that Happy was going to win everything from the second he hit his first miles-long drive. He's the best. We know that. But what the original film did masterfully was add Shooter as a meddling antagonist to level the playing field.

In the sequel, this rivalry, three decades in the making, is settled in seconds, so when watching the film, around the halfway point, the plot becomes a bit too predictable to keep the viewer hooked.

And oh boy, this movie is long. For non-fans, its two-hour length and nonsense side plots come across as a little self-indulgent.

For the first half, I had a great time, but as the film started to drag on and the 84th cameo appeared, my interest waned.

But I don't think true fans will care, as long as they hear Rob Schneider shouting "You can do it!" by the time the credits roll.

This movie is Sandler's ultimate tribute to Happy Gilmore, a movie that inspired a generation of people who still treasure that film and its iconic lines.

From the cameos to the callbacks, it ticks every box for what a true fan would want from a nostalgic sequel.

Sadly, it turns out that I am not a true fan. This movie wasn't made for me, and that's okay.

If you love Adam Sandler, you'll likely find yourself back in your happy place.

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