“Happy Gilmore 2,” the newly released Netflix sequel to Adam Sandler’s 1996 golf comedy, is a lot like its star: A little bit flabbier, a little bit shabbier, but still undeniably funny after all these years.

The legacyquel breezes through Happy’s career highlights in a short intro before putting the golfer with the heart of a hockey player back where he started the first film: Broke, angry, and at the end of his rope. Due to a personal tragedy we won’t reveal here, Happy now spends his days working at Stop & Shop, self-medicating with a steady stream of Jack Daniel’s.

Happy seems content to live out his remaining days as an inveterate alcoholic until he learns that his daughter (real-life daughter Sunny Sandler) has been accepted to an elite ballet program in Europe. Double shifts at St

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