I didn’t expect much going into Adam Sandler’s newest movie. I suppose I haven’t expected a lot out of Sandler in a very long time, though his early films were some of my favorite comedies when I was young. Billy Maddison, Happy Gilmore, The Wedding Singer. I still get a little teary-eyed when Robbie sings to Julia on the airplane in that last one.

The reviews on "Happy Gilmore 2" are mixed. The results are not.

Actor Adam Sandler is back with his typical golf swing in Netflix’s ‘Happy Gilmore’. Watch it if you love golf and comedy.

“Happy Gilmore 2” launched on the streamer on July 25. For the week of July 21 through 27, the film generated 46.7 million views, with a view defined as total hours watched divided by the total runtime. That makes this start the biggest U.S. opening weekend of all time for a Netflix film, as well as the best ever for one of Sandler’s movies.

"Happy Gilmore 2" has a 60% rating at Rotten Tomatoes and a 52 rating at Metacritic, indicating mixed or average reviews "Happy Gilmore 2 is a happy orgy of raucously well-executed Adam Sandler fan service," wrote Owen Glieberman in Variety in a positive ...

Read what social media users are saying about 'Happy Gilmore 2', which was released this Friday, 29 years after its first instalment. Also, read why singer Taylor Swift gave this movie 13 out of 10 ratings.

Happy Gilmore 2 has unsurprisingly given Netflix a major viewership victory. The sequel to Adam Sandler's beloved 1996 golf comedy began streaming on Friday. Fans old and new have flocked to watch the movie.