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Ah man. I need to give this a rewatch and see if it holds up.
Thinking back, I bet it will? The biggest issue with these older comedies is usually the racism/ sexism/ homophobia. I can't really recall (too) much of that in the happy madision productions.
IMO, the holy trinity of The Water Boy, Billy Madison, and Happy Gilmore all hold up pretty well. They're all "misfit gets the girl" stories, which could be super out of touch (especially with 90s and 00s humor), but I don't recall tooooo much, if any with those three. Less confident in other Sandler like Little Nicky
Yeah I don't even think I saw little Nicky. I was mostly thinking the early stuff. Its funny what holds up and what doesn't..