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Caddyshack

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Caddyshack (1980)

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Reviews Counted: 36 Fresh: 27  Rotten:9 Average Rating: 6.6/10
 
Consensus: Though unabashedly crude and juvenile, Caddyshack nevertheless scores with its classic slapstick, unforgettable characters, and endlessly quotable dialogue.
 

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Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins

Synopsis: This hysterical farce, set against the backdrop of the typically hoity-toity Bushwood Country club, pits the caddies vs. the establishment with riotous results. Danny, a poor kid from the wrong side of the tracks, is struggling to make it as a caddy at Bushwood. Terrified of being a caddy for... This hysterical farce, set against the backdrop of the typically hoity-toity Bushwood Country club, pits the caddies vs. the establishment with riotous results. Danny, a poor kid from the wrong side of the tracks, is struggling to make it as a caddy at Bushwood. Terrified of being a caddy for life, he is dying to win the Bushwood annual caddy scholarship and is willing to do whomever and whatever it takes. The caddies carouse, smoke, and curse their way around Bushwood, wrecking havoc on the uptight rules and regulations strictly adhered to by most of the members of the club. Chevy Chase stars as Ty Webb, a wealthy antiestablishment member of Bushwood who tries to convince Danny that there is more to life than playing by the rules. This wacky comedy also features an insanely delightful performance by Bill Murray, as the local groundskeeper who becomes obsessed with killing off the gophers who have infested the golf course, with bang-up results. When Al Czervik (Rodney Dangerfield) comes to town he sets the country club--and Judge Smails, played by the fabulous Ted Knight--on end with his poor taste, bad humor, and big money. The final showdown between the snobs and the slobs is not to be missed. CADDYSHACK is one of the most-quoted comedies of all time, and with good reason. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Bill Murray, Michael O'Keefe

Director: Harold Ramis
Screenwriter: Brian Doyle Murray, Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney
Producer: Douglas Kenney, Jon Peters
Composer: Johnny Mandel

DVD Info

Release:

May 15, 2007

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Widescreen 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 1.0 - English, French

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03/01/08
David Kaplan
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The first-time director, Harold Ramis, can't hold it together: the picture lurches from style to style (including some ill-placed whimsy with a gopher puppet) and collapses somewhere between sitcom and sketch farce.

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03/21/07
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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3/4

A slapstick comedy featuring a host of great clowns.

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03/21/07
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This vaguely likable, too-tame comedy falls short of the mark.

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03/21/07
Variety
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6/10

There are really very few saving graces in Caddyshack, but like a lot of other people I harbor a guilty pleasure in watching it, at least in bits and pieces

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08/22/06
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com
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If you're still at the age when farting and nose-picking seem funny, then Caddyshack should knock you dead.

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06/24/06
Time Out
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3/5

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04/11/06
Cole Smithey
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A crude comedy.

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01/03/06
Dennis Schwartz
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One of those rare comedies where everything clicks. A true classic.

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10/28/05
Bill Clark
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2/5

Overrated and dumb comedy with a few funny moments.

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07/19/05
James Plath
DVDTown.com
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3/5

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07/03/05
Emanuel Levy
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4/5

The plot wanders around the golf course and involves a half-dozen elements, but if you simply dig the gopher, the caddy, and the Dangerfield, you're not going to be doing half bad.

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05/03/05
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com
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03/07/05
Nicolas Lacroix
Showbizz.net
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2/5

Coloquemos da seguinte forma: Elizabeth Taylor envelheceu melhor do que este filme...

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01/26/05
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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Gopher it!

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12/31/04
Staci Layne Wilson
StaciWilson.com
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Caddyshack never finds a consistent comic note of its own, but it plays host to all sorts of approaches from its stars, who sometimes hardly seem to be occupying the same movie.

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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3/5

A pleasantly loose-limbed sort of movie with some comic moments, most of them belonging to Mr. Dangerfield.

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08/30/04
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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...some of the juvenile jokes land in the rough, but you won't forget Bill Murray's turn as a goofball groundskeeper obsessed with blowing a pesky gopher to kingdom come.

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06/09/04
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly
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04/24/04
Rich Cline
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10/31/03
Carol Cling
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