loading...
Caddyshack
1980
Harold Ramis's directorial debut is a hysterical farce set at the typically hoity-toity Bushwood County club. A send-up of the typical class struggle, it pits the caddies against the establishment with riotous results. This wacky comedy features insanely funny performances from Bill Murray, as the local groundskeeper obsessed .. Read more
| Starring | Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Michael O'Keefe |
|---|---|
| Director | Harold Ramis |
| Genres | Comedy |
loading...
Caddyshack
Harold Ramis's directorial debut is a hysterical farce set at the typically hoity-toity Bushwood County club. A send-up of the typical class struggle, it pits the caddies against the establishment with riotous results. This wacky comedy features insanely funny performances from Bill Murray, as the local groundskeeper obsessed with killing off the gophers who are infesting the golf course, as well as Chevy Chase as a wealthy antiestablishment member of Bushwood and Rodney Dangerfield, who shines as a land-shark real estate mogul who couldn't care less about the rules and regulations at the snobby club.
| Starring | Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Michael O'Keefe, Bill Murray, Sarah Holcomb, Scott Colomby, Cindy Morgan, Brian Doyle Murray, Dan Resin |
|---|---|
| Director | Harold Ramis |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 34 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | English |
| Dubbed | French, Italian |
| Hearing-impaired | English, Italian |
| Subtitles | Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish |
| Released | DVD: 28 Jun 1999 Production year: 1980 |
| Format | DVD |
-
Critics' reviews (3)
View all -
This wonderfully crass comedy from Groundhog Day director Harold Ramis is a sort of “Animal Golf Club”. It wins no prizes for subtlety, yet breezes along in a cheerfully tasteless manner. There's no real plot as such: loud-mouth millionaire Rodney Dangerfield gets up snobbish Ted Knight's nose when he attempts to take over the golf club, setting the scene for a climactic contest on the links. There's an annoying subplot about caddies, presumably for the teens, and Chevy Chase is given little to do as the louche golf professional. Dangerfield reprises his stand-up persona to gloriously vulgar effect, however, and Bill Murray nearly steals the show as a psychopathic groundsman continuing a running battle with the club's resident gophers.
-
"...A pleasantly loose-limbed sort of movie....You appreciate the effort and the intelligence behind [Murray's performance]..."
-
Most helpful member's review
View all -
7 out of 9 people found this review helpful
American humour at its very worst.
If you enjoy witty dialogue then avoid this like the plague. The whole thing is dire but Rodney Dangerfield is embarrassing. Am I missing the point? Is it so unfunny its funny? Er.....No.
-
Most recent members' review
View all -
4 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Comic Classics
Okay...... so Caddyshack includes some really cheesy gross-out / sex gags which have been mimicked to death by films like American Pie. But at the same time Chevy Chase is great as the deadpan witty zen millionaire who's not into golf for the competition, but apparently to experiment in the ways of the jedi. Then there's Bill Murray's total comic genius as his insane redneck battles it out with the invading gopher - the latter proving that you don't need tons of special effects in a film. Ten out of ten for the world's most charismatic glove puppet!
-
More like this
View allShowing 1 to 4 of 20
Related user collection
greatest 80s (15)
60% from 2 members
Buy from the LOVEFiLM shop
-
-
- Caddyshack
- DVD: £3.93
Free Delivery - RRP £5.99 (you save: 34%)
Harold Ramis's directorial debut is a hysterical farce set at the typically hoity-toity Bushwood County club. A send-up of the typical class struggle, it pits the caddies against the establishment ... -