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Caddyshack on DVD (1980)

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Average rating: 65%
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3.0
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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: 94 mins
Certificate: 15
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Genres: Comedy
Languages: English
Dubbed: French, Italian
Hearing-impaired: English, Italian
Subtitles: Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Released: 28/06/1999

Brief synopsis of 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.

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Rating of 3 stars out of 5 Radio Times

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.

New York Times

"...A pleasantly loose-limbed sort of movie....You appreciate the effort and the intelligence behind [Murray's performance]..."

Time Out

If you're still at the age when farting and nose-picking seem funny, then Caddyshack should knock you dead. Buried deep... Read more on www.timeout.com

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Rated - 1 starsAmerican humour at its very worst.

Allan from Leeds. , 24/03/2005

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.

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Rated - 1 starsNot Happy

Gutterboy from Sheffield , 07/07/2006

A perfect example of American humour at its worst. Not funny on any level, this film was very contrived and one dimensional. Happy Gilmore is a far better Golf comedy.

  5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
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Rated - 5 starsComic Classics

Jason Hood from Birmingham , 08/04/2004

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!

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Rated - 3 starsSuch a shame!

Duncan Price from Brighton,England , 01/08/2004

I have to say that there are many funny things you can do with a golfing comedy but sadly none of them are explored here.Watchable,with a couple of chuckle gags and really nothing hilarious,but incredibly dated and,the humour especially,really shows its age.Unless you feel the need to remenisce,go rent Happy Gilmore it's a darn sight better!

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Rated - 2 starsIts no wonder he gets no respect..

Rossk from Kingston upon Thames [Highly rated reviewer] , 06/09/2008

I was looking forward to this because of Bill Murrary really , but theres simply not enouhg of him .

There is not really a plot here , there sort of is half way through but its not really important , theres an occasional sexual innenduo

'FORE' * guy gets hit in the balls*

'. oh I should have said Two!'

and ' I wish i stayed home and plyed with myself..'

This is the type of gags throughout , I know its not triyng to be clever or thought provoking but the lack of plot and uncertaincy of where it wants to go ruins it.

Saving graces i coinutned to watch it through as Rodddy Dangerfield is somewhat drawing , his annoying but great voice and antics , somehow save this film

as does Murrays small crazed groundskeep part where hes a GopherBuster!

but again..rather pointless.

There are more fun dvds for a saturday night then this , cant really reccommnd it for big laughs im afraid.

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Rated - 1 starsNot impressed

Hotfluffy from West Midlands, UK , 29/01/2006

I've never been a big Bill Murray fan anyway but I watched this film because it's meant to be, to quote one of our friends, 'so f*ck*ng funny'... Sadly, it didn't grab my attention and we just ended up turning it off during the first 15 minutes of the film. Apologies to the big Caddyshack fans but this one just didn't fo it for me.

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