Caddyshack
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At an exclusive country club, an ambitious young caddy, Danny Noonan, eagerly pursues a caddy scholarship in hopes of attending college and, in turn, avoiding a job at the lumber yard. In order to succeed, he must first win the favour of the elitist Judge Smails, and then the caddy golf tournament which Smails sponsors.
What critics thought
DivisiveCritics in 1980 largely found Caddyshack an undisciplined mess — funny in stretches but sabotaged by a scattered structure that kept its three comic stars operating in completely separate movies. In the decades since, popular audiences have thoroughly overruled that verdict, elevating it to cult-classic status that contemporary reviews never predicted.
“Caddyshack feels more like a movie that was written rather loosely, so that when shooting began there was freedom—too much freedom—for it to wander off in all directions in search of comic inspiration.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“funny about half of the time it tries to be, which is a pretty good average for a comedy.”
Gene Siskel·Chicago Tribune
“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.”
Dave Kehr·Chicago Reader
“A pleasantly loose-limbed sort of movie with some comic moments, most of them belonging to Mr. Dangerfield.”
Vincent Canby·The New York Times
Genres
Comedy
Cast & Crew
Harold RamisDirector
Chevy ChaseTy Webb
Rodney DangerfieldAl Czervik
Ted KnightJudge Smails
Bill MurrayCarl Spackler
Michael O'KeefeDanny Noonan
Sarah HolcombMaggie O'Hooligan
Cindy MorganLacey Underall
Albert SalmiMr. Noonan
Scott ColombyTony D'Annunzio
Dan ResinDr. Beeper
Elaine AikenMrs. Noonan
Henry WilcoxonThe Bishop
Johnny MandelComposer
Brian Doyle-MurrayWriter
Douglas KenneyWriter
Stevan LarnerCinematographyCaddyshack
At an exclusive country club, an ambitious young caddy, Danny Noonan, eagerly pursues a caddy scholarship in hopes of attending college and, in turn, avoiding a job at the lumber yard. In order to succeed, he must first win the favour of the elitist Judge Smails, and then the caddy golf tournament which Smails sponsors.
What critics thought
DivisiveCritics in 1980 largely found Caddyshack an undisciplined mess — funny in stretches but sabotaged by a scattered structure that kept its three comic stars operating in completely separate movies. In the decades since, popular audiences have thoroughly overruled that verdict, elevating it to cult-classic status that contemporary reviews never predicted.
“Caddyshack feels more like a movie that was written rather loosely, so that when shooting began there was freedom—too much freedom—for it to wander off in all directions in search of comic inspiration.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“funny about half of the time it tries to be, which is a pretty good average for a comedy.”
Gene Siskel·Chicago Tribune
“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.”
Dave Kehr·Chicago Reader
“A pleasantly loose-limbed sort of movie with some comic moments, most of them belonging to Mr. Dangerfield.”
Vincent Canby·The New York Times
Genres
Comedy
Cast & Crew
Harold RamisDirectorChevy ChaseTy WebbRodney DangerfieldAl CzervikTed KnightJudge SmailsBill MurrayCarl SpacklerMichael O'KeefeDanny NoonanSarah HolcombMaggie O'HooliganCindy MorganLacey UnderallAlbert SalmiMr. NoonanScott ColombyTony D'AnnunzioDan ResinDr. BeeperElaine AikenMrs. NoonanHenry WilcoxonThe BishopJohnny MandelComposerBrian Doyle-MurrayWriterDouglas KenneyWriterStevan LarnerCinematographyRent & Buy