{"id":9884,"date":"2009-10-24T13:49:53","date_gmt":"2009-10-24T20:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=9884"},"modified":"2021-01-19T21:14:21","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T04:14:21","slug":"caddyshack-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=9884","title":{"rendered":"Caddyshack (1980)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;So, I got that goin&#8217; for me, which is nice.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Caddyshack-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Caddyshack-Poster-192x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-64576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Caddyshack-Poster-192x300.png 192w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Caddyshack-Poster-657x1024.png 657w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Caddyshack-Poster-82x128.png 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Caddyshack-Poster-173x270.png 173w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Caddyshack-Poster.png 719w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAt an elite country club, a young caddy (Michael O&#8217;Keefe) hopes to win a college scholarship; meanwhile, the groundskeeper (Bill Murray) pursues a menacing gopher, and the club&#8217;s owner (Ted Knight) clashes with an abrasive new member (Rodney Dangerfield).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bill Murray Films<\/li>\n<li>Class Relations<\/li>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Social Climbers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nA cult favorite of those who remember it fondly from their youth, <em>Caddyshack<\/em> is essentially just a vehicle for comedians Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, and Rodney Dangerfield. Murray manages to squeeze in a few funny lines &#8212; including his infamous vignette about caddying for the Dalai Lama and being given &#8220;total consciousness&#8221; in lieu of a tip, leading him to quip, &#8220;So, I&#8217;ve got that goin&#8217; for me&#8221; &#8212; but Chase is surprisingly subdued. It&#8217;s Dangerfield (in his first major film role) who really stands out as an unbelievably obnoxious real estate developer (&#8220;Tell the cook this is low grade dog food&#8230; This steak still has marks from where the jockey was hitting it.&#8221;) Unfortunately, the film itself is a bit of a pointless mess, and its central protagonist &#8212; young caddy O&#8217;Keefe &#8212; quickly loses our sympathy once he cheats on his loving girlfriend (an appealing Sarah Holcomb) with the resident tart (Cindy Morgan); it&#8217;s hard to care much about him &#8212; or the film &#8212; after this. <em>Caddyshack<\/em> is really only must-see viewing for diehard fans; all-purpose film fanatics can feel free to skip it (though be sure to check out the truly surreal male synchronized swimming sequence &#8212; see still below). <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rodney Dangerfield as Al Czervik<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/caddyshack-dangerfield.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/caddyshack-dangerfield.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9889\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Several drolly amusing sequences<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/caddyshack-synchronized-swimming.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/caddyshack-synchronized-swimming.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9890\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but fans of Dangerfield or Murray certainly won&#8217;t want to miss it. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0080487\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1980\/07\/25\/archives\/caddyshack-animal-house-spinoff.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/caddyshack-1980\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/70011\/caddyshack#articles-reviews?articleId=70926\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/reviews\/68706\/caddyshack.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;So, I got that goin&#8217; for me, which is nice.&#8221; Synopsis: At an elite country club, a young caddy (Michael O&#8217;Keefe) hopes to win a college scholarship; meanwhile, the groundskeeper (Bill Murray) pursues a menacing gopher, and the club&#8217;s owner (Ted Knight) clashes with an abrasive new member (Rodney Dangerfield). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Bill Murray Films Class Relations Comedy Social Climbers Review: A cult favorite of those who remember it fondly from their youth, Caddyshack is essentially just&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=9884\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9884"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64577,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9884\/revisions\/64577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}