Whoo-hoo!

Rating: 7/10 (20 March 2002)

Having already seen the risible Caddyshack II (1988), and knowing that the original was supposed to better, I settled down with an unspecified amount of alcohol of unknown origin to watch. Was the alcohol necessary? Given the state of the sequel, methinks it was.
Thankfully, there were enough laughs in this to make it worth the effort. Sure, the story's rubbish, but then, the story ain't the point here.
Chevy Chase is his usual hapless self here, which is funny in itself (unlike many of his films, sadly - where's the SNL Chevy gone? Methinks he needs to fall down some stairs again). Rodney Dangerfield steals the show with some disgraceful one-liners. Sadly his own films milked this, and aren't as good.
Bill Murray puts in a fine showing as a psychotic gardener under orders to destroy the gophers. Isn't the gopher ridiculously cute?
Oh, some girls take their clothes off, which is never a bad thing.
The film does meander around the different plot lines, but they somehow manage to fit together at the end. Well done, Egon!
The Scottish Head Groundskeeper is a disgraceful stereo type (this would be where Groundskeeper Willy comes from - naughty Groening), but he's only on screen for 5 minutes.
For those of you interested, this film is the reason that Journey's "Any Way You Want It" gets played at the end of the episode of The Simpsons where Rodney Dangerfield plays Mr Burns' son, Larry. Nice in-joke. Great song, too.