Lousy "comedy"

Rating: 6/10 (24 September 2004)

Silly comedy about an exclusive, snobbish country club golf course "invaded" by slobs (The original ad read: "The snobs vs. the slobs"). The snobs are headed by Ted Knight--the slobs by Chevy Chase and Rodney Dangerfield. Bill Murray is also on hand to kill a gopher that's destroying the course. It's one of those 80s comedies that thinks very crude humor and destruction is hilarious. There's also a dull dramatic back story with Michael O'Keefe as a caddy trying to get to college.
I remember this being pretty funny back in 1980--it hasn't aged well at all.
The humor is pretty disgusting and totally unfunny (especially a sequence involving a Baby Ruth candy bar). Murray is just horrible as the grounds keeper--not even remotely funny, just dull. Also the gopher he's chasing is shown by one of the stupidest puppets I've ever seen. And Knight isn't funny at all--he's just loud and abrasive and overacting a LOT!
There are some good things about this--Chase has some good moments; O'Keefe is OK and Rodney Dangerfield is hilarious! He's the only reason to see this movie--he has some truly funny lines. Also the soundtrack isn't bad.
See it for Dangerfield--fast forward through the rest. A huge hit in its day (primarily because of Chase, Murray and Dangerfield).