Worth a rental and some memories

Rating: 5/10 (21 September 2008)

I finally got around to seeing this well-known comedy classic. It turns out the whole Murray-vs-animatronic-gopher thing is only a small fraction of the overall comedy, which was interesting because actually the movie skips and hops over various different comedic forms on purpose, providing a somewhat well rounded, somewhat flawed sketch comedy.
Bill Murray is the foul-mouthed, creepy groundskeeper presenting some of the gross-out comedy. Rodney Dangerfield is Al Czervick, successful realty investor, mixes things up with the characters with his screwball comedy. Chevy Chase is the dry-humored zen golfer. Ted Knight is "Caddyshack"'s attempt at making fun of The Man. Michael O'Keefe is the young kid providing the movie some character to get behind, and Cindy Morgan plays Lacey Underall (nice name, right?), the sex comedy aspect of the movie. They meet and play golf. There are fights, bets, gunfire, and explosions.
I don't think "Caddyshack" has aged all that well over time. Sexed up raunchy comedy has just gotten dirtier over the years, leaving most of "Caddyshack" behind in the dust. The story doesn't flow all too well, trudging along scene by scene and often getting distracted by some other anecdote to tell. Each character seems kind of like they came out of their own comedy and were lumped together for a "best of" skit. However, some of the more drab and dry comedy, especially coming from Chevy Chase as Ty, but also with the attempts of young Danny to get the Judge's attentions for a future he doesn't even want, not only hold up well but give this movie legs to last a bit longer. I can't say it has all that much rewatchability, though.
--PolarisDiB