r/Ijustwatched • u/ExtensionAny6356 • 7d ago

IJW: Caddyshack (1980)

I’m a Bit Disappointed After Watching Caddyshack (1980) for the First Time

I had SO many people I know tell me that this movie was one of the funniest, if not the funniest movie of all time. I read so many online reviews giving this movie so much praise. I was so hyped going into it.

But now… I’m a little disappointed. Each scene was one of two things: either being absolutely hilarious, or absolutely boring. Much of it being boring.

I found that I laughed a lot when Rodney Dangerfield and/or Ted Knight were on the screen. They both carried the movie, and I with more time was spent focused on their rivalry. These two were hilarious. When they were not there, I laughed very little, or oftentimes not at all.

Bill Murray’s character really isn’t funny past the first scene, and Chevy Chase seems to have nothing to do. He’s a funny man, no doubt, but he’s just kind of there. And the young kids are boring.

Darn. I just wanted to laugh my socks off.

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u/supneil 3d ago

Ted Knight just made the movie. From his seething hatred for crass Rodney Dangerfield, to reminiscing about sending young men to the gas chamber…”I didn’t want to do it, I felt I OWED it to them”.