Caddyshack II

1988 "The shack is back!"
3.8| 1h38m| PG| en
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When a crass new-money tycoon's membership application is turned down at a snooty country club, he retaliates by buying the club and turning it into a tacky amusement park.

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Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined
Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic
Jenna Walter The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.
beetle-259-554148 I loved the first Caddyshack so when I saw this movie for sale on DVD at the now-gone Liquidation World, I asked my grandma to buy it. I watched it all the way through and it felt like I was watching a movie that shouldn't exist in this universe. The only returning cast member was Chevy Chase reprising his role as Ty Webb.It felt like a movie that wasn't supposed to exist. I have no idea where grandma's DVD of this thing is now, probably in a box gathering dust in my grandpa's bedroom or god-knows-where after it was donated to Salvation Army.
jokerswild1 This is one of the worst sequels I've ever seen, and the only other sequel I can think of that was a bigger drop in quality from the original is Speed 2: Cruise Control.A glaring issue is that the title is now meaningless. There's only one caddy, and even he gets fired from that very early on and is barely in the film. The sequel doesn't have anywhere near enough connection to the first film to slap "II" on as if it's the continuing adventures of the first film's characters, so having Caddyshack in the title really doesn't make any sense whatsoever.Jackie Mason is the utter antithesis of anything even remotely funny, I didn't laugh once while watching him, and I literally groaned at least a few times. It's like the thinking behind some of this casting was "They were funny in other Harold Ramis movies, so they'll be funny in this too", Dan Aykroyd and Randy Quaid fitting the bill for this concept. Quaid isn't too bad, but this movie is easily Aykroyd's worst hour, doing a terrible and annoying fake voice. Robert Stack is pretty lame as the straight man and doesn't make any impact at all, but at least he isn't annoying either. All the new characters are just very obvious variations of the characters of the original film, and not even the slightest effort is made to keep this fact hidden. They even recycle the technologically advanced golf club and use it on a new character, and when something that obvious comes back with zero self-awareness, it's pretty clear that the filmmakers aren't even trying.The theme song of this movie is called Nobody's Fool, ironic as when I finished watching this thing, I definitely felt like somebody's fool.
jrdodson It's eight years after the mega-hit "Caddyshack," and the studio wants to milk that cash cow again, but it all went horribly, horribly wrong. They couldn't get Rodney Dangerfield, so they went with the third-string facsimile, Jackie Mason. Ted Knight? No, Robert Stack. Bill Murray? No, a bizarre and whiny Dan Ackroyd, in what has to be the worst performance of his career. I guess Chevy Chase's phone wasn't ringing off the hook, since he reprises his role as Ty Webb.And it all went downhill from there. Where else could it go? Randy Quaid is just awful (surprise!) as is Dyan Cannon, Jonathan Silverman and Dina Merrill. The script could have been written by a high school drama class (and probably was), the direction is tepid and unfocused, and the whole thing is a limp and deadly mess.Save your time and money and brain cells. It was like watching a car wreck--you want to avert your gaze, but you just can't believe what you are seeing. The worst sequel of all time. Ever, ever, ever.
Kristine After all seeing the very funny movie Caddyshack, I was looking forward to seeing the sequel, but I have to admit that I was nervous because I heard a lot of bad things about Caddyshack 2. I was also reading on the internet how this was voted one of the worst sequels of all time, which is sad. But I wanted to see the movie still, just at least see if it was really that bad. So I rented it anyways and watched it the other night. Now, I agree, this movie is really stupid, but it's a funny stupid that's very light hearted and has a few really good laughs. I know Randy Quaid can be annoying at times, but he really steals the show and his comedy is outrageous. I didn't like how they were trying to replace certain characters from the first film, but I let go and ended up laughing and having fun with Caddyshack 2.Jack Hartounian is what you might call, "New Money", but he's a very successful in construction and is worth millions. He's a bit out there, personality wise, and dresses a bit crazy, but knows the hard work of the common man. His daughter, Katie, begs him to join a golf club so she could be with the upper class elite. But he makes a fool of himself and wants revenge on those who made fun of him. He buys the club and turns it into an amusement park! But this doesn't stop the elite from trying to tear him down.Caddyshack 2 is stupid at times, like the gofer, they took the joke a little far. And Dan Aykrod's character, I love Dan so much, but it's like he took on Bill Murray's character from the first Caddyshack and made Dan really annoying. Jackie Mason is a bit out there and can't stand up to Rodney Dangerfield. But Caddyshack 2 still has a few good laughs, I mean, if you couldn't laugh at Randy Quaid and how he delivered his lines, check your funny bones. Caddyshack 2 is a silly movie, but it's all in good fun, but if we are just going to keep comparing to the first movie, then you're not going to have a good time.5/10