Editing Caddyshack (section)

==Reception==
===Critical response===
''Caddyshack'' was released on July 25, [[1980 in film|1980]],<ref name=adergopd>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QgtWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7eEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3485%2C6863040 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=(advertisement) |title=Caddyshack |date=July 25, 1980 |page=10A}}</ref> in 656 theaters, and grossed $3.1 million during its opening weekend; it went on to make $39,846,344 in [[North America]],<ref name="mojo">{{cite web |title=Caddyshack (1980) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3326707201/weekend/ |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=December 22, 2012 |archive-date=February 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227201805/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3326707201/weekend/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and $60 million worldwide.<ref name="Brown"/>

The film was met with underwhelming reviews in its original<!-- 1980--> release,<ref name="tstlss">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XvhVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6752%2C1975045 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=(review) |last=Paseman |first=Lloyd |title=Light movie funny, but tasteless |date=August 7, 1980 |page=5D}}</ref> with criticism towards the disorganized plot, though Dangerfield's, Chase's, and Murray's comic performances were well received. [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote, "''Caddyshack'' feels more like a movie that was written rather loosely, so that when shooting began there was freedom—too much freedom—for it to wander off in all directions in search of comic inspiration."<ref name="ebert">{{cite news |date=January 1, 1980 |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |title=Caddyshack |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/caddyshack-1980 |access-date=July 13, 2009 |archive-date=June 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625162423/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/caddyshack-1980 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Gene Siskel]] gave the film three out of four stars, saying it was "funny about half of the time it tries to be, which is a pretty good average for a comedy."<ref>{{cite news | last = Siskel | first = Gene | title = ''Caddyshack'' | work = [[Chicago Tribune]] | date = July 1980 | url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-caddyshack-review-gene-siskel-20140224-story.html | access-date = 2019-05-16 | archive-date = April 11, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190411230434/https://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-caddyshack-review-gene-siskel-20140224-story.html | url-status = live }}</ref> [[Dave Kehr]], in his review for the ''[[Chicago Reader]]'', wrote, "The first-time director, Harold Ramis, can't hold it together: the picture lurches from style to style (including some ill-placed whimsy with a gopher puppet) and collapses somewhere between sitcom and sketch farce."<ref name="kehr">{{cite news | last = Kehr | first = Dave | title = ''Caddyshack'' | work = [[Chicago Reader]] | url = https://chicagoreader.com/film/caddyshack/ | access-date = July 13, 2009 | archive-date = April 18, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160418182449/http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/ak/Film?oid=1054410 | url-status = live }}</ref> [[Vincent Canby]] gave it a mixed review in ''[[The New York Times]]'', describing it as "A pleasantly loose-limbed sort of movie with some comic moments, most of them belonging to Mr. Dangerfield."<ref>{{cite news | last = Canby | first = Vincent | title = ''Caddyshack'' | work = [[The New York Times]] | date = July 1980 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1980/07/25/archives/caddyshack-animal-house-spinoff.html | access-date=2019-05-16}}</ref>

Nevertheless, the film has gained a cult following in the years after its release and has been positively reappraised by many film critics.<ref>{{cite news|title='Caddyshack' former hottie in revival mode |author=Tom Hoffarth |url=http://www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth/archives/2007/02/caddyshack-gal-1.html |newspaper=Palm Beach Post |date=February 20, 2007 |access-date=February 9, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202195923/http://www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth/archives/2007/02/caddyshack-gal-1.html |archive-date=February 2, 2012 }}</ref> On [[review aggregator]] [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 73% based on 62 reviews, with an average score of 6.60/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Though unabashedly crude and juvenile, ''Caddyshack'' nevertheless scores with its classic slapstick, unforgettable characters, and endlessly quotable dialogue."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/caddyshack |title=Caddyshack (1980) |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |access-date=January 14, 2025 |archive-date=May 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511163519/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/caddyshack/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film received a score of 48 based on 12 reviews, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.<ref>{{cite web | title = Caddyshack (1980) | url = https://www.metacritic.com/movie/caddyshack | website = [[Metacritic]] | access-date = 28 January 2023 }}</ref>

[[Christopher Null]] gave the film four stars out of five in his 2005 review, and wrote, "They don't make 'em like this anymore … The plot wanders around the golf course and involves a half-dozen elements, but if you simply dig the gopher, the caddy, and the Dangerfield, you're not going to be doing half bad."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-03-10 |title=Caddyshack Reviewed by Christopher Null on Feb 1 2005 - |url=https://golfdiscountmall.com/caddyshack-reviewed-by-christopher-null-on-feb-1-2005/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402202113/http://golfdiscountmall.com/caddyshack-reviewed-by-christopher-null-on-feb-1-2005/ |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |access-date=2025-05-29 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Ramis noted in the DVD documentary that ''[[TV Guide]]'' had originally given the film two stars (out of four) when it began showing on cable television in the early 1980s, but over time the rating had gone up to three stars. In 2009, he said, "I can barely watch it. All I see are a bunch of compromises and things that could have been better," such as the poor [[Golf swing|swings]] of everyone, except for O'Keefe.<ref name="GQ">{{cite journal |last=Martin |first=Brett |date=July 2009 |title=Harold Ramis Gets the Last Laugh |journal=[[GQ]] |pages=64–67, 124–25 |url=https://www.gq.com/story/harold-ramis-director-animal-house-ghostbusters-groundhog-day |access-date=June 22, 2009 |quote=Like, it bothers me that nobody except Michael O'Keefe can swing a golf club. A movie about golf with the worst bunch of golf swings you've ever seen! It doesn't bother golfers, though. |archive-date=August 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806033337/http://www.gq.com/story/harold-ramis-director-animal-house-ghostbusters-groundhog-day |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Denmark]] was the only place outside the United States where ''Caddyshack'' was initially a hit. The distributor had cut 20 minutes to emphasize Bill Murray's role.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Albinus Sabroe |first=Iben |title=Jeg vil vinde en Oscar |trans-title=I want to Win an Oscar |url=http://www.business.dk/jeg-vil-vinde-en-oscar |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130212210119/http://www.business.dk/jeg-vil-vinde-en-oscar |archive-date=February 12, 2013}}</ref>

===Accolades===
This film is also second on [[Bravo (U.S. TV channel)|Bravo's]] "100 Funniest Movies."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.listsofbests.com/list/7092 |title=Bravo's 100 funniest movies list |publisher=Listsofbests.com |date=June 2, 2006 |access-date=March 14, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302081727/http://www.listsofbests.com/list/7092 |archive-date=March 2, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

The film is recognized by [[American Film Institute]] in these lists:
* 2000: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs]] – #71<ref>{{cite web |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs |url=https://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/laughs100.pdf |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=August 20, 2016 |archive-date=April 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412113732/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/laughs100.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2005: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes]]:
** Carl Spackler: "Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac... It's in the hole! It's in the hole! It's in the hole!" – #92<ref>{{cite web |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes |url=https://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/quotes100.pdf |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=August 20, 2016 |archive-date=April 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407084936/https://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/quotes100.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2008: [[AFI's 10 Top 10]]:
** #7 Sports Film<ref>{{cite web |title=AFI's 10 Top 10: Top 10 Sports |url=https://www.afi.com/afis-10-top-10/ |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=August 20, 2016 |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308001304/https://www.afi.com/afis-10-top-10/ |url-status=live }}</ref>