Who's Your Caddy? is a 2007 comedy film, directed by Don Michael Paul, and starring Antwan "Big Boi" Patton, Lil Wayne, Andy Milonakis, Faizon Love, Terry Crews, Tony Cox, Jeffrey Jones, and Jesper Parnevik. It is the first film produced by Robert L. Johnson's Our Stories Films studio. It was released on July 27, 2007 in the United States and was released on DVD on November 27, 2007.
Plot outline
When "street smart" rapper Christopher "C-Note" Hawkins (Big Boi) applies for a membership to all-white Carolina Pines Country Club, the establishment's proprietors are hardly ready to oblige him. Unwilling to accept that the club views him as unfit for membership, C-Note purchases land that contains the 17th green - willing only to exchange the hole for a membership. This sets the stage for an outrageous assault on the country club and its membership committee as C-Note and his fun-loving, streetwise crew disrupt the goings-on at the club with their irreverent attitudes and a back-and-forth prank fest.
At one point, C-Note plans to shoot a music video on the club's land. That leads the Club President, Cummings (Jeffrey Jones), to offer a bribe to get him to stop, but all C-Note wants is a membership to the club. President Cummings then hires Shannon Williams (Tamala Jones), an uptight lawyer who graduated Harvard at the top of her class. She goes to Christopher's house, he refuses yet another attempt to bribe him to leave.
As a last resort, she devises a plan to allow him to join the club then to record him violating the club's bylaws to kick him out while he is on the club's 4 week probationary period. On separate occasions, he is accused of landing a helicopter on the property, bringing a gun onto the golf course and driving recklessly on the way to the golf course. Eventually, all the charges are proven wrong and C-Note is officially made a member of the Carolina Pines Country Club.
The film progresses with Cummings hiring Big Willie Johnson (Tony Cox) to kill C-Note. Eventually Cummings challenges C-Note and Mick to an 18 hole match of golf, and C-Note accepts. On the day of the match, C-Note is surprised to see that Cummings hired and flew in professional golfer and 5-time PGA Tour winner Jesper Parnevik (who plays himself) to play on his team. After 9 holes, Parnevik and Cummings are up four holes, but after a pep-talk by Caddy Mack, they are able to rally on the back 9, and win by C-Note holing his second shot on the 17th hole from 230 yards over water with his driver. Soon after, Cummings is arrested for conspiracy to murder, and C-Note is named owner of Carolina Pines Golf and Polo Club.
Cast
Box office
The movie grossed $2.76 million in its first week at the box office, debuting in the number 10 spot. By the time the film left the box office, it had grossed $5,713,425.[1]
Reception
The film opened to extremely negative reviews. In particular, many critics have deemed this film a "terrible rip-off" of Caddyshack.[2][3][4][5] It has also been criticized for its cliched "Get Whitey" driven plot, which is often used in urban black American comedies.[6] Overall it is ranked at 6% on Rotten Tomatoes.[7]
Oddly enough, the film was originally predicted in the animated version of Clerks, where it was referred to as a black Caddyshack. Scott Mosier, who co-created the Clerks cartoon, served as an editor on Who's Your Caddy?.
As of August 2009, the film is rated as the 36th worst film ever on the Internet Movie Database.[8]
References
- ^ "Who's Your Caddy?". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=whosyourcaddy.htm. Retrieved April 26, 2009.
- ^ Leydon, Joe (July 27, 2007). "V-Film Review: Who's Your Caddy?". Variety. http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117934281.html?categoryid=31&cs=1.
- ^ Moore, Roger (July 28, 2007). "Movie Review: Who's Your Caddy?". Orlando Sentinel. http://www.deseretnews.com/movies/review/1,5208,475000828,00.html.
- ^ Ferraro, Michael (July 29, 2007). "Movie Review: Who's Your Caddy?". Film Threat. http://filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=10188.
- ^ Cook, Linda (July 29, 2007). ""I don't know how screenwriters could turn out this rip-off of "Caddyshack" and not get sued". Rotten Tomatoes. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/click/movie-1183252/reviews.php?critic=columns&sortby=default&page=1&rid=1657004.
- ^ Orndorf, Brian (July 27, 2007). "Movie Review - Who's Your Caddy?". HollywoodBitchslap. http://hollywoodbitchslap.com/review.php?movie=16401&reviewer=404.
- ^ "Who's Your Caddy? (2007)". Rotten Tomatoes. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/whos_your_caddy/. Retrieved April 26, 2009.
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0785077/
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