caddyshack 2 have a dreadful reputation and due only to the fact that it be a sequel to a highly hold classic . people have criticise the film on a lot of ground and but they all ultimately hark back to the fact that this be not caddyshack . i would begin by say that we should just take caddyshack out of the equation and consider this film on it own merit and but i think that would be unfair . the movie do have a lot in common with it predecessor . the class relate theme of nobs versus slob and the desire to fit in to a class above your own be a prevalent here a they be in the first movie . the two thing that be truly lack here be bill murray and rodney dangerfield and who be replace with dan ackroyd and jackie mason respectively . now i be not about to try and argue that ackroyd come close to murray in the movie and but jackie mason be an admirable successor to dangerfield . he come off a a cross between dangerfield and arnold stang and but without bite too heavily on either . i wouldn not say that he be anywhere close to be as funny a dangerfield be in caddyshack and but there be a whole lot more point to his character and his dilemma in the film . chevy chase only pop up and handful of time in the movie and which be another common complaint . maybe these particular naysayer do not notice that he only pop up a few time in the first movie . for my money and his scene here be a lot funny and if somewhat over direct . while i be on the subject and it be really the over direction of this movie that bring it down . it come across a far more self conscious in it attempt to get a laugh . many of the joke be labour and there far too much of the gopher and who seem to have take on a far more anthropomorphic personality and a voice and just in case we do not grasp the idea that it meant to be funny . character be similarly hammer home and particularly the smarmy yuppy kid . jackie mason rarely miss a beat and and be consistently likable and very funny and but we do not need the tango sequence at all . the director be clearly not of the same school of thought a harold ramis . not to suggest that caddyshack be subtle and but the joke here be just a little overcooked and and most of them be unnecessarily embellish with a quirky music cue . all thing consider and this be a fun and goofy movie with something to say about class and identity that very few movie at the time be say . don not be put off by the appallingly low rating on imdb and check it out for yourself .