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Review: ‘Caddyshack’ right on course as a low-budget laugher
July 29, 1980: This latest “Son of Animal House” is set on a country club golf course.
But the setting makes no difference; it’s the proper mix of dirty jokes, slapstick, and juvenile humor that writer-director (and former Chicagoan) Harold Ramis is after as he and producer-writer Douglas Kenney (the “Animal House-producer) seek to strike box-office lightning twice. Read more
Review: Bill Murray’s sharp comic touch saves ‘Stripes’
June 30, 1981.: Stripes is a male version of “Private Benjamin” with one critical difference. Whereas Goldie Hawn was ignorant about “the ways of the Army in “Private Benjamin,” Private Bill Murray is absolutely wise to everything that is going on in “Stripes.”
As a result, “Stripes” is one Murray putdown after another of the military establishment. Read more
Review: Bill Murray busts loose with ghosts
June 8, 1984: “Ghostbusters” is the movie that confirms Bill Murray as one of our funniest comic actors. He’s funny doing absolutely nothing in this overblown, special-effects-filled, $25 million comedy about three ex-college professors trying to make a living by ridding New York City of supernatural spirits.
In fact, more of Murray doing less would have made “Ghostbusters” an-even funnier film than it is. Read more
Review: Warm and Fuzzy ‘Groundhog’
Feb. 12, 1993: The art of the movies is sometimes a matter of personal expression, sometimes a matter of matching the perfect vehicle to a particular star.
The latter is the case with “Groundhog Day,” a film that has been expertly tailored by director and co-writer Harold Ramis to the talents of his longtime associate Bill Murray. Read more
