''Who's Your Caddy?'' is a 2007 American

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

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and starring

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Faizon Love Faizon Andre Love (born Langston Faizon Santisima; June 14, 1968) is a Cuban-born American actor and comedian. He is best known for his roles in the comedy films '' The Meteor Man'', ''Don't Be a Menace'', ''Friday'', ''B*A*P*S'', ''Elf'', '' Th ...

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, Tony Cox,

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and

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. It is the first film produced by Robert L. Johnson's Our Stories Films studio. The film was released on July 27, 2007, in the United States to universally negative reviews and commercial failure. It was released on

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on November 27, 2007.

Plot

When hip-hop star Christopher "C-Note" Hawkins (

) is denied membership into an exclusive Carolina Pines

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, he comes up with a cunning plan that will oblige the country club to allow his acceptance. C-Note purchases property that contains land from the 17th hole and bribes the country club for a membership in exchange for his land. The rest of the movie's plot revolves around the club members and their efforts to get C-Note kicked out, while he disrupts the club's atmosphere.

Cast

as Christopher "C-Note" Hawkins (credited as "Antwan André Patton") ** Chase A.A. Jackson as Young Christopher "C-Note" Hawkins * David Kelly as Bobby Hawkins *

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as Mack "Caddy Mack" *

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as Eddie "Golf-Ball Eddie" * Tony Cox as Willie "Big Willie" Johnson *

as "Tank" *

as "Big Large" *

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as "Dread" *

as Cummings *

as Himself *

as Wilson Cummings *

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as "Lady G" *

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as Shannon Williams *

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as Mrs. Hawkins *

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as Reverend J.J. Jackson *

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as Mick * Chase Tatum as "Kidd Clean" *

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as Mrs. Cummings * Hugh Jass as Bobby Lee *

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as Joseph Williams *

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as "Frosty" * Todd Sherry as Realtor * Matthew Reichel as Himself *

as Himself

Production

The film was produced by Rifkin-Eberts and released by Dimension Films in association with Black Entertainment Television’s Robert L. Johnson.

Reception

Upon its release, Who's Your Caddy? was panned by critics. On

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, the film has an approval rating of 6% based on 34 reviews with the consensus stating: "A juvenile, uninspired retread of ''Caddyshack'', ''Who's Your Caddy?'' is unoriginal, unfunny, and just plain forgettable." On

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, the film has a score of 18 out of 100, based on reviews from 19 critics, indicating "Overwhelming dislike". The film was nominated for a

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award for Worst Remake or Rip-off, but lost to ''

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''. Former U.S. president

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"loves" the film. In August 2016,

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and

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made guest appearances on ''

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'' where they discussed having dinner with Clinton in

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while filming ''

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''. The two guests stated that during their dinner with the former president, Clinton stated that he loves comedies and his favorite comedy is ''Who's Your Caddy?''

Box office

The movie grossed US$2.76 million in its first week at the box office, debuting in the number 10 spot and performed poorly at the box office earning only $5,713,425 in total.

References

External links

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