Who's Your Caddy? - PG-13

Big Boi's awful golf comedy is way below par.

Rating: PG-13 for crude and sexual content, some nudity, language and drug material. Studio: Weinstein Co. Directed By: Don Paul Cast: Jeffrey Jones, Antwan "Big Boi" Patton, Faizon Love Running Time: 90 minutes Release Date: 07/31/2007 Genre: Comedy

Common Sense Note

Parents need to know that this golf comedy contains some tasteless jokes (about farts, male genitalia, marijuana, to name just a few themes) and borderline-offensive portrayals of African Americans. Although one character is a successful attorney, the rest of the black characters belong to a hip-hop mogul's entourage. There are no sex scenes but lots of innuendo -- including several allusions to "size" and a bathroom scene where three men's behinds are visible. And while the language is standard for PG-13, it occurs fairly frequently. A 15-year-old boy is taken to a nightclub where he's encouraged to "slap" a half-naked dancer in the butt.

Families can talk about racism and stereotypes. What African-American and hip-hop stereotypes are presented in the story? What about upper-class white stereotypes? Were the jokes funny or offensive? Kids: How was the club president like a bully?

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Common Sense Review

Reviewed By: Sandie Angulo Chen

WHO'S YOUR CADDY? might seem like a Caddyshack clone with a hip-hop twist. But the Big Boi-starring comedy makes a lowbrow offering like Norbit seem like Citizen Kane by comparison.

Antwan Andre Patton, otherwise known as Big Boi, is a talented hip-hop artist with two movies on his resume: Idlewild and ATL. If his goal is to become the next Ice Cube, he has sadly fallen way off course with this awful, borderline offensive comedy with few redeeming qualities.

Patton plays C-Note, a hip-hop mogul who forces a snooty gentlemen's club president (Jeffrey Jones) to grant him a membership. At first there seems to be no reason for him to want to join such an elitist, seemingly racist organization, but it's eventually revealed his father was a faithful caddy at the club, so it's all a make-papa-proud endeavor.

The problem is there's nothing touching about the story. He and his crew are a group of walking stereotypes, like the big, flatulent best friend (Faizon Love) who makes inappropriate allusions to his large anatomical gifts. There's also the loud, extra-curvy business manager (Sherri Shepherd) and the perpetually high hanger-on (Finesse Mitchell, who must have to pay the bills after being dismissed last year from Saturday Night Live).

There's really not much to say about this film except that Big Boi should either get a better agent or a better sense of what makes a good film, because this golf comedy is a complete whiff.

Families who like golf films may want to check out The Greatest Game Ever Played, The Legend of Bagger Vance and (for older teens) the '80s classic Caddyshack.

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Content		CS	adults	kids
Content
Sexual Content Three naked men are shown from behind while washing up in a bathroom. A clothed man stares at a naked man's genitalia and then the naked man raps about his large "assets." Mrs. Cummings dresses provocatively, and in one scene the side of her breast is visible. She gives Big Large suggestive looks (licking her lips), who in turn makes inappropriate comments. A couple kisses. A teenage boy slaps the butt of a dancer at a nightclub. Bikini-clad dancers grind and shake during a short music video scene.
Violence Two different men get hit in the groin; a man is tied and beaten up in a cartoonish manner; two contract killers plant a bomb at a party (no one is hurt).
Language Frequently used curse words: "s--t" (and its many variants: horse, bull, etc.), "niggah," "d--k," "ass," "negroes," "assh--e," etc.
Message
	Social Behavior C-Note is motivated by revenge and Mr. Cummings is racist. There's nothing all that redeeming about the characters' behavior, with the exception of Shannon, who removes herself from a case when she feels Mr. Cummings is being unethical.
	Commercialism Corona beer, Range Rover SUVs, Nike golf apparel and accessories, Porsche.
	Drug/Alcohol/Tobacco Marijuana is shown being fed to horses, and an obviously high man says the brownies are made with his "secret recipe." At least three scenes show adults drinking beer, champagne, and mixed drinks. A teenage boy visits a nightclub full of drinking clubgoers and scantily clad dancers. Club members smoke cigars.