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Rat Race
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Sales Rank: 132163
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Modeled after 1963's <I>It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World</I>, Jerry Zucker's <I>Rat Race</I> lacks the irreverence of Zucker's 1980 hit <I>Airplane!</I> but has enough chuckles to make it an agreeable time-killer. Like <I>Mad, Mad, Mad</I>, it employs a huge ensemble of comedy stalwarts, assembled by an eccentric hotelier (pearly-toothed John Cleese) to race from Las Vegas to New Mexico for a $2 million jackpot. With a backstage gambling subplot, Rowan Atkinson's Italian-geek lunacy, Seth Green's slacker antics, and some nicely understated work from SCTV alumnus Dave Thomas, the movie has almost as many highlights as clunkers, and Zucker's embrace of easy gags and traditional slapstick will tickle anyone's old-fashioned funny bone. Other ingredients are hopelessly stale: Whoopi Goldberg's frantic mugging, Cuba Gooding's latter-day Stepin Fetchit, "mature" humor that compromises the movie's broad appeal, and the assumption that crashing vehicles are inherently hilarious. Lamentable decisions, perhaps, but <I>Rat Race</I> maintains a pleasantly altruistic spirit. <I>--Jeff Shannon</I>
Viewer Reviews
This is one of those movies that I have seen about a dozen or so times. When I saw it in the movie theater, I nearly busted a gut. It's the kind of humor I love, real slapstick, in the genre of movies like "Airplane" or "Vacation". Completely goofy and entertaining with a fun cast who really pull off a very entertaining movie.
I owned Rat Race in VHS and am now in the process of replacing it on DVD. There are not many movies I have replaced in this manner -- but this one is just mindless entertainment. And sometimes you really need that.
If you are seeking a good laugh, nothing deep or inspirational ... just downright funny. Grab this one. It's great! :)
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