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Rat Race (2001)

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Reviews Counted: 122 Fresh: 52  Rotten:70 Average Rating: 4.9/10
 
Consensus: Rat Race moves from one sight gag to another, but only a handful of them are genuinely funny.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins

Synopsis: An all-star cast proves just how far people will go for the chance to win $2 million in Jerry Zucker's RAT RACE. In the tradition of Zucker's AIRPLANE and NAKED GUN 2-1/2: THE SMELL OF FEAR, this film features wild chase scenes, slapstick comedy, sight gags, impossible situations, and zany... An all-star cast proves just how far people will go for the chance to win $2 million in Jerry Zucker's RAT RACE. In the tradition of Zucker's AIRPLANE and NAKED GUN 2-1/2: THE SMELL OF FEAR, this film features wild chase scenes, slapstick comedy, sight gags, impossible situations, and zany characters. Whoopi Goldberg, Jon Lovitz, Rowan Atkinson, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Seth Green, and Breckin Meyer star as the lucky winners of special tokens in the slot machines at a Las Vegas casino. Casino owner John Cleese informs them that they are invited to participate in a race: the first of them to reach Silver City, New Mexico, will receive the $2 million cash prize. To make things interesting, there are no rules, which leads to the commandeering of a bus, a run-in with Nazis, the use of a high-speed experimental car, and revenge on a cheating boyfriend--And that's just the beginning. In the meantime, the participants are really part of a bigger plan: high rollers are betting on which of them will win the cash. Watch for brief appearances by Kathy Bates, Dean Cain, and Wayne Knight. Also starring Amy Smart, Kathy Najimy, Lanai Chapman, and Vince Vieluf. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Cuba Gooding, Jon Lovitz, John Cleese, Rowan Atkinson

Director: Jerry Zucker

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Release:

Feb 7, 2002

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You have to wonder about the mentality of anyone who would want to use the "Cannonball Run" pictures as inspiration.

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01/20/02
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
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A genuinely hilarious belly-acher.

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Jane Crowther
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Ruthlessly dumb people--but funny, too.

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Christopher Smith
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Manic, messy, and for the most part silly, this road comedy marks Zucker's bumpy return to the genre after a number of equally bumpy dramas such as First Knight.

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09/30/05
Scott Nash
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... the only real surprise is how genuinely dreadful a movie that aims only for pleasant, profitable mediocrity can be.

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01/29/05
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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Oh, you dirty rat!

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Michael Szymanski
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05/20/03
Jim Shelby
Palo Alto Weekly
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Some great moments, but with the talent on offer, this film should have broken ribs.

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04/08/03
Harry Guerin
RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)
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It's a big, dumb, loud, long, (and sometimes quite) funny movie

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03/19/03
Brian Mckay
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02/08/03
John R. McEwen
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A fantastic road trip in the vein of films like Scavenger Hunt

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01/29/03
Wesley Lovell
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