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12/08/02
Rat Race (2001)
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Reviews Counted:124
Fresh:53
Rotten:71
Average Rating:4.9/10
Consensus: Rat Race moves from one sight gag to another, but only a handful of them are genuinely funny.
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Genre: Comedies
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... [More]
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Cuba Gooding, Jon Lovitz, John Cleese
Director: Jerry Zucker
Reviews for Rat Race
Top CriticIt goes on, and on, and on for 113 minutes, which is way past any reasonable person's limit for this sort of thing.
10/21/02
It made me laugh, and that's my definition of funny.
10/15/02
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09/27/02
Top CriticZucker instinctively knows how far to push the crude and uncouth, and when to retreat into the merely goofy.
09/03/02
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08/17/02
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08/12/02
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08/09/02
Unfortunately this flick will sell tickets, and more crap like this will be made in the future.
06/28/02
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06/10/02
Uma produção de extremos: quando falha, chega a ser embaraçosamente ruim – mas quando funciona, provoca fortes gargalhadas.
05/30/02
...this film earns its laughs. Sure, there are some jokes that involve bodily functions, but at no point does anyone get a penis stabbed into the side of their head.
04/22/02
it’s a sad day when a man capable of such perfectly insane comic timing cannot properly pace a simple It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World rehash.
02/26/02
...an old-fashioned, non-offensive physical comedy that huffs and puffs and ultimately blows itself down.
02/06/02
Fitfully amusing farce.
01/06/02
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01/04/02
It may traffic in jokes of questionable taste, but it does so without malice or guile. The intention isn’t mean-spirited but mirth-inducing.
12/21/01
A test of patience that throws enough inspiration into the mix to keep you from heading for the exit.
12/13/01
Very watered down light fluff.
11/30/01
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11/12/01
Latest News for Rat Race
June 05, 2001:
Take 40 Lucille Ball impersonators, a bus full of mental patients, and a van carrying a human heart destined for transplant; shake well; and you’ll get a small taste of the chaos that awaits you in this manic road comedy. 
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May 22, 2001:
Someone who saw an advance screening, besides saying that they liked it, wrote in to say that Jason Alexander, who had been announced as being in the film, wasn't in the version she saw.
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