Rat Race (2001)
Average Rating: 4.9/10
Reviews Counted: 126
Fresh: 55 | Rotten: 71
Rat Race moves from one sight gag to another, but only a handful of them are genuinely funny.
Average Rating: 4.3/10
Critic Reviews: 30
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 21
Rat Race moves from one sight gag to another, but only a handful of them are genuinely funny.
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Average Rating: 3.1/5
User Ratings: 383,283
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A very loose remake of the classic multi-star comedy It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963), this madcap comedy is directed by Jerry Zucker, one third of the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker comedy team and director of Ghost (1990). John Cleese stars as an eccentric casino owner who devises a contest pitting six teams against each other in a race to claim two million dollars from a locker in New Mexico. The competitors are Owen (Cuba Gooding Jr., who ends up driving a bus full of Lucille Ball imitators, a
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Cast
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Rowan Atkinson
Mr. Pollini -
John Cleese
Donald Sinclair -
Whoopi Goldberg
Vera Baker -
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Owen Templeton -
Seth Green
Duane Cody -
Jon Lovitz
Randy Pear -
Breckin Meyer
Nick -
Kathy Najimy
Beverly Pear -
Amy Smart
Tracy Faucet -
Lanei Chapman
Merril Jennings -
Vince Vieluf
Blaine Cody -
Paul Rodriguez
Gus -
Wayne Knight
Zack -
Dave Thomas
Mr. Grisham -
Dean Cain
Shawn -
Charlotte Zucker
Lucy -
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All Critics (140) | Top Critics (32) | Fresh (58) | Rotten (72) | DVD (27)
Fitfully amusing farce.
Top CriticAn overheated, underdone farce.
A few decent running gags ... and an ocean of bad ones.
Race, which delights in bashing all manner of transportation, hits its silly stride early and never shifts into a higher gear.
It's a mad mad mad mad world, all right, and Rat Race makes it seem all the zanier.
Rat Race is much funnier than most comedies currently in release -- compared with American Pie 2 ... But ultimately it falls just short of the finish line.
Vulgar and lowbrow, but very funny.
Ruthlessly dumb people--but funny, too.
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.
... the only real surprise is how genuinely dreadful a movie that aims only for pleasant, profitable mediocrity can be.
Oh, you dirty rat!
Some great moments, but with the talent on offer, this film should have broken ribs.
It's a big, dumb, loud, long, (and sometimes quite) funny movie
A fantastic road trip in the vein of films like Scavenger Hunt
It goes on, and on, and on for 113 minutes, which is way past any reasonable person's limit for this sort of thing.
Audience Reviews for Rat Race
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Super Reviewer
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- Owen Templeton: I get that a lot.
- Nick: Yeah ya do.
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- Tracy Faucet: Did I come at a bad time, *sshole?!
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- Zack: We have to find that heart!
- Mr. Pollini: Don't worry, I have lost my heart many times.
- Zack: What?
- Mr. Pollini: I made a joke to distract you from how screwed you are.
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- Mr. Pollini: It's a race! I'm winning! I'm winning!
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It has a star studded cast and maybe not the most complicated or even much to the storyline, but still very much enjoyable!
Its funny, really funny with some really funny characters that you cant help but fall in love with!
Some of the best comedic scenes i have to say were from Jon Lovitz and his family they were great!
Funny and worth the watch!