There are a few clever moments, but the movie is nothing at all special and a pale, pale, pale, pale imitation of its model.
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08/16/01
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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.
Theatrical Release:Aug 17, 2001 Wide
Box Office: $55,843,381
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
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Reviews for Rat Race
Rat Race chooses to rehash the worst aspect of Mad, Mad World, downgrading the experience from mindless to dreadful.
08/16/01
Top CriticZucker and Breckman get more than enough humor out of sharp set pieces and smartly scripted character clashes to sprint all the way to the finish line.
08/16/01
Top CriticFinally, a movie for everyone who found the Cannonball Run films to be a tad too cerebral.
08/16/01
With alarmingly few exceptions ... nothing that occurs can remotely be construed as humorous.
08/16/01
You have to wonder if the low comedy of 'reality' TV hasn't trumped Rat Race.
08/16/01
Kids may very well enjoy this chaotic, comedic ballet. Of course, kids also love bubble gum, which is pretty much what Rat Race is.
08/16/01
It's the lowest of common denominators, but you'll be laughing your head off too much to care.
08/16/01
Is about as amusing as a Holocaust documentary.
08/16/01
Top CriticDirector Jerry Zucker has a couple of classics behind him, but this one is future blackmail material.
08/16/01
A shamelessly silly, over-the-top comedy that nearly makes an art form of tasteless excess.
08/16/01
It's a bad, bad, bad, bad movie.
08/16/01
Top CriticWith everybody going nutso, there’s nobody to root for, and the film eventually runs out of steam with a dopey feel-good climax.
08/16/01
That so much energy and talent could be squandered on such idiocy says loads about the state of Hollywood today.
08/16/01
Top CriticSure, Rat Race is shallow, scatterbrained, and sophomoric -- it's also likely the most fun you'll have in a multiplex this year.
08/16/01
A mixed bag that's a perfect fit for this summer of mediocrity.
08/16/01
Top CriticIf you want a good time and like old movies, see this.
08/16/01
This thing's a gas.
08/16/01
Top CriticDespite this stumble at the finish line, Rat Race is still the most winning comedy we've yet seen this summer.
08/16/01
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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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