Rat Race (2001)
Filed Under Amy Smart,
Cuba Gooding Jr,
Jerry Zucher,
John Cleese,
Jon Lovitz,
Nick Schaffer,
R,
Rowan Atkinson,
Seth Green,
Vince Vieluf,
Whoopi Goldberg
Released |
2001 |
Rating (UK) |
12 |
Source of story |
Apparently “It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World” from 1963 |
Writer/s Script |
Andy Breckman |
Director |
Jerry Zucker |
Starring |
Nick Schaffer, Cuba Gooding Jr, Seth Green, Vince Vieluf, Whoopi Goldberg, Jon Lovitz, Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese, Amy Smart |
Elevator Pitch |
An eccentric casino owner encourages his high rollers to bet on a race between half a dozen randomly selected people from Las Vegas to Silver City where the winner will collect two million dollars from a railway station locker. |
Content |
A whole load of maniac set pieces as the different competitors get into trouble. These include a truck being accidentally wound up the side of a radar tower, a visit to a “Barbie Museum” which turns out to be a memorial to Claus Barbie, a bus disaster involving a load of “I Love Lucy” fans, a cow hanging from a hot air balloon, and a incident prone human heart transport. |
A View |
Had I known anything about the director I would have known what to expect, and I was underwhelmed, although the critics did not totally dismiss it and the general public quite liked it. So it is just a matter of taste. In general the extremely talented cast is under used. If you are a fan of any of them choose something else they have been in. |
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