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Description: Genre: Comedy / Theatrical Release: 2001 / Director: Jerry Zucker / Actors: Breckin Meyer, Jenica Bergere ... / DVD ... more
Rat Race (DVD) ... released 04 November, 2002 at Pathe Distribution / Features of the DVD: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen / Rat Race ought to be far less enjoyable than, in the end, it is. Studded with C-list stars, it has a heartless and derivative premise: a group of no-hopers racing across country for a stash of money for the amusement of a casino owner (John Cleese) and a group of high rollers who will bet on anything. Yet their adventures along the way are inventive: for example, lost in the desert Cuba Gooding Jr ends up stealing a coach only to find it full of Lucille Ball impersonators who go "Waaah!" in chorus whenever anything goes wrong. Even the slapstick is inventive: director Jerry Airplane Zucker and writer Andy Breckman do interesting things with hot-air balloons, a narcoleptic Rowan Atkinson, emergency organ transporters and Hitler's Mercedes Benz. All of the characters, from Breckin Meyer's smugly careful lawyer to Seth Green's shabby little con man, discover in the end that they have hearts, that some things are more important than money and that sometimes it is the journey that matters. Of course, these are all colossal sentimental clichés and yet the film has a sweet-natured quality that sells them to us. On the DVD: Rat Race is presented with a widescreen aspect ratio of 2.35:1 and Dolby 5:1 sound that delivers all of the snappy dialogue clearly. It comes with generous extras, including a gag reel, the theatrical trailer, an outtake where Seth Green completely fails to keep a straight face, a good-humoured interview with writer and director, a disappointing making-of documentary and some deleted scenes (with a couple that should not be missed). --Roz Kaveney

Newest Review: ... Locker number 001. What if i told you that whoever gets to that locker first, gets the contents inside of locker 001. The ... more

 ... locker contains one red gym bag, with $2million inside'. He is looked at with shock and suprise. He then gets his assistant, Harold Grisham (Dave Thomas), to issue each of them a contract to sign. He then issues them all a gold key with the locker number 001 on it, and tells them that the key has a tracking device in it so that he knows where abouts everybody is...he then tells them to race. Everybody is a little confused and questions are asked about how legit this race is...he explains it is completely legit...more

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Kezz360
Crowned Review Rat Race (DVD): Fast Paced Rat Race! (1832 words)
by Kezz360 - written on 30/07/07 (Very useful, 81 readings)
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A REVIEW ABOUT THE MOVIE What would you do if somebody said you would get $2million if you won a race? I know what i'd say, 'convert the currency into british pounds and you're on!' Yes Rat Race is about a group of people who some might say 'got lucky' and ended up racing to New Mexico to try and win $2million. How did they get involved with that you might ask...well below is a detailed review about this movie and it's characters and how I found the film. WHOSE IN IT? ------ Breckin Mayer - Nick Schaffer Cuba Gooding Jr. - Owen Templeton Seth Green - Duane Cody Vince Vieluf - Blaine Cody Whoopi Goldberg - ...

GR-Design
Crowned Review A brilliant little comedy, one not to be missed! (1705 words)
by GR-Design - written on 29/07/02 (Very useful, 85 readings)
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Rat Race is a quirky little comedy which I didn’t know about, or had forgotten about until I saw it advertised in the Blockbuster Magazine. I read about it and it seemed just my type of thing, especially since it’s basically a re-make of Cannonball Run released in 1981 starring Burt Reynolds. Cannonball Run didn’t have great reviews or ratings but as a kid I loved it. It’s just a stupid film, and these are the kinda films I do enjoy from time to time believe it or not! A bit of light entertainment never hurt anybody did it!? Cannonball Run was basically about a group of very different contestants in a wild cross country race, which was ...

kenjohn
Premium Review Rat Race (DVD): Beware The Flying Cows! (1407 words)
by kenjohn - written on 19/03/04 (Very useful, 67 readings)
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~ ~ Do any of the rest of you have a few comedy movies in your DVD/Video collection that you keep on hand as a sure remedy for the ?blues?, and that will always manage to cheer you up and bring a smile back to your face no matter how bleak and dismal your mood? I know that I certainly do. Some that spring immediately to mind include classics like ?The Full Monty?, the old Scottish-based comedy ?Local Hero?, the golf comedy ?Caddyshack?, and any of the old BBC comedy series, ?Fawlty Towers?. ~ ~ A relatively new addition to my ?raise a smile? collection is the 2001 comedy ...

 
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