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Rat Race (2001)
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Modeled after 1963's It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Jerry Zucker's Rat Race lacks the irreverence of Zucker's 1980 hit Airplane! but has enough chuckles to make it an agreeable time-killer. Like Mad, Mad, Mad..., it employs a huge ensemble of comedy stalwarts, assembled by an eccentric hotelier (pearly-toothed John Cleese) to race from Las Vegas to New Mexico for a $2 million jackpot. With a backstage gambling subplot, Rowan Atkinson's Italian-geek lunacy, Seth Green's slacker antics, and some nicely understated work from SCTV alumnus Dave Thomas, the movie has almost as many highlights as clunkers, and Zucker's...
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Rat Race Movie Review by Zara  (3/22/2007) |
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This is one of the best movies with an ensemble cast that I've seen in a long time. While not everyone involved is top shelf material, most of the actors are fairly well known for being character players. And as most of us know, character players are what makes the movie industry go 'round.
I've been a big fan of Rowan...
(complete Rat Race review by Zara)
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