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Rat Race

Rat Race

Actor(s): Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese, Whoopi Goldberg, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Seth Green
Director(s): Jerry Zucker
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: PG-13
Content Advisory: Brief Nudity, Adult Language, Adult Humor
Movie Release: 2001
DVD Release: 01/29/2002
Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
Edition: Special Collection
Audio Tracks: English, French
Subtitles: English
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 52 mins
Studio: Paramount
Total Copies: 68
Genres: Comedy, Chase Movie, Slapstick, Ensemble Film
See Also: Rat Race [Circuit City Exclusive] [Checkpoint]

DVD Synopsis

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 foreigner (Rowan Atkinson) who hitches a ride in an organ donor vehicle, and a recently reunited mother and daughter (Whoopi Goldberg and Lanei Chapman) who anger a "squirrel lady" (Kathy Bates) -- much to their regret. There are also two con artist brothers (Seth Green and Vince Vieluf), the upright Nick (Breckin Meyer), who gets a lift from cute but psychotic pilot Tracy (Amy Smart), and the eccentric Pear family, headed up by Jon Lovitz. Rat Race also stars Dave Thomas, Kathy Najimy, Wayne Knight, Dean Cain, and Paul Rodriguez. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Actors

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


Editorial Review of DVD

Rat Race is the wacky Paramount comedy of people racing each other for a two-million-dollar prize. The studio's Rat Race DVD follows along in the rollicking spirit of the film by including a bunch of humorous special features that keeps the humor rolling -- or racing -- along well after the movie is over. Among the comedic talent in Rat Race are Whoopi Goldberg, Jon Lovitz, John Cleese, and Rowan Atkinson. Cuba Gooding, Jr., Seth Green, and Amy Smart also star in this story of what folks will do for money. The film is presented in a widescreen format especially enhanced for 16 x 9 TVs, and in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround sound. Among the special features are a commentary track by director Jerry Zucker and writer Andy Breckman, a "making of" documentary, and outtake section. The zany extras include a gag reel, a sequence called "The Giggles" that shows Seth Green and others continually breaking up while trying to get one particular scene done, and a unique feature called "Jerry and Andy Call the Actors." This is a series of humorous phone calls from Zucker and Breckman to many of the film's participants. ~ Russell Roberts, All Movie Guide

Member Movie Reviews

Alex D. (SwapaGoat) from STERLING HTS, MI wrote on 11/20/2007...

2 of 4 member(s) found this review helpful.
Very funny movie. The ending sure could have been better. It's like they took months to write the whole script and then rushed the ending just to finish by a deadline.

Great comedic performances from the whole ensemble cast.


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