Rat Race

2001
PG-13
1h 52m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

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A Las Vegas casino magnate determined to find a new avenue for wagering sets up a race for money.A Las Vegas casino magnate determined to find a new avenue for wagering sets up a race for money.A Las Vegas casino magnate determined to find a new avenue for wagering sets up a race for money.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

125K

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Awards
- 3 nominations

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Trivia
John Cleese plays a character called Donald Sinclair. This was actually the name of the real-life hotel proprietor on whom Cleese's iconic character, Basil Fawlty of Fawlty Towers (1975), was based.

Goofs
The radar tower should be spinning. that type of radar is directional and has to constantly be in motion, otherwise, it would only "see" planes out in a straight line in whatever direction it is pointing.

Quotes
Lucy Impersonator: How about a pit-stop?
Owen Templeton: Sorry, this is a one way flight. There's a bathroom in the back.
Lucy: The latch is broken. Anyone could just walk right in.
Owen Templeton: So? Look, you ain't got nothin' these other Lucys haven't seen before.
Lucy: [man's voice] Not necessarily.

Crazy credits
"No Animals were harmed in the making of this film ONLY ACTORS WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS FILM"

Alternate versions
The KLM (Royal Dutch Airline) Version has had all views of a Saudi Arabian gambler (with Donald Sinclair at the concert at the end of the film) digitally "speckled out".

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Captain Corelli's Mandolin/American Outlaws/Tortilla Soup/The Curse of the Jade Scorpion/Ghosts of Mars (2001)

Soundtracks
Rat Race
Written by David Forman, Jon Carin & Rick Chertoff
Performed by Baha Men
Produced by Rick Chertoff & Jon Carin
Baha Men perform courtesy of S-Curve Records

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Featured review

7/10

Dumb fun

It would be a shame to be too sophisticated to enjoy this silly movie. Critics hammered it for being a remake of It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, or accused it of reverting back to MMMMW's formula of selling the movie with a hundred big names who do little more than mug for the camera.

But these guys are all busting their butts to entertain us. Yes, post-adolescents will be able to see most of the gags coming a mile away, but when their execution surpasses our expectations what's not to like? This is, after all, directed by the same Zucker who gave us Airplane, and it shares the same DNA.

Watch it with your kids, and appreciate the ending that leaves them with a nice message as a bonus. Even if you only cherry pick the scenes featuring a bus load of Lucy impersonators it's worth the rental.