Rating: PG13
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 08/17/2001(USA)
Release Date: 01/29/2002
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 112 Minutes
Flags: Brief Nudity, Adult Language, Adult Humor
Distributor/Studio: Paramount
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
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