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Mood:
- HumorousOffbeatExciting
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Plot:
- Contests and CompetitionsNothing Goes RightObsessive QuestTreasure HuntChases and RacesEscapadesPartnersDisorder more...
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Genres:
- ComedyAdventure
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Place:
- USA
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Humor:
- Irreverent HumorSilly Humor
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Style:
- All Star CastEnsemble CastOn the Road
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Based on:
- Remake
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Attitudes:
- Not SeriousRealisticFast
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Flag:
- Brief Nudity
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Rat Race, 2001
English
Canada, USA
Profile of Rat Race
The mood of Rat Race is humorous, offbeat, and exciting. The plot centers around a treasure hunt, an obsessive quest, and contests and competitions. It features irreverent humor and silly humor. Rat Race is a comedy and adventure movie. Stylistically, it features an all-star cast, has a road movie structure, and stars an ensemble cast. In approach, it is not serious and realistic. The pacing of Rat Race is fast. The setting is the USA. It happens in contemporary times. Rat Race is a remake. Note that it includes brief nudity.
Summary of Rat Race
An all-star cast proves just how far people will go for the chance to win $2 million in Jerry Zucker's RAT RACE. In the tradition of Zucker's AIRPLANE and NAKED GUN 2-1/2: THE SMELL OF FEAR, this film features wild chase scenes, slapstick comedy, sight gags, impossible situations, and zany characters. Whoopi Goldberg, Jon Lovitz, Rowan Atkinson, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Seth Green, and Breckin Meyer star as the lucky winners of special tokens in the slot machines at a Las Vegas casino. Casino owner John Cleese informs them that they are invited to participate in a race: the first of them to reach Silver City, New Mexico, will receive the $2 million cash prize. To make things interesting, there are no rules, which leads to the commandeering of a bus, a run-in with Nazis, the use of a high-speed experimental car, and revenge on a cheating boyfriend--And that's just the beginning. In the meantime, the participants are really part of a bigger plan: high rollers are betting on which of them will win the cash. Watch for brief appearances by Kathy Bates, Dean Cain, and Wayne Knight. Also starring Amy Smart, Kathy Najimy, Lanai Chapman, and Vince Vieluf.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | Canada, USA |
| Release date: | 30 July 2001 |
| Runtime: | 112 min |
Cast and Crew
as Vera Baker
as Owen Templeton
as Randall 'Randy' Pear
as Donald P. Sinclair
as Enrico Pollini
as Duane Cody
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Critics Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle
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- by: Mick LaSalle
Entertainment Weekly
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- by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
Users Reviews
- 18.October.2008
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- by: nevgauker
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