Rotten
A few decent running gags ... and an ocean of bad ones.
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
Rat Race
563 miles. 9 people. $2 million. 1001 problems!
2001 · 1h 52m · PG-13
Adventure, Comedy
Directed by
Jerry Zucker
Overview
In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group that will bet on anything -- by pitting six ordinary people against each other in a wild dash for $2 million jammed into a locker hundreds of miles away. The tycoon and his wealthy friends monitor each racer's every move to keep track of their favorites. The only rule in this race is that there are no rules.
Director and cast
- Jerry Zucker Director
- Gloria Allred as Gloria Allred
- Breckin Meyer as Nick Schaffer
- Cuba Gooding Jr. as Owen Templeton
- Lanei Chapman as Merrill Jennings
- Amy Smart as Tracy Faucet
- Seth Green as Duane Cody
- Vince Vieluf as Blaine Cody
- Whoopi Goldberg as Vera Baker
- Rowan Atkinson as Enrico Pollini
- John Cleese as Donald P. Sinclair
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
44%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Fitfully amusing farce.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Rotten
An overheated, underdone farce.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Rotten
Race, which delights in bashing all manner of transportation, hits its silly stride early and never shifts into a higher gear.
Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today
Fresh
It's a mad mad mad mad world, all right, and Rat Race makes it seem all the zanier.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
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