Rat Race (2001)
Funny movie revives a classic genre
19 September 2002
This is a funny movie that takes me back to the 1960s and 1970s to the days of movies like "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad. Mad World", "The Great Race" and onto later movies like "The Gumball Rally" and "The Blues Brothers". The comedy chase movie.

Not all the jokes will hit, but what comedy does? It throws them out fast and furious in shotgun fashion and there are far more laughs than not. Just when you think the movie cannot get more absurd and cartoonish, the bottom falls out and it goes to a new level.

Nazis, hanging cows, balloons, a busfull of Lucille Balls, monster trucks, land speed-rockets, as is typical of the genre, every form of available transport is utilized. The actors all look like they were having a great time making the movie as well.

The ending was fluff, but that's okay, it was a good resolution. I liked it.

Recommended as one of my silly movies, you gotta be in that silly mood. Go in expecting Schindler's List or feeling like broad comedy is somehoe beneath you and you are bound to have a poor time...and you will deserve it too!
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