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Rat Race

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Rat Race
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PG13,1hr 52min
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August 17, 2001
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Paramount Pictures
Synopsis: 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 ... Full Synopsis
Critics' Reviews
The easygoing silliness with which this late-summer movie surprise scuttles from mayhem to mayhem and the verve with which the cast throws itself into the fray are so cheering and liberating. Full Review
Metascore
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Mixed or Average Reviews
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Featured Cast
Mr. Pollini
Donald Sinclair
Vera Baker
Owen Templeton
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Wayne Knight at the Rat Race Premiere
Cuba Gooding Jr. Best Supporting Actor: "Jerry Maguire" (1996) Oh Cuba, Cuba, Cuba. How did you go...
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