![]() ![]() Most often compared to films like Stanley Kramer’s It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and the Cannonball Run movies, Jerry Zucker’s absurd comedy follows six teams of ordinary misfits who are randomly selected by Las Vegas casino tycoon Donald Sinclair (John Cleese) to take part in his elaborate high-rollers’ game. The thing is, it was an old-fashioned sort of comedy when it was first released too. ![]() If you were to ask how much more 2001 it could be with its selection of ensemble cast members, its Baha Men theme song, its climactic Smash Mouth guest-appearance, and perhaps most of all, its now-unthinkably cavalier attitude to airport security, the answer would be none-more-2001. Like many comedies released in the early-2000s milieu, Rat Race doesn’t necessarily hold up spectacularly well. Jerry Zucker returned to directing comedy with 2001’s all-out, all-star caper Rat Race and they really don’t make them like this anymore.
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