Rat Race (2001) 7/10

Starring : Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese, Whoopi Goldberg, Cuba Gooding Jr, Seth Green, Jon Lovitz, Breckin Meyer, Amy Smart
Director : Jerry Zucker
Running Time : 112 mins

The owner of a casino, Donald P Sinclair (Cleese), decides to place six gold coins into random slot machines that will give the winners instructions on how they can win $2 million. The six recipients of the coins discover that the money is located in a locker in New Mexico and they must race each other to get there first or else risk losing out on a share of the money.

Fans of classic sixties comedies like It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World will recognise the kind of humour being utilised here. It’s not clever, it’s pretty obvious, and people will inevitably fall over. But that doesn’t mean it’s bad! This is a guilt free ensemble comedy that may not be the smartest but it is still very entertaining.

You’ll like this if you liked : It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World