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Has anybody seen 'Rat Race' (2001)?

MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
edited August 2013 in General Movies & TV Posts: 5,080
Rat Race is one of my favourite comedies, with a great ensemble cast such as Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese and Whoopi Goldberg. I was wondering if anybody has seen this film and what their opinion is?
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  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    I've seen the film many times and enjoy it each time. :)
  • NapoleonPluralNapoleonPlural
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    Saw bits of it, and one very funny scene with Kathy Bates if I recall, trying to flog a bunny or something.
  • SandySandy Somewhere in Europe
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    I have seen in a few times and find it funny, but not outstanding. There are some brilliant scenes mixed with very cheap ones.
  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
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    Saw it on a plane as obviously I would never have paid for it.

    Surprisingly good, although naturally Rowan Atkinson is wasted in Bean mode which the rest of the world inexplicably seem to find hilarious.

    I remember there was one quite amusing gag about the holocaust or the Nazis which had me chuckling.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    edited August 2013 Posts: 11,189
    TheWizardOfIce wrote:
    Saw it on a plane as obviously I would never have paid for it.

    Surprisingly good, although naturally Rowan Atkinson is wasted in Bean mode which the rest of the world inexplicably seem to find hilarious.

    I remember there was one quite amusing gag about the holocaust or the Nazis which had me chuckling.

    You mean the bit when they visit the "Barbie museum" or the bit when John Lovitz steals Hitler's car, plays with the cigarette ligher, swallows it causing him to gabble in a German-like manner and crashes the car into a convention for World War 2 veterans? :))
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
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    I have no shame in saying that I enjoy all comedy scenes in this film, especially when Lovitz exclaims-"I really like your dyke-bike!"
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    edited August 2013 Posts: 11,189
    MayDayDiVicenzo wrote:
    I have no shame in saying that I enjoy all comedy scenes in this film, especially when Lovitz exclaims-"I really like your dyke-bike!"

    Haha. So juvenile but have to admit I found that funny too.

    Has anyone seen Its a Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad World (I think that's the right number of Mad's)? Admittedly I haven't but I know Its story is similar to Rat Race's.
  • dragonskydragonsky
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    I've seen the movie few times and I liked it every time. Really fun movie :)
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    TheWizardOfIce wrote:
    Saw it on a plane as obviously I would never have paid for it.

    Surprisingly good, although naturally Rowan Atkinson is wasted in Bean mode which the rest of the world inexplicably seem to find hilarious.

    I remember there was one quite amusing gag about the holocaust or the Nazis which had me chuckling.

    Oh my goodness, surely not, Ice. You can't laugh at the Holocaust! >:)
  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
    edited August 2013 Posts: 9,117
    BAIN123 wrote:
    TheWizardOfIce wrote:
    Saw it on a plane as obviously I would never have paid for it.

    Surprisingly good, although naturally Rowan Atkinson is wasted in Bean mode which the rest of the world inexplicably seem to find hilarious.

    I remember there was one quite amusing gag about the holocaust or the Nazis which had me chuckling.

    You mean the bit when they visit the "Barbie museum" or the bit when John Lovitz steals Hitler's car, plays with the cigarette ligher, swallows it causing him to gabble in a German-like manner and crashes the car into a convention for World War 2 veterans? :))

    That was it - the Barbie museum for the kids and it turned out to be the Klaus Barbie, butcher of Lyon museum! Brilliant.

    Pretty near the edge for what I presume was intended as a knockabout family comedy.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    TheWizardOfIce wrote:
    BAIN123 wrote:
    TheWizardOfIce wrote:
    Saw it on a plane as obviously I would never have paid for it.

    Surprisingly good, although naturally Rowan Atkinson is wasted in Bean mode which the rest of the world inexplicably seem to find hilarious.

    I remember there was one quite amusing gag about the holocaust or the Nazis which had me chuckling.

    You mean the bit when they visit the "Barbie museum" or the bit when John Lovitz steals Hitler's car, plays with the cigarette ligher, swallows it causing him to gabble in a German-like manner and crashes the car into a convention for World War 2 veterans? :))

    That was it - the Barbie museum for the kids and it turned out to be the Klaus Barbie, butcher of Lyon museum! Brilliant.

    Pretty near the edge for what I presume was intended as a knockabout family comedy.

    Now that does sound hilarious! :))
  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
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    Dragonpol wrote:
    TheWizardOfIce wrote:
    BAIN123 wrote:
    TheWizardOfIce wrote:
    Saw it on a plane as obviously I would never have paid for it.

    Surprisingly good, although naturally Rowan Atkinson is wasted in Bean mode which the rest of the world inexplicably seem to find hilarious.

    I remember there was one quite amusing gag about the holocaust or the Nazis which had me chuckling.

    You mean the bit when they visit the "Barbie museum" or the bit when John Lovitz steals Hitler's car, plays with the cigarette ligher, swallows it causing him to gabble in a German-like manner and crashes the car into a convention for World War 2 veterans? :))

    That was it - the Barbie museum for the kids and it turned out to be the Klaus Barbie, butcher of Lyon museum! Brilliant.

    Pretty near the edge for what I presume was intended as a knockabout family comedy.

    Now that does sound hilarious! :))

    You see Draggers - the holocaust is funny after all!
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    TheWizardOfIce wrote:
    Dragonpol wrote:
    TheWizardOfIce wrote:
    BAIN123 wrote:
    TheWizardOfIce wrote:
    Saw it on a plane as obviously I would never have paid for it.

    Surprisingly good, although naturally Rowan Atkinson is wasted in Bean mode which the rest of the world inexplicably seem to find hilarious.

    I remember there was one quite amusing gag about the holocaust or the Nazis which had me chuckling.

    You mean the bit when they visit the "Barbie museum" or the bit when John Lovitz steals Hitler's car, plays with the cigarette ligher, swallows it causing him to gabble in a German-like manner and crashes the car into a convention for World War 2 veterans? :))

    That was it - the Barbie museum for the kids and it turned out to be the Klaus Barbie, butcher of Lyon museum! Brilliant.

    Pretty near the edge for what I presume was intended as a knockabout family comedy.

    Now that does sound hilarious! :))

    You see Draggers - the holocaust is funny after all!

    I got into a bit of trouble on another site with a Holocaust post, that's all. Say no more...

    Although, I do love this - gotta love the Italians!

  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
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    John Cleese who plays Donald Sinclar in this film also plays R and Q (TWINE and DAD respectively) in Bond!
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    MayDayDiVicenzo wrote:
    John Cleese who plays Donald Sinclar in this film also plays R and Q (TWINE and DAD respectively) in Bond!

    Another Bond connection there, it would seem.
  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
    edited August 2013 Posts: 9,117
    MayDayDiVicenzo wrote:
    John Cleese who plays Donald Sinclar in this film also plays R and Q (TWINE and DAD respectively) in Bond!

    Cheers for pointing that out.

    I knew I recognised one of the greatest comedy legends of all time from somewhere.

    As Basil himself might say 'Next contestant MayDayVicenzo. Specialist subject - the bleeding obvious.'
  • WillyGaloreWillyGalore
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    TheWizardOfIce wrote:
    MayDayDiVicenzo wrote:
    John Cleese who plays Donald Sinclar in this film also plays R and Q (TWINE and DAD respectively) in Bond!

    Cheers for pointing that out.

    I knew I recognised one of the greatest comedy legends of all time from somewhere.

    As Basil himself might say 'Next contestant MayDayVicenzo. Specialist subject - the bleeding obvious.'

    To be fair Wiz, he's only 15 so maybe a tad harsh on him. After all, us oldies grew up with Cleese whilst MayDayVicenzo would have only been 1 when TWINE was released :-)
  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
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    WillyGalore wrote:
    TheWizardOfIce wrote:
    MayDayDiVicenzo wrote:
    John Cleese who plays Donald Sinclar in this film also plays R and Q (TWINE and DAD respectively) in Bond!

    Cheers for pointing that out.

    I knew I recognised one of the greatest comedy legends of all time from somewhere.

    As Basil himself might say 'Next contestant MayDayVicenzo. Specialist subject - the bleeding obvious.'

    To be fair Wiz, he's only 15 so maybe a tad harsh on him. After all, us oldies grew up with Cleese whilst MayDayVicenzo would have only been 1 when TWINE was released :-)

    He has to learn. I know who Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy are dont I yet they were all dead before I knew how to walk.
  • WillyGaloreWillyGalore
    edited August 2013 Posts: 6,396
    Ooh, you're a hard man to please ;-)

    You're still a legend though
  • RichardoRichardo
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    Yes; I have seen Rat Race. Whilst the Holocaust humor is funny, the Holocaust is not and most of us cannot find humor from such content.

    But also, I fell in love with Amy Smart in this film, embarking upon a love affair which has only grown my infatuation with her in her Crank films, in which she also features.
  • 002002
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    MayDayDiVicenzo wrote:
    John Cleese who plays Donald Sinclar in this film also plays R and Q (TWINE and DAD respectively) in Bond!

    and Rowan aktinson plays Nigel Small Fawset in Never Say Never Agian..
  • MarshallODubleOSevenMarshallODubleOSeven
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    Jon Cleese........................................ my favourite part is the cow.
  • WillyGaloreWillyGalore
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    I really like Cleese in A Fish Called Wanda. A very funny film, the success of which was absolutely staggering.
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
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    TheWizardOfIce wrote:
    MayDayDiVicenzo wrote:
    John Cleese who plays Donald Sinclar in this film also plays R and Q (TWINE and DAD respectively) in Bond!

    Cheers for pointing that out.

    I knew I recognised one of the greatest comedy legends of all time from somewhere.

    As Basil himself might say 'Next contestant MayDayVicenzo. Specialist subject - the bleeding obvious.'

    I was merely pointing out that this discussion is not as entirely far removed from the subject of Bond as one might think. John Cleese is certainly the 'greatest comedy legend of all time' when he uses twitter to joke about the death of Reeva Steenkamp who was shot dead by Oscar Pistorius, tweeting that "he must have been legless". Bravo Mr Cleese. TheWizardofIce. Specialist subject- Condescending sarcasm.
  • MarshallODubleOSevenMarshallODubleOSeven
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    Slow clap.............
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    edited August 2013 Posts: 11,189
    MayDayDiVicenzo wrote:
    TheWizardOfIce wrote:
    MayDayDiVicenzo wrote:
    John Cleese who plays Donald Sinclar in this film also plays R and Q (TWINE and DAD respectively) in Bond!

    Cheers for pointing that out.

    I knew I recognised one of the greatest comedy legends of all time from somewhere.

    As Basil himself might say 'Next contestant MayDayVicenzo. Specialist subject - the bleeding obvious.'

    I was merely pointing out that this discussion is not as entirely far removed from the subject of Bond as one might think. John Cleese is certainly the 'greatest comedy legend of all time' when he uses twitter to joke about the death of Reeva Steenkamp who was shot dead by Oscar Pistorius, tweeting that "he must have been legless". Bravo Mr Cleese. TheWizardofIce. Specialist subject- Condescending sarcasm.

    Wasn't it Cleese who once said that the three golden rules of comedy were:

    1. No puns
    2. No puns
    3. No puns

    On that subject Of puns as humour I'd love to hear his thoughts on the two Bond films he was in.

    For me though Cleese's lowest point in recent years was the "Fawlty Showers" AA ad he did. Horrific.

    A couple of years ago I went to see his Alamony tour and, while funny in places, the first half felt quite uncomfortable as he was complaining about how much money his ex wife made during every day of their marriage.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    MarshallODubleOSeven wrote:
    Slow clap.............

    @MarshallODubleOSeven, what is the meaning of this? You call this a valuable contribution to the discussion? This is spam at best.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    DarthDimi wrote:
    MarshallODubleOSeven wrote:
    Slow clap.............

    @MarshallODubleOSeven, what is the meaning of this? You call this a valuable contribution to the discussion? This is spam at best.

    Time to act, then?

  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    edited August 2013 Posts: 13,355
    Patience is a virtue. We just need to wait.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited August 2013 Posts: 18,281
    Samuel001 wrote:
    Patience is a virtue. We just need to wait.

    Indeed. It will be worth the wait too, I'm sure. You know how I like to press MI6 on these matters, @Samuel001! I see it as part of my portfolio to protect our Community. Just look at my profile feed to see more on this.
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