Rat Race (PG-13)
Vulgar and lowbrow, but very funny.
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- Studio: Paramount Pictures
- Directed By: Jerry Zucker
- Release Date: 08/17/2001
- Genre: Comedy
- MPAA Rating: PG-13
- MPAA Explanation: some vulgar humor and strong language
Parents need to know
Families can talk about Brecken Meyers's statement that "Good things take time, but great things happen all at once." Why does money make people take such foolish risks? Who were you rooting for? Why? Compare the amount at issue in this movie with the amount that people were racing for in "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World." Why is it so much more?
Message
Social Behavior:
Racially diverse characters
Consumerism:
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco:
Drinking
Violence
Comic peril and violence, no characters hurt; skeleton
Sex
Reference to pornography, prostitute, charater flashes her breasts (offscreen)
Language
Some crude language, potty humor
Common Sense says
What's the story?
Reviewed by Nell Minow
Is it any good?
All of the performances are delights. Kathy Bates's brief cameo as a woman who really likes squirrels and Amy Smart's expression when she dive-bombs her cheating boyfriend (Dean Cain), Vieluf's encounter with his multi-pierced dream girl, Seth Green's encounter with a monster truck rally, and Kathy Najimy's encounter with the Barbie Museum are among the funniest movie moments in years. And the final resolution beats It's a Mad...World by a thousandfold.
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