The Great Race

I liked this movie well enough. It reminded me faintly of Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (another race movie that came out the same year). The cast is excellent with Tony Curtis as the good guy who always wears white, Jack Lemmon as the bad guy who always wears black, and Natalie Wood as the romantic interest/sex appeal. Parts of this film are humorous. Some of the action scenes and stunts are fun to watch and the overall tone of the film is light-hearted and amusing. My problem with this film is that it simply contains too much questionable content for the 6+ rating that Common Sense Media has given it. Natalie Wood and other women frequently are clad in very little. In one scene, Natalie Wood emerges dripping wet from a lake dressed only in a corset which leaves very, very little to the imagination. Sexual comments are veiled, but occur fairly frequently. The violence is not so much of an issue as it is mostly comical with the exception of one slightly bloody sword-fight. All those scantily-clad females are my biggest problem with this film. I really don't want my male siblings exposed to women dressed that way. I can watch the film with them and skip some parts, but it's not a film I can just stick on for them and then leave the room. Also, I think I should mention that it can be a pretty tedious film at times with parts of it being quite repetitive and/or boring. SUMMARY: Poorly paced film has some amusing parts and some good stunts, but may be too racy for family viewing.

I remember watching this movie as a kid and thinking Jack Lemon was great fun as the kooky villain. I remembered the very cool car and its endless arsenal of misfiring gadgets. My kids love cars and love slapstick so I was pretty sure this would be a hit. And it was. The ending also took them by surprise ("What do you mean the good guy doesn't win?") and provided a chance to talk about briefly about fairness and honor. If your family liked this, rent "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines!"

well i thought there was way to much discussion of sex throughout the movie and leslie and maggie dicuss about having sex in the open plus you see maggie scatily clad for about 20 minutes in a corset or sometimes less and men always kiss random women in fight or at extremely random times. there is one character who is an alchololic and gives alchohol to his doogs and leslie always has a bottle of champagne with him violence is mild but in a fencing fight you see blood three times one cut in the arm in the chest and across the head but only very little