Rat Race

the celtic tiger

I found this film hilarious. There are certain scenes that just smack of the Naked Gun and I loved every minute of it.

Especially Rowan Atkinson hopping onto the high speed train. Certainly one of the most obscure scenes i've ever seen...


if you liked the naked gun, you're sure to like this slapstick comedy. By the way, John Cleeses character is superb.

Kix

Yeah, I went last night with my g/f. Really enjoyed it - I laughed a lot. It was quite a bit better than I'd expected.

Barbie Museum - classic.

K

sceptre

Two questions though - what's with Cleese's teeth and why does Rowan Atkinson speak in that dodgy accent?

Having said that, really liked it. Lucky for me that I went to see it last Friday night when both GF and I were in the mood for something funny and silly. Go to see it when you're in a serious mood and you just might not like it at all.

Worthy re-make type thingie of "it's a mad mad (lots of mads) world" (which I always liked) -best compliment I can pay any slapstick movie with a silly plot. Go see this.

(OT: what the hell is with the reviews in the Sunday Times these days - they didn't give a single currently-released movie more than two stars in last Sundays read - including this (one star), Mulholland Drive, Behind Enemy Lines, Man who wasn't there - are they just trying to be snobby for the sake of it? (note, by one star, they mean "don't bother", two is "wait for video")

BioHazRd

Haven't sen the film - YET- however the info I have seen describes Rowan Atkinsons character as a "narcoleptic Italian". I suppose this must be the reason for the accent.

Clinical Waste

I thought it sucked! These movies were sad in the 70s with Dom DeLouise & Burt Reynolds. Now they are cheap filler crap. (I saw it twice on a 14 hr Malay Airlines flight so maybe I wasn't in the best of moods?

the celtic tiger

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Kix

Originally posted by sceptre
Two questions though - what's with Cleese's teeth and why does Rowan Atkinson speak in that dodgy accent?

At least Cleese's teeth were funny. Atkinson's character was the most pointless in the movie, IMO.

what the hell is with the reviews in the Sunday Times these days - they didn't give a single currently-released movie more than two stars

I know! You cannot trust their reviews. They are always ridiculously harsh.

K

EvilGeorge

Gas - love the hitle skit thingy!

strat

i roffled my ass of in the cinema
never laughed so hard in a public place
the sheer comic stupidity of it

the bit with the hooker in the hotel room was classic stuff

GO SEE THIS FILM

bonkey

Or, buy it on R1 DVD

jc

Sangre

I thought it was a poor movie and i usually love comedy/slapstick. The only decent bit was with the jewish family

DAd i'm pairire dogging

LOL

Clinical Waste

Ah yeah that was a good line.
The rest wanked