A comedy of human nature performed by small people

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Small people, big people, small people are played by big people.
This is the basic melody of the movie set for the viewer at the beginning of the film.
Just like "Million Pounds", the next story of all the characters started with a gambling game of a few boring rich men. In the process of pursuing the two million dollars as the winner's prize, someone encountered romance. Someone stepped on dog feces and arrived first when they were behind. Someone experienced a high-tech in the process and helped scientists break the world record. What? spoiler? No, no, if such a little thing constitutes a spoiler, then this film is too simple and not worthy of my recommendation.
In fact, in the process of pursuing these two million dollars, the beauty and ugliness of human nature have a clear but not heavy manifestation. The greed for money can make people give up principles and try dirty methods, but when facing family affection and love, these things often become less important. Although this is a very old-fashioned plot, there are not many movies that can do it with a relaxed and natural expression like this one. The film did not lose its characteristics as a comedy because of its human nature. On the contrary, all of these human natures have been interpreted in a comedy. It also has a comedy plot, full of Western-style humor. It can be said that this is the biggest of the film. Highlights.
The ending is quite clever, the rich people are obsessed with the gambling game, but they slam themselves into it. The enthusiasm and shamelessness of these original chess players for gambling can also be seen in the movie. Of course, these are just a little bit of embellishment.

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Rat Race quotes

  • Enrico Pollini: Food. Look at all this food!

    [gasps]

    Enrico Pollini: Little Cock doggies!

    Merrill: They're called cocktail weenies.

    Enrico Pollini: Weenies! Ha! I'm so sorry. My English is not so good. But I'm learning!

  • [Talking about Sinclair and his idea for them competing in the "race"]

    Merrill: It's some sort of joke. It has to be.

    Duane Cody: What kind of jackass just gives away $2 million?

    Owen Templeton: Maybe it's a publicity stunt.

    Randy Pear: What kind of publicity? He swore us all to secrecy.

    Vera Baker: Maybe it's a secret publicity stunt.

    Randy Pear: A *secret* publicity stunt?