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There are an amazing lot of humans who think that rather of being in the humane race, they are in the rat race. What does that mean? Why do they think like that? The life we live as humane beings has many times been described as a “rat race.” You have probably heard mutual phrases like, “Another day in this lousy rat race,” or, “Welcome to the rat race,” or similar phrases. The term “rat race” more than likely came from the rat’s desperate struggle for survival. It very strongly implies an endless, self-defeating pursuit. There is no question in my mind that the life of a rat is a deplorable and disgusting existence to say the least. But, on the other hand, it is contemptuous to say that humane beings are like rats. More importantly, it is ravaging to those that receive it as so. Let’s think logically for a moment. Are we to believe that the Creator’s intention was for billions of people to be all over the world engaged in a struggle to survive due to a fixed supply? That sure sounds like the life of a rat to me! Are we in truth supposed to believe that the Almighty would be that shortsighted? Are we all supposed to struggle for survival like rats because there is not sufficient to go around? I think not! Let’s start out with the bare basics. Every morning, you and billions of others wake up breathing oxygen. There is a great deal – abundance for everyone! And as you roll out of bed, it’s comforting to know that planet world is still orbiting the sun so there is a great deal of sunshine throughout the whole planet for another day. In fact, when you actually take a look at God’s creation it becomes very evident that He is a God of abundance! I read that each apple holds with regards to ten seeds. That means one apple has the potential to fabricate ten apple trees. Each apple tree may give rise to around two thousand apples per season. With ten seeds in each apple, one apple tree, one season, has the potential to create twenty thousand more apple trees. And, a good apple tree may formulate apples for one hundred years or more! The signs of the Creator’s abundance are everywhere: in the plants, the trees, the flowers and everyplace you look. (Well, almost everywhere.) With all the outstanding abundance and apparent design for abundance, why are so some persons missing out in their lives? It was never the intention of the Creator for the humane race to be a rat race. It was never His plan for humans to live with fear, anxiety and have no peace. It was not His design for persons to spend their days worrying in regards to the every day requisites of life, wholly absorbed in attempting to earn a living. God is a God of abundance and He has provided an endless supply. He intended for us to receive pleasure from our lives by enjoying all He has provided for us. But He likewise gave each one of us free will to choose. Every person has to choose what they want to believe and accept. What we believe and receive is what we will attract and fetch into our lives. Doubts, worries, and fears will do not one thing but cut you off from the flow of His abundance. It’s like putting your foot on a hose. The supply is there and it is flowing, but you are irruptive with and impeding the flow. Thinking negatively and talking negatively will fetch negatives into your life. Thinking poverty or lack and talking poverty or lack will fetch poverty and lack into your life. The Creator is limitless in His capacity to supply and provide for each one of His children. The signs of that great abundance and supply are so obvious. How could we dare to think otherwise? When we determine to think and talk of His abundance and His prosperity, His care and His protection, His endless supply and His endless love we attract those same things. When we focus on those things, they expand, and we will get started to see His abundance and successfulness flow into our lives. Most helpful customer reviews 56 of 58 people found the following review helpful. It has a great cast–Jon Lovits, John Cleese, Whoopi Goldberg, Cuba Gooding Jr., Seth Green, Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) just to name a few, and they’re all at the best I’ve ever seen them. Sometimes movies with such a cast of well-known and diverse people, they either 1) don’t have the chemistry to work well together or 2) each subdue their “type” of comedy to blend in with the others. Neither is the case in this movie. Each member of the cast totally excels at the kind of comedy they’re best at. Atkinson has the zany weird thing going, Green has the physical slapstick thing, Lovits has the lovable neurotic thing, Cleese has the “Now for something totally different” thing…
It’s also a great family movie. I don’t really know why it got the PG-13 rating. There’s no bad language, no explicit stuff, very little innuendo, not much violence. There are a few gestures here and there (not of malicious intent; you just have to see it to know what I mean), and it makes fun of Germans, so if you’re radically conservative or a very sensitive Jewish person (or German, I suppose), you may be offended.
I can’t recommend this movie enough. I’m afraid that because of the poor previews and the been-there-done-that premise, not many people will go to see it, and it may end up being one of the all-time highest underrated movies. Trust me, though, this is *not* an I’ll-see-it-on-video-or-cable movie, it’s one of the few movies out worth the money to see it in the theater! 27 of 27 people found the following review helpful. The movie starts out in a Las Vegas hotel/casino. Whilst playing the slot machines, 8 people find a coin which directs them to a secret meeting with the hotel/casion owner. He informs them that some 500 miles away, in Silver City, New Mexico, is a train station. Inside that station is a locker, and inside that locker is $2,000,000. They are all given a key, and told to “go” – whoever gets there first winning the money. The race is on, and the hotel/casino owner is keeping a watchful eye on them, as he is also taking bets as to who the winner will be. Each of the people who are in the race take different modes of transport to get to the desired location. This makes for the bulk, and the most hilarious portion, of the film. Along the way, there are jokes and running gags to do with Nazis, Lucille Ball impersonators, a crazy squirrel merchant, and more. Much of the humor is accessible and makes you laugh, or at least chuckle. Some of the humor, however, is rather crude. I still found it funny, but be warned: If you are disdainful of certain jokes whose basis lies in bodily functions, human organ dis-respect, abuse of animals, or anything along those lines – then this is *not* the movie for you. All of the aforementioned jokes, though they sound bad, are actually handled well (as well as can be expected), but they *do* make up a substantial portion of the film.
Many of the talents used in ‘Rat Race’ include Whoopi Goldberg, John Cleese, Rowan Atkinson (re-using many aspects of his Mr. Bean persona), Cuba Gooding, Jr., Breckin Meyer, Seth Green, and a plethora of others. There are a few surprises, and the movie takes a lot of unexpected, very funny turns.
This is a screwball comedy which simply wants to make you laugh for a couple of hours. It is fluff, but fluff in the best possible sense. Quite enjoyable. I left the cinema with a smile on my face. 16 of 16 people found the following review helpful. The Plot- A bunch of people selected by winning a special coin while playing the slot machine at casino in Las Vegas are selected to do a once in a lifetime job and race to find 2 million dollars in a locker in Silver City, New Mexico.The stars of the movie are in such a hurry to get the two million bucks,that they do some very stupid/funny things to get the cash.The whole movie is very funny and not dull or boring one part of the entire movie.
The reason I gave this DVD 4 stars is because the deleted scenes, I personally thought were not that exciting. Just remember, that’s my opinion. You may love them, but I’m not that crazy about them. Everthing else in the movie was EXCELLENT!!!
The DVD feature’s include: Widescreen version,Dolby Digital surround sound, English Subtitles, Interactive Menus, Scene Selections, Theatrical Trailer, Exclusive Interview with Director Jerry Zucker and Writer Andy Breckman, Deleted Scenes, The Making of Rat Race, Gag Reel, Outake Scene, “Jerry and Andy Call the Actors” |
The previews reek but the movie ROCKS!
A Rollercoaster of Laughs
Rat Race…HILARIOUS!!!!