RAT RACE (2001) - ***

Jerry Zucker, 1/3 of the legendary "ZAZ" tag team along with his brother David and Jim Abrahams, directs this amusing and humorous tip of hat modern remake of Kramer's classic madcap slapstick road race comedy IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD.

While some gags don't work, I caught myself chuckling at the actual respectful spirit of this movie, considering that true slapstick is rarely made by Hollywood anymore. The ending itself is pretty silly(besides, Smashmouth always sucked as a band), but never less to those that remember old school comedies, this one will score for easily. Better yet, its a modern Hollywood comedy without farts, dicks, and very nice tits.