The Great Race
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Movie Reviews of The Great Race
Movie Review: "Push the button, Max!"
Summary: 5 Stars
The main reason I watched the Great Race is because it had Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis in it, who starred in my favorite movie, Some Like It Hot. It also sounded like a pretty good film, so I decided to rent it. It's one of the best movies I've ever seen!Jack Lemmon stars as Professor Fate and Tony Curtis portrays the Great Leslie, two daredevils in 1908, who enter a race to go from New York to Paris. Maggie DuBois [Natalie Wood] is a reporter/suffragette, who enters the contest herself so she can cover the race and prove that a woman can do a man's job. Peter Falk is excellent as Fate's sidekick, Max and it was also nice to see Vivian Vance, who plays Hester Goodbody.
It's wonderful to finally see this movie on DVD. The behind-the-scenes documentary is really good, plus the clarity and sound are both very clear.
The Great Race is a hilarious, slapstick comedy that everybody should see!
Movie Review: Wacky Races like movie
Summary: 5 Stars
The Great Race is a wonderful movie! It is like wacky races the famous 60's cartoon.
professor fate is dick dastardly
max is muttley
the great leslie is peter perfect
magie is penelope pitstop
the great leslie's assistant is professor patt pending
the midgets in the car a gangster would drive are the anthill mob
the people in the old red car are the slag brothers
the car that is green with the fat guy and the skinny guy is the army surplus special
the Russian army guy is the red max
the car at the beginning that is black is the creepy coop
the other car at the beginning is rufus ruffcut
the great race is nonstop fun from the new york all the way to paris. with few pit stops in between.
Movie Review: The Great Race
Summary: 5 Stars
What a great movie. The characters are perfectly cast. Tony Curtis the dashing hero, Natalie Woods the feisty heroine, Jack Lemmon a truely great villian, and Peter Falk the bumbling sidekick Max an excellent "Igor". The film is loaded with walkons by great character actors. It contains the action of a race at the beginning but quickly becomes a mano-to-mano race between The Great Leslie and Professor Fate. Classic saloon brawl, great death defying stunts by both Leslie and Fate, and the greatest pie fight ever filmed. Even my 18 month old grandaughter stops what ever she is doing when it comes on. Jack Lemon should have won an academy award for his performance in multiple rolls.
This is a great sitback and unwind to a very funny film. Everyone regardless of age will enjoy this movie time and time again.
Movie Review: "Push the button Max!!!"
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this at Radio City Music Hall along with The Easter Show back when i was a junior in high school. It was presented in 70mm 6 channel stereo sound. Being a music/theatre major it was the music in this movie that impressed me the most. Each character had their own theme music as well as each changing theme as the race would continue from location to location.Of course you could not beat the all star cast, wonderful costumes, great sets and the most unforgetable music ever written.Now i have this DVD and it is wonderful. It is wonderful slap-stick comedy that will never be seen again and this movie is presented in its Roadshow engagement format which includes an "Intermission". No matter how dated this film is, you'll still laugh at the wonderful comedy timing that these great actors had.Movie Review: The Great Race
Summary: 5 Stars
A classic for all time and all ages. The very best of the 1960 comedies. Jack Lemon is at his comedic best as the dastardly professor and want to be Great Lesley. At the brunt of nearly every laugh it is a performance you will never forget. This classic stands up refreshingly well against today's comedies. While not as sophisticated and smart as today's films it has that timeless old style good/white/clean and noble vs. bad/black/dirty and dishonest. The old style innocence and lavish styling on this movie make it a winner across the board, something for everyone old or young with the pièce de résistance --- the biggest pie fight ever filmed! A worthy addition to any collection and a sure fire winner when it is rerun night for America's funniest videos