The Great Race
Warner Bros. | Release Date: July 1, 1965 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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5
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0
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75
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
It's highly inventive, self-conscious camp, made in 1965, well before the genre wore itself out in superciliousness. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
While many of the jokes don't pay off, it's still funny enough to merit your attention. Mancini's score adds pace and flow. This spectacle is almost totally uncontrolled, and therein lies much of its charm. Read full review
70
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
The Great Race is a big, expensive, whopping, comedy extravaganza [from a screen story by Blake Edwards and Arthur Ross], long on slapstick and near-inspired tomfoolery whose tongue-in-cheek treatment liberally sprinkled with corn frequently garners belly laughs. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJ. Hoberman
Natalie Wood is on hand as a cheroot-smoking suffragist (with a phenomenal wardrobe), but the movie is largely powered by Lemmon’s energy, roaring like Jackie Gleason as the bombastic Professor Fate and later appearing as his double, the klutzy crown prince of a Ruritanian kingdom. Read full review
70
Orlando SentinelCrosby Day
An uproarious piece of fluff about a turn-of-the-century New York-to-Paris automobile race complete with a noble hero, a snarling villain and a spirited suffragette. The Great Race, while not in a league with Some Like It Hot, is deftly directed by Blake Edwards. [02 Apr 1995, p.75]
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