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Hey, I had no problem with the Lucy's. They were awesome on the whole. Shame they stuck them with Owen, in the end.

8: Zack
I rank the guy this high for the simple reason that he makes Enrico slightly less annoying. And that takes a lot in this film; sure, the bit with the heart is kind of goofy (in the annoying sense), but he makes up for it by trying to kill Enrico on two occassions, first by running him over and then planning on cutting him open for his heart. Oh, and "Shit, it's Gloria Allred" <3. But otherwise, no more <3.



7: Donald Sinclair
John Cleese is a fantastic actor. Anyone who hasn't seen an episode of Fawlty Towers should go and buy both seasons, because it is classic TV. Ironically, the character here is named after the man who inspired Fawlty Towers; again, he's kind of screwed over by the shitty ending, although the total's only at like, $20 mil. by the time the film is over, and there's like...40 billionaires there betting, so why he starts crying, I dunno. At most he's gonna have to pay like, $5 mil, which he can afford. But for setting up the entire film (in essence) <3. Oh, and I love the delivery of the line "Well, you've been racing now for about 30 seconds, and so far Mr. Schaffer is winning because HE'S NEAREST, TO THE DOOR!".

6: Randy Pear
I'm not a huge fan of Jon Lovitz as an actor; he just kind of does the same thing each time I've seen him. In Rat Race though, he does add some much needed physical comedy, since Enrico and the Cody Brothers certainly aren't bringing any. "I really love your dyke...I mean bike!" <3. The bit where he becomes Hitler is a bit OTT, but he makes up for it with a big heel turn when he drugs his family. Oh, and major continuity error: the rest of his family don't run to the train station with him, but somehow magically appear at the Smash Mouth concert. Weiiiird.


5: Nick Schaffer
Breckin Meyer <3. He's cute in a dorky way. I like him because out of all the characters, I can relate to him the most - he's skeptical to begin with, then we finds out he has the best chance of winning, goes mad and takes the opportunity. Plus, he introduces Tracy to the group, which is <3333 to the highest degree. Two moments of awesomeness: saying that he's going to visit his sister in Silver City's hospital, which has a great "shark attack unit", and his argument at the very beginning of the film over whether he did or did not watch Afro Whores.

4: Bev Pear
Kathy Najimy is a criminally underused actress. I swear, I've only ever seen her in Rat Race and in Sister Act, and in both she was awesome. I learn from Wiki that she does Peggy Hill's voice, but I don't watch King of the Hill, so it's lost on me really. Anyway, the character is awesome in so many ways, mainly in the fact that unlike *nearly* everybody else in the film, she never once pussies out of anything. She demands that they go to see David Copperfield and only goes when she thinks that the family are about to rake in the cash, and then headbutts Jon Lovitz to DEMAND that they go to the Barbie Museum. And then she demands they go all the way back to Las Vegas to go watch David Copperfield when they go out.

Maybe she's having an affair with him? Who knows. But one way or another, Kathy Najimy > All.



3: Merrill Jennings
Merrill isn't as good as Vera - that's a fact that cannot be denied. But she does have her little moments, the main one of course being right at the beginning when she crushes her phone. I wish they gave her more development, because it seems at the beginning like she's going to snap or something, then becomes remarkably calm (ironically, when she starts racing). They even have two of the millionaires talking about her looking like she needs the money (which isn't really true, since she heads a cosmetics company, has multiple phones, a limo waiting for her, and even has a private plane). As an aside, I never understood why they didn't just drive to the next airport, get a private plane there and fly to Silver City. She obvs. has the contacts. Also, you get the impression that she's a fierce black woman in real life.

Just like Yema.