The Gumball Rally
It's a hilarious coast-to-coast, 180 mile-an-hour, go-for-broke, outrageous road race with the world's most expensive cars. And it's all just for glory and a gumball machine.
It's a hilarious coast-to-coast, 180 mile-an-hour, go-for-broke, outr...
Comedy
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1976
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A group of people from different backgrounds have one thing in common: when they hear the world "gumball" whispered by one of the others, they know that it's time for the Gumball Rally: a no-holds barred, secret, winner-take-all rally across the USA.
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Rated:
PG
Runtime:
105 min
Release date:
28 Jul 1976
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$4,500,000
Awards:
1 nomination total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Former stunt coordinator Chuck Bail produced and directed but he didn't have much of a plot.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
5 May 2008
rotten:
People who pay money to see this effort to find knee-slappers in the 55 mile-an-hour speed limit will also make amiable fools of themselves.
– Richard Eder,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
rotten:
Although we are all going to have the greatest difficulty even remembering the name of The Gumball Rally in three months' time, it is a pleasant, slick, inoffensive entertainment.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
rotten:
It relies almost exclusively on the exceptional stunt work, the plot only occasionally dropping into first gear for some boring and irrelevant dramatic stuff.
– ,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006