So much average

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

This classic is as enjoyable to watch today as it was when I saw it premiering in the theater. The bulk of the cast is comprised of former vaudevillians who have mastered their craft. Nonstop schtick from beginning to end. Great movie!

Classic movies aren't all super slow and overly dramatic and full of weird kisses where the actors don't move their lips at all (like, just in case you thought they were). Sometimes they are really, really funny. Case in point, this movie about a bunch of misfit type characters who set off to find a buried fortune supposedly hidden by an ex-con who dies in a car crash. It's a race for the money! Fast, frenetic, funny. See it!

I think everyone who loves movies can point to at least one or two movies that sparked their interest. Some people say Star Wars or Citizen Kane, but for me It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World was one of those. I first saw it when I was 11 or so and I've absolutely loved it ever since. A thief named Smiler Grogan (Jimmy Durante) crashes his car in the California hills. When eight people go to check if he's all right, he tells them about $350,000 (in 1963) that he hid at Santa Rosita State Park. After a fruitless attempt at debating who gets what, they all decide to turn it into a race. I won't go any further because if I do I'll end up spoiling the whole thing. I'll just end by saying if you love comedies (or movies in general) that It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is a must see.

Heard the name of the movie many times before, never watched it.Well, it's pretty lousy, to be honest. It's like "The Great Race" only without the imagination, the plot or the fun. I watched the Criterion restoration, which is 3 hours and 17 min, but I gave up after an hour or so. It's just not interesting, not funny and extremely long.The plot is extremely thin (even for a 90 min film): A few guys race each other in order to get to a treasure first. That's it, nothing more."The Great Race" - which came only 2 years later and is also very long (2.5 hours, depends on the version you watch) and shot in a wide aspect ratio (2.35:1 compared to this movie which was shot in a 2.76:1 Ultra Panavision) - has developments, interesting characters, different situations happening in different places, it has arcs and new characters; This movie has almost none of those. It's just endless talking and driving in cars, with minor stuff happening here and there. It's just boring.It's not horrible. I've seen worse films, but I can't imagine sitting 3 hours watching something like that. It's ridiculous. If it was half the running time, perhaps it would have been bearable.Incidentally, Peter Falk has a (minor) role in this movie too.BTW, I just realized that this movie is rated HIGHER on IMDb than "The Great Race". Can't believe it.