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Race You to the Bottom
Metascore
50 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Eric Campos
    70
    You want uncomfortable tales of love and woe, then Race You to the Bottom has what you're looking for. And if you believe love is a disease that is meant to send people to screaming, burning hell, then you'll have a laugh riot, a real knee slapper, like 1,000 fart jokes heard all at once.
  2. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Chuck Wilson
    70
    Watching this interesting, well-acted debut feature from writer-director Russell Brown, one begins to reason that what Nathan and Maggie have in common, besides desire, is a need for a partner who's not completely kind.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    70
    Race You to the Bottom has an ending that is rightly open yet thoroughly satisfying -- as is the entire film.
  4. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    50
    Although more than a little familiar in its road movie-style romantic banter and bickering, the film is easy to take for a number of reasons, including the witty and frequently caustic dialogue. Modest in its aspirations, "Race You" succeeds by not trying to do too much.
  5. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    50
    These people are so selfish and self-absorbed you may not want to spent even 72 minutes with them.
  6. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    50
    While it does take place over a weekend spent touring Northern California's wine country, writer-director Russell Brown's feature debut isn't exactly a bicurious "Sideways." The characters are less interesting and even less likable, and the only pleasure we can take is in their emotional pain.
  7. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    40
    Self-consciously edgy and romantically limp.
  8. Variety
    Reviewed by: Dennis Harvey
    40
    It's a bad heterosexual date movie (more a date-gone-wrong), has too limited a gay angle for that demographic, and is about characters who are not particularly likable as individuals or as a couple.
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