Race You to the Bottom

I agree with another reviewer here about the film's decent technical quality, but I wouldn't extend that to acting. Amber Benson is good, actually, but the rest of the cast is pretty much sub-par. I particularly thought many of Cole... Full review

...is so hot. It\\'s simply not right. Race You To the Bottom is a good movie about exploring sexuality. Not for kids. Amber Benson is ungodly hot. See it.... Full review

This film is about the sexual relationships of a bisexual man and a heterosexual woman, who go on a trip together to research for a newspaper article.Judging from the film length, I guessed that the plot is probably not so... Full review

I never believed for a minute that Cole Williams' character was a true bisexual and therein lies the flaw in RACE YOU TO THE BOTTOM. He's an arrogant, self-centered writer (whose talent is also something of a line of BS),... Full review

I rented this movie from Netflix and saw the running time 1:13...too short to a feature and too long to be a featurette. After fifteen minutes, I was already looking at my watch. Seldom have I seen so many misfit... Full review

THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED MOVIES OF OUR TIME AM TELLING U IT WAS IT ALL U WOULD WANT IN A ROMANTIC PICTURE... Full review

I would like to know when this movie will air on cable tv? Please let me know when this movie will air on cable tv?... Full review

I found this movie to be quite good. The story was well written and an interesting. The story gives a fresh view to the complex relationships of young people, at a time when the gender roles are not as strictly... Full review

Refreshingly stripped down as it is, writer/director Russell Brown's road-trip dramedy Race You to the Bottom is also rife with tired observations and cliched sexual politics.....Maggie (Amber Benson) is cheating on her milquetoast boyfriend Milo (Justin Zachary) with bisexual philanderer and travel writer Nathan (Cole Williams).....these are clumsily handled, often sapping the scenes in which they appear of their coherence and rhythm..... ... Full Review

The movie really isn't that good.....The plot is boring and the characters are not likeable.....I think Amber Benson is a great actress.....The lame boring ending.....The only good thing about the movie is the scenery..... ... Full Review

by MovieMaker Staff | Published January 2, 2007 At the age of 30, writer-director Russell Brown has had a short film premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, and his feature debut, Race You to the Bottom, is already receiving acclaim from critics across the nation. ... Full Review

Race You to the Bottom" has an ending that is rightly open yet thoroughly satisfying as is the entire film. Writing and directing with perceptive wit, Brown adroitly captures the quicksilver shifts in moods within a tempestuous, passionate romance between two articulate, free-thinking young people who discover they are not as mature as they thought. ... Full Review

May 4, 2007 S ORT of a bi-friendly "Sideways," Russell Brown's "Race You to the Bottom" is a road comedy set in California's Napa Valley featuring a bisexual travel writer (Cole Williams) and a woman pal (Amber Benson) who together ... Full Article

A sensitive performance by Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum Amber Benson is the highlight of Race You to the Bottom, an otherwise fairly negligible relationship drama/road movie way too arch and intellectually precious for its own good. ... Full Article

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... ... Full Article