Pros: hilarious, good plot, emotional, heart-warming Cons: none
This is the beginning of what I plan on being a string of reviews on sports related movies. As I have seen just about every one of them to come down the pike, I feel that it is due time that I start writing about them! :) Cool Runnings is the ...
Pros: The 5 leads, the music, the ending Cons: that the fine actors have not done more in the decade since this film
When I caught Jon Turteltaub's 1993 Disney movie "Cool Running" years ago on a motel tv, the only actor in it whom I recognized (and him barely) was John Candy. I thought it was a very entertaining movie about improbable triumph, in this instance, three...
Pros: Based on a great real life story. John Candy - one of his last. Cons: None of the Jamaicans are from Jamaica. Stereotypes abound.
Have you heard anything so silly in all your life? Jamaica fielding a bobsled team. Talk about an outlandish notion. Really now, you need snow to bobsled, and just how much snow do they get in Jamaica? No. It does not snow on the island. It is a ...
Pros: Perfect family viewing, including for our family (ie - no kids!¬) Cons: High price in shops
Cool Runnings was one of those films I wanted to watch when it was out at the flicks but never quite got around to. It is also the sort of film that looks as if it’s either going to be really good or really bad. The fact that it’s Disney also ...
Pros: true story of the Jamaican bobsled team, great actors and plot Cons: some cussing
Cool Runnings is a wonderful movie, based on the true story of Jamaica's first Olympic bobsled team. Everyone thought how could four athletes from Jamaica, in the warm sunshine go to the cold air in Calgary and make it into the Olympics.
This week I am substituting a beginning ESL class. The end class with a movie and this week it's Cool Runnings. I've been impressed with how well the movie has been keeping their attention. They laugh at not only the physical humor but they are ...
Having recently caught the movie Uncle Buck on cable it kind of got me in John Candy kind of a mood. John Candy was one of the best comedic actors of his time, and he died way too soon. So since I was in a John Candy mood I searched out some John Candy ...
Pros: entertaining, fun for the whole family, loosely based on actual events, good acting Cons: can be a little hokey at times
You know, I think the people of Jamaica must see just about everything, it’s like a small town that comprises a whole country…that is, everything except snow. Derice Bannock (Leon) is a Jamaican sprinter, one of the fastest ever seen who can best even ...
Pros: Their determination. Cons: The attitudes of their opponents and the world around them.
“I think my favorite sport in the Olympics is the one in which you make your way through the snow, you stop, you shoot a gun, and then you continue on. In most of the world, it is known as the biathlon, except in New York City, where it is known ...
Pros: John Candy as the coach Cons: Nothing that I could see
We've all heard of the Jamaican bobsled team, right? It was the ultimate miracle story of the Olympics. COOL RUNNINGS tells the story of how the Jamaicans managed to mount a bobsled team, and John Candy plays the coach of that team, Irv Blitzer.
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At my house when the discussion turns to "What movie do we want to watch?", Cool Runnings is most often selected. Its a great comedy, a story of determination and hard work by young people and a story of an athlete who once cheated, but is...
Pros: Cast, lesson that winning, she ain't everyt'ing, mon.
Cons: One unnecessary swear word (apparently just to earn a PG rating)
The funkier-than-fiction true 1988 Olympics story of a
bobsledding team from sunny Jamaica comes to the screen courtesy of Disney. Expect hokey cliches, but a valid point is made about the spirit of sportsmanship.
Pros: Warm, feel-good, funny, great characters Cons: nothing
Movie/Message: What a wonderful movie. It's one of the deepest, warmest, and most heart-felt movie that's been out in awhile. I love the points they hit about racism. I've dealt with racism my whole life, and this movie made the point that when...
Pros: Light hearted, funny, terrific family movie, uplifting, real tear jerker Cons: Poor acting in first 30 minutes of movie
Cool Runnings is a story about the Jamaican bobsled team which competed in the Calgary Olympics back during the '80s. This is a great Disney movie for the entire family and that is why I purchased. I have watched this move at least 2 dozen times with my ...
Pros: Inspirational, funny, just plain good Cons: older movie
I seldom go to the movies. I'm probably the only person in the USA that didn't see Star Wars until it had been out over 20 years. I'd just rather read a book.
That said, several years ago some friends drug my husband and me to the movies. I...
Cool Runnings is sure to make you laugh and cry all at the same time. Written and told well, this comedy is one of my favorites. One of John Candy's last, he delivers another heart warming performance, not only funny but emotional too.
Pros: Good story, Interesting plot Cons: Forgettable
Unfortunately I have to say this movie isn't one of my favorites. It's a heartwarming story, but to me it's rather forgettable. It's not a movie that I really want to see too often. Plot This is based on a true story of the first Jamaican ...
Pros: Triumphant story plus non-stop laughs. Cons: Maybe slightly predictable at a few parts.
I remember when this movie first came out in theatres. I was a big fan of John Candy, and Doug E. Doug had just got a television show. Naturally, I knew this would be a funny movie, and I was not let down. Above all, this movie had an inspiring story...
Pros: Good acting, Fun story based on real events, Lots of quality humor. Cons: None that I can recall at this time.
"Cool Runnings" is based on the true story of the first Jamaican boblsed team to perform in the Olympics. John Candy is a disillusioned coach hoping against hope to find a way to participate in the upcoming Olympics. A Jamaican track runner loses...
This is a movie you definitely want to watch on video or, if you are lucky enough, watch on one of the movie channels. Don't bother with the broadcast or airline version. There's too much good material to miss.
It's such an entertaining story that it's hard to believe that it actually happened. John Candy is great in it as "The Coach" whose past mistakes are exposed and begin to hurt the chances for his team. Throughout the team's struggle to become...
This isnt a typical Disney movie. But its a great movie about a team, with members from different roads in life. All four of the team members displays their own characteristics and shows that friendship can come in the oddest places and through the...
Pros: Great story, I liked the acting, the Jamaicans have a cool accent Cons: Maybe a little bit on the unrealistic side
I am usually bored to death with most Disney movies, but this one I liked. It is about four Jamaicans- three of whom lost their chance to go to the Olympics as track and field athletes because of a spill that took down more than just the one who fell....
This is one of my all time favorites. I wouldn't have expected to like a movie about 4 Jamaicans and a a former Olympian to be very exciting or even worth seeing. However, I was completely wrong. This movie was completely hilarious. Doug E. Doug was...
Pros: Really Good Story, Excellent Family Movie Cons: None
I first heard about this story when it actually happened. Now many years later I have had an opportunity to watch the video and it is equally enjoyable. But why is it enjoyable?
1. The story, first of all. It shows anyone who watches this...
Pros: inspirational Cons: you judge after watching..i did not find any
This is a hilarious comedy about the journey of four young jamaicans who dared to enter the Olympic Bobsleigh Competition, a sport not only felt to be exclusive to those of cooler climates but also to those of the white race.
Pros: The true ideas of standing up. Cons: The rudeness of people.
Cool Runnings is the coolest! It is a true story and I enjoyed it very much. It talks about four mouthy, funny Jamaican guys who wanted so bad to go to the Olympics. They found a man who once wanted to make a bobsledder out of a man who ran in the...
This charmingly told, absolutely hilarious story of the first Jamacian bobsled team is one of the funniest movies I've seen. It is well-written, charming, clean and has great actors.
All four of the team members displays their own unique...
Pros: incredibly funny, great for all ages,good plot Cons: None
This movie is a great one. It is one of my favorites and I recommend it to anybody. It is very funny and will keep you entertained for any occasion. They were four unlikely athletes with "an impossible dream". Everybody put them down...
Pros: This is a feel good movie. Cons: The Jamaican bobsled team doesn't win the Olympics.
This movie is based on a true story about the first Jamaican bobsled team and their journey to the Olympics. Yes, you read me right, a Jamaican bobsled team.
You begin in Jamaica during the track tryouts for the Olympics. Due to a small...
"Cool Runnings" is one of the funniest movies ever. It follows the events of a Jamaican bobsled team lead by coach, John Candy. The idea of a Jamaican bobsled team is funny enough seeing as how there is not a drop of snow in Jamaica, but...
Funny but more there too .... by canuckster1127 ,May 19 '09
Pros: Funny, Relational themes and can be therapeutic. Cons: None.
Cool Runnings is a film that takes a few liberties with the actual events to come up with a an inspirational screenplay. It helps that the characters don't take themselves too seriously. This movie really had a lot of opportunities to take itself too seriously and yet it avoids the temptation.
Of particular interest and impact to me was the sub-story between Junior and his Father. Films can be therapeutic. This one proved to be a surprising opportunity to work through my own sense of disconnection with my father.
Many will find that to be surprising as well but it is there and in my mind it elevates the value of the film quite a bit.
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