Cool Runnings

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: 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: 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: funny, emotional
Cons: there are none!

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.

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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: 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: 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...

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...

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: Everything
Cons: Nothing

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: 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.

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Pros: very funny
Cons: none

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: 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: 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: 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...