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Cool Runnings

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Cool Runnings (1993)

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Reviews Counted: 30

Fresh: 22

Rotten:8

Average Rating: 6/10

Consensus: Cool Runnings rises above its formulaic sports-movie themes with charming performances, light humor, and uplifting tone.

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: When a fellow competitor trips Derice at an Olympic qualifying track meet, Derice fails to acquire the final points necessary to get to the summer games. To make matters worse, the local board refuses to reinstate Derice. But there's still... When a fellow competitor trips Derice at an Olympic qualifying track meet, Derice fails to acquire the final points necessary to get to the summer games. To make matters worse, the local board refuses to reinstate Derice. But there's still way for him to make it to the Olympics. After learning about a wacky American bobsledder living in Jamaica -- who had years earlier attempted to recruit Derice's father for a Jamaican bobsled team -- Derice's competitive spirit is renewed. Realizing that bobsledding may be his golden opportunity, he drafts his go-cart driving buddy Sanka, and talks Winter Olympian Irv Blitzer into coaching this offbeat team. Blitzer whips the dedicated athletes into bobsledding shape despite the total absence of snow. Together they're the weirdest outfit at Calgary -- but no one's more fun at the winter games. [More]

Starring: John Candy, Doug E. Doug, Leon, Malik Yoba

Starring: John Candy, Doug E. Doug, Leon, Malik Yoba, Rawle Lewis

Director: Jon Turteltaub

Director: Jon Turteltaub
Screenwriter: Lynn Siefert, Tommy Swerdlow, Michael Goldberg
Producer: Dawn Steel

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Aug 24, 1999

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DVD Features:

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  • Letterboxed - 1.85

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A spirited -- if sentimental and conventional -- movie...

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09/05/07
Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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Cool Runnings doesn't even rate a bronze medal as either sports film or comedy.

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03/21/07
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The offbeat, fact-based saga is enlivened by the perfect balance of humor, emotion and insight and should be one of the true sleepers among fall box office releases.

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03/21/07
Leonard Klady
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Travelogue shots of happy Jamaicans dancing in the sun give way to patronising comedy.

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02/09/06
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10/05/05
Chuck O'Leary
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07/23/05
Emanuel Levy
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One of Candy's best as coach of an Olympic bobsled team.

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06/11/05
Steve Crum
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12/27/04
Michael Dequina
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A energia do elenco e a inspiradora premissa (baseada em fatos reais) convencem o espectador a ignorar os vários clichês e a torcer desesperadamente pelos bravos jamaicanos.

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04/13/04
Pablo Villaca
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Entertaining and uplifting.

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01/21/04
Dragan Antulov
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While the film is cute and charming, it isn't without its copious cliches. All in all, it's pretty much as expected.

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10/07/03
Christopher Null
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08/22/03
Carol Cling
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In the tradition of Mighty Ducks, here's another great Rocky story from Disney.

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07/14/03
Fred Topel
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05/23/03
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal
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A cute, buoyant sports fantasy, jolted along by a reggae soundtrack and playfully acted by an appealing cast.

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05/21/03
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02/12/03
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12/19/02
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09/06/02
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