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Cool Runnings

Cool Runnings (1993)

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74

Average Rating: 6/10
Reviews Counted: 31
Fresh: 23 | Rotten: 8

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

57

Average Rating: 5.5/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 3

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

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Average Rating: 3.4/5
User Ratings: 470,620

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Cool Runnings fictionalizes the true story of a bobsledding team from Jamaica making it to the Olympics. The tale begins when Derice Bannock (Leon), realizing that due to an accident his chances of qualifying for Jamaica's 1988 Olympic track team are dashed, scrounges around looking for another sport for the competition. Since ex-United States gold medal bobsledding winner Irv Blitzer (John Candy) now lives in Jamaica, Derice chooses bobsledding, convincing Irv to coach the team. Derice then

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Comedy

Lynn Siefert, Tommy Swerdlow, Michael Goldberg

Jul 17, 2001

Disney

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Critic Reviews for Cool Runnings

All Critics (31) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (24) | Rotten (8) | DVD (6)

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.

March 21, 2007 Full Review Source: Variety
Leonard Klady
Variety
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Travelogue shots of happy Jamaicans dancing in the sun give way to patronising comedy.

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment (1)
Time Out
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A cute, buoyant sports fantasy, jolted along by a reggae soundtrack and playfully acted by an appealing cast.

May 21, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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Entirely mediocre and forgettable

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews | Comments (4)
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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The ghost of Stepin Fetchit is hovering in the tropical ether.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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If you like underdog movies, you might like this one. Especially if you haven't seen very many.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Delightful, tween-friendly story of Jamaican bobsledders.

December 14, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Charles Cassady
Common Sense Media

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

July 31, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4
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Cool Runnings doesn't even rate a bronze medal as either sports film or comedy.

March 21, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide
TV Guide's Movie Guide

One of Candy's best as coach of an Olympic bobsled team.

June 11, 2005
Steve Crum
Video-Reviewmaster.com

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.

April 13, 2004
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

Entertaining and uplifting.

January 21, 2004 Full Review
Dragan Antulov
rec.arts.movies.reviews

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

October 7, 2003 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

In the tradition of Mighty Ducks, here's another great Rocky story from Disney.

July 14, 2003
Fred Topel
About.com
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John Candy always makes me laugh even in this Disney flick.
May 11, 2008
jmanard52
John Manard

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Cool Runnings is a very good comedy about a Jamaican Bob Sled team. This is a well made comedy with lots of laughs, a decent cast, and of course the brilliance of John Candy. There are plenty of good things to enjoy about this film, and it surprised me quite a bit. Cool Runnings is lots of fun, and is one of the better underdog comedies out there. The film is not perfect, however it's very entertaining. The film has a good cast, and has a very original idea for its plot. The film funny, and the cast do a good job at delivering the laughs. John Candy one of his last performances here, as this was one of three final films he starred in before he died. Candy as usual shines here, and delivers a good performance. This is a very good comedy that is simply lots of fun. The performances are good, the story is interesting and the laughs are plentiful. I enjoyed this film more that your regular sports comedy, and at times Cool Runnings manages to be better than most sports comedies. This film is a classic of sports comedies, and should get more recognition. This is a good film to watch with friends, and you're guaranteed plenty of laughs. John Candy is great here, and his performance alone makes this film worth seeing. Cool Runnings is a childhood favorite of mine, and is a film worth seeing. The films plot may seem a tad ridiculous, but it's totally worth watching. A fun filled comedy that will make you laugh.
October 9, 2011
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Cool Runnings Quotes

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    1. Sanka Coffie: Feel the Rhythm! Feel the Rhyme! Get on up, it's bobsled time! Cool Runnings!
    – Submitted by Jonathan R (15 months ago)
    1. Sanka Coffie: Rise and shine!
    2. Derice Bannock: It's butt-whippin' time!
    – Submitted by Derek C (15 months ago)
    1. Sanka Coffie: Jamaica, we have a bobsled team!
    – Submitted by Diego U (18 months ago)
    1. Derice Bannock: Sanka you dead man.
    2. Sanka Coffie: Yeah man.
    – Submitted by Chase J (2 years ago)

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