Cool Runnings

October. 01,1993      PG
Rating:
7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican bobsled team.

Leon as  Derice Bannock
Doug E. Doug as  Sanka Coffie
Rawle D. Lewis as  Junior Bevil
Malik Yoba as  Yul Brenner
John Candy as  Irv
Raymond J. Barry as  Kurt Hemphill
Peter Outerbridge as  Josef Grool
Larry Gilman as  Larry
Bertina Macauley as  Joy Bannock
Bill Dow as  Registration Official

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Reviews

Steineded
1993/10/01

How sad is this?

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Odelecol
1993/10/02

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

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TrueHello
1993/10/03

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

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Arianna Moses
1993/10/04

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

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Mr-Fusion
1993/10/05

"Cool Runnings" is a perfectly enjoyable movie from the Mouse, until that ending; which hits me squarely in the chest. But I'll get to that in a second.This is sports movie bursting with pluck; you couldn't ask for more of an underdog than Jamaica for a bobsled team. Trivia has it that the studio was looking for high-priced talent to headline this movie (Eddie Murphy, Denzel), but lesser-knowns was absolutely the way to go. the team's got chemistry and they personify the unyielding optimism this story needs. And John Candy brings his A-game in a dramatic role and really gives the movie ballast. There's honestly no better word for this than likable. SPOILERSNow to address the big finale. Back when this came out, I'd sat through, say, three-quarters of it on two occasions (I can't remember what prevented me from finishing the tape, but it wasn't for lack of interest). So, for years, it lingered in my brain as a spirited Disney sports movie. and when I finally got around to finishing it . . . *THAT*'s how it ends? It's just an overwhelming mixture of painful and heroic and that's what stays in my mind as an adult. This belongs right up there with "Miracle". It's a great movie.8/10

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kanehegarty
1993/10/06

'Cool runnings' is a brilliant film and very inspirational. There are great quotes from this movie such as "We're different. People are always afraid of what's different." That was my favourite quote in the movie, I feel it was very moving.I also loved this quote from the move "All I'm saying, mon, is if we walk Jamaican, talk Jamaican, and *is* Jamaican, then we sure as hell better bobsled Jamaican." It teaches us to be who we are and not someone who we are not.'Cool runnings' was great and did not feel at all like a Disney movie, I think it was very mature and if I ever came across this movie being shown on television I would definitely watch it again, without a doubt.

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gavin6942
1993/10/07

Based on the true story of the first Jamaican bobsled team trying to make it to the winter Olympics.As far as "based on a true story" goes, this is true to a point. Yes, there was a Jamaican bobsled team in 1988 and yes, they did crash. But the rest is a bit of stretch. Their coach was not involved in any scandal for cheating or otherwise. And they were not despised by the other teams, even if the people who made this film wanted to create a "white and black" bigotry where there was none.Oddly, although anti-racist on the face of it, the film itself may be subtly racist itself. The portrayal of Jamaicans as simple, somewhat backwater people is unfair, and that none of the main actors were actually Jamaican seems unfortunate. We are instead stuck with New Yorkers and exaggerated Jamaican accents.Those criticisms aside, this is still a fun movie and enjoyable for what it is. How can you not help but like a group of misfits who have to face unlikely odds to succeed? This is a tradition in sports movies, and this one has more comedy than the average sports film, making it much more fun for the average viewer.

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Vivekmaru45
1993/10/08

Top casting, top acting, top script, photography, background musical score & direction.With established comedy actor John Candy(Uncle Buck, Planes Trains and Automobiles) and a solid supporting cast which includes Leon and Doug E. Doug.This film is loosely based on the true story of the Jamaica national bobsled team's debut in the bobsleigh competition of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Canada.Plot: Irving "Irv" Blitzer was an American bobsled two time Gold Medalist at the 1968 Winter Olympics who finished first in two events again during the 1972 Winter Olympics but was disqualified from the latter for cheating and retired in disgrace to Jamaica, where he leads an impoverished life as a bookie. Irving is approached by two Jamaican athletes: top 100m runner Derice Bannock, who failed to qualify for the 1988 Summer Olympics when another opponent tripped him at the trials, and Sanka Coffie, a champion push cart racer.The athletes wish to use Irving's previous experience as a Coach in order to compete in the 1988 Winter Olympics as bobsledders. Irving had been good friends with Derice's father, Ben, a former sprinter whom Irving had tried to recruit for the bobsled team years ago, who is presumed to be deceased. Yul Brenner, another runner who was tripped at the qualifier, joins the team as does as Junior Bevil, the runner who tripped Yul and Derice. Eventually Irving is convinced to coach the team.The four try to find various ways to earn money to get in the Olympics; singing on the street, arm wrestling, and holding a kissing booth, but all fail. Junior, however, sells his car, which gets the team the money that they need.In Calgary, Irving manages to acquire an old practice sled from the American team, as the Jamaicans have never been in an actual bobsled. The Jamaicans are looked down upon by other countries, in particular the East German team whose arrogant leader, Josef, tells them to go home, resulting in a bar fight. The team resolves to view the contest more seriously, continuing to train and improve their technique. They qualify for the finals, but are briefly disqualified. At the primary judge meeting, Irving immediately confronts his former coach from the '72 Olympic Winter Games Kurt Hemphill, now a primary judge of the '88 Olympic Winter Games, for disqualifying the Jamaicans for his mistake. He confesses that he made the biggest mistake in his life by cheating by hiding weights underneath the sled to make it run faster. Irving's 1972 Gold Medals were revoked and he embarrassed his country with the scandal. He says that if Hemphill wants revenge, just punish him, not his team. He begs Hemphill to let the Jamaicans qualify and represent their country in the Olympics. Later, the judges overturn their decision and the Jamaicans are back in.The Jamaicans' first day on the track results in more embarrassment and a last place finish. Sanka convinces Derice to stop copying qualities of the Swiss team. Once the team develops their own style, the second day proves better; the Jamaican team finishes with a fast time which puts them in eighth position. Later, Irving tells Derice the truth about his past and convinces him to think of himself as a champion even if he doesn't win the gold, saying, "A gold medal is nice, but if you're not enough without one, you'll never be enough with one." For the first half of the final day's race it looks as though they will break the world bobsled speed record, until tragedy strikes: their sled, due to one of the blades falling off, flips on its side coming out of a turn towards the end of their run, leaving them meters short of the finish line. However, the team lifts the sled over their shoulders and walks across the finish line to rousing applause from spectators, including Josef, Hempill, and Junior's father. The team, at the end, feels accomplished enough to return in four years to the next winter Olympics. A brief epilogue states the team returned to Jamaica as heroes and upon their return to the Winter Olympics four years later, they were treated as equals.Completely unlike the story in the film, the Jamaican team was not in conflict with any of the other international bobsledding teams. Other teams were, in fact, supportive of the Jamaican team. One of the other teams even lent the Jamaican team a backup sled so they could qualify.The bobsled competition in the film consists of three individual runs, whereas in reality the Olympic bobsled competition is two runs a day held over a two day period.In the film, the Jamaicans are on world record pace during the final run of the competition when their sled crashes. They emerge from the sled and carry it across the finish line. In real life, however, the crash occurred before the finals (eliminating the Jamaicans) and Jamaica was not on a world record pace. However, real-life footage of the crash was used in the film. After the crash, the team walked next to their sled as track officials slid it down the track. They received sporadic applause, but not a rhythmic slow clap as in the movie Verdict: A MUST BUY FILM THE WHOLE FAMILY WILL ENJOY.

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