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== About the film == Cool Runnings is a 1994 comedy film that is based on a true story of Jamaica's first bobsled team trying to make it in the Winter Olympics. The film is rated PG due to mild... more

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  • 27 of 27 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 linzee_loulabelle

    Member since 26/11/2004

    Reviews written: 595

    4 Stars Jamaica, we have a bobsled team! 20/07/2011
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Entertaining and fun

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Some bits are predictable

    About the film Cool Runnings is a 1994 comedy film that is based on a true story of Jamaica's first bobsled team trying to make it in the Winter Olympics. The film is rated PG due to mild language and some violence and it is 98 minutes long. Plot As I said before, this is based on the true story of the Jamaican bobsled team. Some very talented and fast runners are competing in the 100m for the Olympic trials but they crash and burn due to a fall on the track. Derice is absolutely distraught and begs for the race to be re run but his request is denied. Deep in sorrow, he spots a picture of his ... more
  • 48 of 48 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 6 GR-Design

    Member since 03/09/2000

    Reviews written: 322

    3 Stars For John Candy 23/09/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages funny, good acting and of course, John Candy

    Disadvantages Disadvantages I felt as if more could have been done

    Having not watched Cool Runnings until recently I thought I was missing out on something, ‘it’s a cool movie’ said my friend when we saw it in the bargain bin, so I thought, hmmm, I’m gonna have to watch this. I can remember it coming out, but I couldn’t remember what it was about until I saw the cover again, oh, it’s a Walt Disney movie, this ones got to be good then, not excellent though, a Walt Disney film has never been excellent for me. I also realised then that John Candy was in it, who for me was a good actor. Sadly he died in 1994, just one year ... more
  • 95 of 95 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 9 Soho_Black

    Member since 30/08/2002

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    4 Stars Be Cool! 08/09/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages It's a lot of fun

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Predictable Disney fare

    I've never really been a fan of Winter sports, so the entry of a Jamaican bobsleigh team into the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary pretty much passed me by. What I am a fan of, however, is a decent comedy film, so the release of "Cool Runnings", supposedly based on the story of the Jamaican Bobsleigh team, was unlikely to do the same. Sanka Coffie is the best pushcart driver on Jamaica, just about to win his 7th pushcart derby in a row. His best friend is Derice Bannock, who is about to win his place in Jamaica's 1988 Olympic team to compete in the 100 metres and follow in the footsteps of his ... more
  • 54 of 54 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 9 kingfisher111

    Member since 05/02/2006

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    5 Stars Peace be the journey! 18/01/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages fantastic film

    Disadvantages Disadvantages none

    I loved this film when it first came out in 1994 and it was a well watched favourite in my old video collection. A few years ago though we became a DVD only house and this was one of the films that fell by the wayside. I had totally forgotten about it until I was redeeming some points on ipoints and I spotted this one. I'm so glad that I did because it really is a feel good film that is definitely worth watching many times. Cool Runnings is based on a true story and tells of Jamaica's first bobsled team. It all starts when some talented sprinters literally crash out of the olympic trials for ... more
  • 29 of 29 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 3 Golden_groin2001

    Member since 06/01/2001

    Reviews written: 41

    5 Stars Run this cool one again 10/08/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages True story, one of John Candys last films:(

    Disadvantages Disadvantages One of John Cnady's last films:(

    I was about the age of 9 when this film came out in the cinema. I asked one of my friends to come with me to see it and she said yes, and I'm glad she did! If she hadn't have gone with me on that particular night I may never have seen this fantastic movie! John Candy, who is possibly one of the funniest men to act around this period in movie making, stars in this movie alongside Leon, Doug E. Doug, Rawle D. Lewis and Malik Yoba. Derice is played by Leon and is pretty much the main character, He is one of the fastest sprinters in Jamaica and is just about posative he will win the sprint and ... more

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Actor(s) John Candy, Doug E. Doug, Leon, Rawle D. Lewis, Malik Yoba
Director(s) Jon Turteltaub
Genre Comedy
Classification Parental Guidance
Production Year 1994

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