hyped garbage

Don't listen to the negative reviews

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

This is one of the greatest family movies with moral messages and a great feel good vibe. There is enough comedy for both kids and adults to chuckle at, but I wish there was more to wail about. John Candy is at his usual best in this film giving a good acting role and playing his typical cynical comedian self. But that aside, you won't find another movie that is quite like Cool Runnings. Everything from the storyline to the comedy and to it being based on a true story, no other movie I've seen is anything like Cool Runnings. A great family gem that is not just for the family. Perfect from start to finish, but I wish there was just that little bit more for me to want to re watch it countless amounts of time.

'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.

The screenplay is intelligent, focused and clever. I much enjoyed this film, mostly because of the convincing characters. I am aware of much of the criticism around this movie, claiming it is bad and not worth seeing. To all those who have said these things, I have to ask: What film were you watching? With style, charm, and humor to spare, this film was among the top echelon of movies from 1993. I laughed and was moved and all of that good stuff. At the end of the day, it's a fun, entertaining film. Wonderful movie, and I should know, I practically grew up on it. An excellent and difficult production, bolstered by great performances.

In one of John Candy last films and one I somehow missed to watch when released in 1993/94 (there was great hype surrounding it) it is certainly not one to be taken seriously but I can't recall a Candy movie that does.It is very loosely based on the Jamaican bobsleigh team at the Winter Olympics in 1988 and nowhere near a biography. In fact almost everything is fictional. And that's what makes it more fun.Candy stars a disgraced former bobsleigh gold medalist (now a bookie) tasked to coach a top 100m sprinter (Leon Robinson) and his motley crew to become the Jamaican representatives at the bobsleigh races at the Winter Olympics in Canada despite having inexperience in snowy weather.Hence all daft. childish and sometimes predictable mishaps on the way but never failing to raise a smile. All characters are likable and all the stereotypes are there: the intelligent one, the hard man, the wimp and the fool.Good cheesy family fun and that it is intended to be.