Customer Reviews
Utterly Halarious! - By: Paul Moxey, 13 Jul 2008 
An excellent plot line, side-splitting one-liners & brilliant acting. Enjoyable for all ages, heart warming & emotional, I don't think I will ever tire of this film.
Great fun! - By: Bridget Furneaux, 28 Mar 2008 This is one of those films you keepin the cupboard & pull out every time you need cheering up. Very funny, as well as being a great tale of the underdog surprising all the doubters, there are some classic scenes - such as trainingin an ice cream van -- which will stay with you, but will still make you laugh every time you see them. Easy, lighthearted entertainment which leaves you feeling good.
A film makes you believe in yourself - By: Dry White Toast, 17 Mar 2008 
Cool Running gives you laughs & power that makes you believein yourself.
This is such a moving story. I cry every time I watch it.
"SANKA YA DEAD?" - By: stuart, 23 Aug 2007 When the Jamaican sprinter Derice Bannock (Leon) is disqualified to the Olympic Games due to a silly accident, he envision the chance to participatein bobsleigh modality. He meets the dishonored couch Irving Blitzer (John Candy), who is livingin the tropical country after two gold medals & elimination due to cheating, & convinces him to couch the first Jamaican Bobsled Team. They form a group with the push-cart driver Sanka Coffie (Doug E. Doug), the sprinter Yul Brenner (Malik Yoba) & the rich Junior Bevil (Rawle D. Lewis) & without any sponsor, fly to Calgary, Alberta, Canada to participate of the XV Olympic Winter Games at -25o C. In the end, they become winners without winning the game.
Based on the true surprising participation of Jamaicain the 1988 Olympic Winter Gamesin the winter sport known as bobsleigh, or bobsled,in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracksin a gravity-powered sled, this comedy gives a very important message: the importance of teamwork & objective to make winners. Therefore, "Cool Runnings" is a great entertainment for audiences of any age. My vote is seven.
Feel The Rhythm - By: Malcolm Clarke, 11 May 2007 Classic comedy & a great way to remember the great John Candy. This film does exactly what it says on the tin. Based on a true story, we follow the trials & tribulations of a Jamaican set of sprinters trying to get the olympicsin a Bobsled team.
John Candy is castin a typical role. He is funny whilst being a victim of circumstance. There are real themes running through this film. Struggling to survive, & daring to dream. Ultimately the main thought to prevail by the end of the film is to keep on trying no matter what the obstacles, & taking part means more than winning.
This film is inspired by the true story of the first ever Jamaican bobsled team, & explores some racial issues, & how the team become heroesin a borrowed sled. You will be cheering when the team cross the line, I guarantee it.
