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Plot: Irving Blitzer disgraced himself when putting extra weights into his team's bob in the Olympics, resulting in his gold medal being taken away from him. Years later, Derice Bannock, son to a former fri...( read more read more... )

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  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    August 2, 2008
    'Derice Bannock: Sanka... you dead?
    Sanka Coffie: Ya, mon.'
    'Sanka Coffie: The key elements to a successful sled team are a steady driver, and three strong runners to push off down the ice... ICE? Ice!
    Derice Bannock: Well, it's kind of a winter sport, you know.
    Sanka Coffie: You mean winter, as in ice?
    Derice Bannock: Possibly.
    Sanka Coffie: You mean winter, as in Eskimos and igloos and penguins and ICE?
    Derice Bannock: Maybe.
    Sanka Coffie: See ya!'
    'Sanka Coffie: Look, Star. Let me tell you a little something, alright? When you need something from me, you don't have to hand me a bunch of lines. All you have to do is look at me in the eye and say, "Sanka, you are my best friend, we've been through a whole heap together, and I really, really need you."
    Derice Bannock: Sanka, you're right. And you are my best friend. We've been through a whole lot together.
    Sanka Coffie: "Heap, heap!"
    Derice Bannock: Sorry, mon. Whole heap together.
    Sanka Coffie: "And I really, really need you."
    Derice Bannock: And I really, really need you.
    Sanka Coffie: [nods head slowly, while heasitating] ... Forget it!'
    'Sanka Coffie: I'm the driver.
    Irv: You're not. You're the brakeman.
    Sanka Coffie: You don't understand, I am Sanka Coffie, I am the best pushcart driver in all of Jamaica! I must drive! Do you dig where I'm coming from?
    Irv: Yeah, I dig where you're coming from.
    Sanka Coffie: Good.
    Irv: Now dig where I'm coming from. I'm coming from two gold medals. I'm coming from nine world records in both the two- and four-man events. I'm coming from ten years of intense competition with the best athletes in the world.
    Sanka Coffie: That's a hell of a place to be coming from!'
    'Yul Brenner: Remember, this doesn't mean that I like you.'
    'Junior Bevill: Seemin' to you nobody likes us?
    Yul Brenner: We're different. People are always afraid of what's different.'
    'Derice Bannock: "Cool Runnings" means "Peace Be The Journey."'
    'Sanka Coffie: Feel the rhythm! Feel the rhyme! Get on up, its bobsled time! COOL RUNNINGS!'
    'Sanka Coffie: I am feeling very Olympic today, how about you?'
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    August 1, 2008
    "Sanka, ya dead" "yeah man"
    Classic movie! Great sports film about a group of Jamaican athletes who didn't make it to the olympics so decided to try out a new sport. Bobsleighing!! So then, we get the first Jamaican bobsled team...and a whole lot of laughs!! A great, light hearted comedy!
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    June 12, 2008
    Representing my country JAMAICA yeah that's right we all funny and good looking ....LOL. Watch it its a really nice movie
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    June 2, 2008
    Holy crap! I was JUST thinking about this movie and was about to go look it up to rate it, but it showed up randomly. For some reason I loved this movie as a kid. I had it on VHS and watched it all the time. The comedy wasn't great, but I was totally into the story...
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    May 24, 2008
    wow i have not seen this movie in ages..i thought that this was an ok movie 2 watch,,,i think the director of this Drama, Comedy, Kids & Family movie had done a good job of directing this movie because its reall funny,sad at the same time...its a shame that john candy has sadly passed away because he was a funny man,,this was a good movie..this is a funny movie 2 watch
  • No rating.
    MCT:
    May 21, 2008
    iih ahh when i didnt hav e any comeidc taste though at that time i kinda used to dig cute fat men like john candy too bad and chris farley as well such a loss
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    May 10, 2008
    This is a childhood favorite of mine which I had to include. The four bobsledding Jamaicans are such fun and John Candy is brilliant to put as their over the hill coach. Of the sports genre underdog films this is my favorite. It is has a perfect balance of seriousness with comedy which is generally provided by Sanka Coffie, Doug E. Doug, who is practically an odd ball compare to the other actually serious group. What could be more bizarre than a people used to the heat and with no ice really to practice on to actually attempt to challenge the world?s elite. ?Sanka, you dead?? ?Ya man.?
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    April 29, 2008
    THIS WAS ONE FOR THE AGES.
    THE THOUGHT OF BOBSLEDDERS COMING FROM JAMAICA AS IF THEY'VE BEEN EXPOSED TO WINTER? IT WAS INTERESTING BUT DOUG E. DOUG AND JOHN CANDY MADE THIS MOVIE FUNNY. IT'S A GOOD ONE TO SEE.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    April 22, 2008
    I don't expect everyone to love this movie as much as I do, but it's a sentimental favourite of mine. One of the first movies I've ever seen, and one of the reasons I love movies today.
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    April 21, 2008
    Very funny movie. Where you live hot places, you should stay with doing hot sports, but this movie proves it wrong. Its funny and shows great team work.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    April 13, 2008
    Oh this one came out of my childhood. I have always loved this movie. It's so funny and the characters are great. I love the story.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    April 6, 2008
    Really great sports movie.

    I can watch it over and over again. John Candy's last performance as an actor is memorable enough for me.
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    March 30, 2008
    You can't really argue with a film starring John Candy AND a bunch of stereotypical Jamaicans. Possibly the best Christmas Day film there is.
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    March 23, 2008
    A classic if there ever was one. It's a pretty ridiculous interpretation of real life events, but you can't help but love it. John Candy heads up a mixed bag of actors that each bring their own charm to this film. It's a little more coarse (as far as content goes) than a lot of modern Disney movies, but being filmed in the early nineties, it makes sense. It's a great family movie, and based loosely on a true story, so it's worth a watch!
  • 2.0 Stars
    MCT:
    March 19, 2008
    I have the t-shirt that the real jamaican bobsled team was selling to raise money to get to the olympics
  • 1.0 Star
    MCT:
    March 2, 2008
    I saw this in an assembly at school one year. It was shown in French. Therefore, my rating is according to what I saw that day.
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    February 20, 2008
    I think i remember John Candy and Doug E. Doug being pretty funny. Its aimed towards kids but adults should like it.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    February 19, 2008
    "Jamaica has a bobsleighed team."
    Everyone actually does love this movie, and really why it. Its cute funny and just great.
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    February 18, 2008
    "rise above it" i love the part where that one guys get shoved in the ice box this movie is hiliourious!!
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    February 16, 2008
    "Sanka, you dead? No man!" Not many lines which i quote more :)
    Great film about a few Jamaican dudes who go to the wintersport olympics. Based on a true story.
  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    February 11, 2008
    contrary to the movie portrayal, Calgary isn't a winter waste land, It's a dry desert of death in the winters, where the snow becomes like "Dry Ice" and dry dirt blows around. These are called Chinooks, but now because of global warming.... Calgary resembles a desert! There was problems with the bob sled run, as gravel and dirt kept on clogging the sky run. oddly though just a few hours away in banff, then it's wintery conditions again (for the ski events). Zanka what you smoking... I'm not smoking I'm breathing.
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    February 11, 2008
    "Hey Sanka, ya cold?"
    "COLD!!?? I'm freezing my royal rastafarian neenee's off!!"hehehe
    I've never seen a better movie

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  • corinnelyonslds
    "Sanka you dead yet" "yah man"
    this film is classic love it so much
    posted 229 days ago
  • jjronaldo
    kl
    posted 236 days ago
  • marmar102587
    i grew up with this movie,its so great!
    "Hey Sanka whatcha smokin', i'm not smokin', i'm breathin'."
    posted 285 days ago
  • Minichip
    no what i am sayin to you is your the kind of club taughtin raw meat eatin me tarzan you jane big bald bubble head who can only count to ten if hes bare foot or wering sandals,, lmfao luv it
    posted 396 days ago
  • two2welvegirl
    other dan da fact dat i am jamaican, it is such a great movie!! JAMAICAN PRIDE!!!!!
    posted 507 days ago
  • lifeis2laugh
    "how bout a draw a line down your face to make it look like a butt" lmao
    posted 533 days ago
  • smileyclarineteer
    ok, the best movie of ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is soooooooo funny!!!! I love it!!! Sanka is my favorite, especially his song and when he's in the ice cream truck and is like, "I-i-i-ce-e-e" hee hee, its so funny, it never fails to make me laugh...
    posted 582 days ago
  • Thisismespeakingwhoru
    brillant movie i wacth it every time it is on T.V.
    posted 647 days ago
  • cutiepie1101
    AMAZING movie. i love it :)
    posted 648 days ago
  • dawolfinator
    this is one of my all time favorites! it is so hillarious and heart warming at the same time. GREAT family movie and even to just have a laugh with some of your friends!!
    posted 750 days ago

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  • Rated: (PG)
  • Directed by: Jon Turteltaub
  • Genres: Drama, Comedy, Kids & Family
  • Released: October 1, 1993
  • DVD Released: July 17, 2001

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