Cool Runnings

Cool Runnings (1993)

  • 74% of critics liked it
    (31 reviews)

  • 77% of users liked it
    (470,620 ratings)

Cool Runnings fictionalizes the true story of a bobsledding team from Jamaica making it to the Olympics. The tale begins when Derice Bannock (Leon), realizing that due to an accident his chances of qualifying for Jamaica's 1988 Olympic track team are dashed, scrounges around looking for another… More

PG, 1 hr. 38 min.
Directed By
Jon Turteltaub
Written By
Lynn Siefert, Tommy Swerdlow, Michael Goldberg
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Oct 1, 1993 Wide
On DVD
Jul 17, 2001

Critic Reviews

  • Leonard Klady, Variety

    The offbeat, fact-based saga is enlivened by the perfect balance of humor, emotion and insight and should be one of the true sleepers among fall box office releases.

  • Janet Maslin, New York Times

    A cute, buoyant sports fantasy, jolted along by a reggae soundtrack and playfully acted by an appealing cast.

  • James Berardinelli, ReelViews

    Entirely mediocre and forgettable

  • Desson Thomson, Washington Post

    The ghost of Stepin Fetchit is hovering in the tropical ether.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    If you like underdog movies, you might like this one. Especially if you haven't seen very many.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • John M


    John Candy always makes me laugh even in this Disney flick.

  • Jeff "


    Cool Runnings is a very good comedy about a Jamaican Bob Sled team. This is a well made comedy with lots of laughs, a decent cast, and of course the brilliance of John Candy. There are plenty of good things to enjoy about this film, and it surprised me quite a bit. Cool Runnings is… More

  • Adam K


    "Cool Runnings" is a film that shouldn't be good, but is. It isn't a masterpiece, it doesn't excel in any particular technique of filmmaking, nor is the acting the greatest, or the directing impossible to repeat. Yet, it is a film that makes you feel, in many… More

  • Lucas M


    Entertaning, funny and inspirational, Cool Runnings, bring a good cast and screenplay. Probably the best work of Jon Turteltaub. Fresh.

  • Jennifer D


    I remember watching this on a bus to a field trip. I don't remember much, but I think I liked it.

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