Cool Runnings
1993 · Movie · PG · 98 min · ★ 7.0 · 68% critics
After a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympics, he teams up with a tarnished coach to build Jamaica’s first bobsled squad. Together, they train and face ridicule as they chase a place at the Winter Games and prove they belong.
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Details
- Years
- 1993
- Release date
- 1993-10-01
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 68/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (2,291 votes)
- Box office
- $154,856,263
- Budget
- $14,000,000
About
You’ll like Cool Runnings if you want a light, feel-good sports comedy with big-hearted setbacks and plenty of laughs; Not for you if you only want strictly factual sports stories or you can’t stand heavy accents.
Pros: funny underdog energy; inspiring teamwork; family-friendly charm | Cons: heavy cliches; accents may annoy; not fully accurate
Themes
- underdog
- sports
- winter
- olympic games
- jamaica
- trainer
- training camp
- reggae
- bobsleighing
- based on true story
- bobsled
- winter sport
- +4 more
Awards & recognition
- Kids' Choice Award — Favorite Movie · 1994 · nominated
Cast & crew
Leon
as Derice Bannock
Doug E. Doug
as Sanka Coffie
Rawle D. Lewis
as Junior Bevil
Malik Yoba
as Yul Brenner
John Candy
as Irv
Raymond J. Barry
as Kurt Hemphill
Peter Outerbridge
as Josef Grool
Paul Cœur
as Roger
Larry Gilman
as Larry
- CH
Charles Hyatt
as Whitby Bevil, Sr.
Directed by Jon Turteltaub