A brightly optimistic and warmly funny comedy, with solid performances and a no-nonsense visual approach that emphasises story over spectacle.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Apr 28, 2020

... mildly amusing but overly calculated comedy...

Full Review | Mar 17, 2020

Admittedly, it's a little predictable and patronising at times, but the eager performances of John Candy and his charges carry the day.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 17, 2020

The performances are fun, and director John Turtletaub gets those fateful final moments right, leaving us with a triumphant, entertaining story of Winter Olympic glory.

Full Review | Mar 17, 2020

[A] sweet-natured, high-spirited comedy, that rare movie that plays effectively to all ages.

Full Review | Mar 17, 2020

Cheesy? Certainly. But strong performaces and a heart-warming storyline make this a winner.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 16, 2020

Though it certainly has faults, which only the extremely nostalgic could ignore, the film bests its contemporaries through its ability to unite childlike comedy and adult concerns without ever obscuring one with the other.

Full Review | Mar 16, 2020

Affable yet entirely forgettable...

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 5, 2018

Cool Runnings is able to defy everything formulaic about sports movies and manages to rise up as a crowd-pleasing comedy.

Full Review | May 2, 2018

While far from the best of Ritchie's portrayals of winning and losing (Downhill Racer, The Bad News Bears), Cool Runnings goes uphill, rather than down, and moves from bad news to good.

Full Review | May 2, 2018

Cool Runnings is a charming tale of determined underdogs, with plenty of laughs, moments of real tension, and five engaging performances.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 18, 2014

Delightful, tween-friendly story of Jamaican bobsledders.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 14, 2010

A spirited -- if sentimental and conventional -- movie...

Full Review | Jul 31, 2008

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 5, 2007

Cool Runnings doesn't even rate a bronze medal as either sports film or comedy.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 21, 2007

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.

Full Review | Mar 21, 2007

Travelogue shots of happy Jamaicans dancing in the sun give way to patronising comedy.

Full Review | Feb 9, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 5, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 23, 2005

One of Candy's best as coach of an Olympic bobsled team.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 11, 2005