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

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

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

| 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.

| 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.

| Mar 17, 2020

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

| Mar 17, 2020

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

| 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.

| Mar 16, 2020

Affable yet entirely forgettable...

| 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.

| 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.

| May 2, 2018

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

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

Delightful, tween-friendly story of Jamaican bobsledders.

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

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

| 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.

| 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.

| 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