Cool Runnings

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Summary: Humor? You got it!
Review: This movie is great! It's funny and serious at parts. I think that if you have never seen this movie it's time you did. I would guess that it is rated PG because of mature themes. Once you see it you will want to see it again!

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Summary: great movie
Review: This movie is great. I always cry at the end, even though we all know what happens. Its just so touching. Even though it is a loose adaptation of the true story, it gets the gist. A failed track star from Jamaica who will do anything to get to the Olympics finds John Candy, a disgraced Olympic bobsledding gold medalist. The most unlikely ensues: a Jamaican bobsled team...even though they've never SEEN snow. Against all odds, they make the Olympics. This movie, again--a loose adaptation, teaches a complex but important lesson: be true to who and what you are, persevere. But most of all, it teaches the simple lesson of the dignity that we all have within us, if we will let show.

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Summary: It was great!
Review: This movie is not only funny, but whenever someone thinks about quitting or giving up, just watch this movie and you'll be rejuvenated and psyched a again.

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Summary: Great inspirational movie
Review: This movie uses humor to protray a serious message. The movie which is loosely based on the 1988 Jamaican Olympic Bobsled Team. The movie shows the viewer that one can succeed if he/she believes in themselves. The four Jamaicans who had never seem snow went to compete at the Olympics despite the objections of their country. They gained respect for not giving up. It shows that it doesn't matter if the odds are against you, you should try anyway.

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Summary: Awesome
Review: This Video is so funny!!!! The acting is good and jokes and comedy are halarious:-) Doug E Doug is a good actor and adds his style to this movie. I would recommend this to anyone who likes a good laugh!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Summary: Cool, cold, warm and hearty
Review: Walt Disney knows better than anyone else how to associate comedy and deep reflection for the widest public possible, the family. In this film the situation is of course incongruous : four Jamaican athletes deciding to go to the Calgary Olympics in 1988 as a bobsledding team. Walt Disney uses all possible contradiction to make the story funny : warm Jamaica versus cold Canada, blacks versus whites, Jamaican easygoing spirit versus caucasian single-aimed concentration, father versus son, mother versus son, etc. But, and that is the real ethical genius of Walt Disney, every single laugh they create is there to deepen the best of all human morality. The main two ideas are : 1- Be proud of your roots and nature because that is your winning force ; 2- Refuse any kind of inferiority complex because you're different, and reject any kind of racism against your difference. Your difference is your strength and that is true of anyone, not only of people of a different color. It is true about culture, personality, sex, color, you name it you have it. This film is the best demonstration that the most powerful affirmative action comes from inside the individual, inside the team, inside the group you belong to, not from outside. Yet it is necessary to have a go-between, in this case a caucasian coach. He knows how to rebuff and negociate « racist » reactions. And he succeeds. And do not forget this marvelous lesson the end of this film gives you : no matter what, it is more important to take part and to cross the finish line than to win the gold medal, especially because if you only look at winning, you may be tempted to cheat. The aim of any human being on this earth is to achieve the best things he or she can, and to reach the finish line, the goal of his or her adventure, the aim of his or her attempt, and reaching that aim takes courage, strength, honor, honesty and moral beauty. This film should be shown in all schools all over the world for everyone to see what it takes to be oneself and what being oneself can give to the world. Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, Paris Universites II and IX.

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Summary: It is a movie that the entire family can enjoy.
Review: When i first saw this movie i laughed so hard i almost peed my pants. it is one of the best movies i have seen in my short life. All of my friends like it, as do i. I really liked the characters in the movie because they all have very different personalities and different angles to each of them. All of the obstacles that the characters had to overcome were unbelieveable. I am not going to reveal the end, but it is very inspirational.

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Summary: THIS IS A GREAT MOVIE!
Review: WHEN I SAW THIS MOVIE WHILE SITTING IN THE WAITING ROOM OF MY ORTHODONTIST'S OFFICE, I THOUGHT THIS MOVIE WAS THE 3RD BEST MOVIE EVER MADE, JUST AFTER CROCODILE DUNDEE AND HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS. MY FAVORITE PART WAS WHEN THE 4 JAMAICANS ARE SITTING IN THE BATH TUB PRETENDING TO RACE.