Cool Runnings (1993) | *First Time Watching* | Movie Reaction | Asia and BJ

[@SMcK17]

Yes, B.J. there really is a Jamaican bobsled team. This movie was about the very first one at the 1988 Calgary Olympics.

[@nikman1979]

I was looking for this comment. I'm sure it is loosely based of the Jamaican bobsleigh, but still it is a great movie. I love it

[@Blonersandwich]

Same time as eddy the eagle

[@yabetsy]

Such a joyous story - I had tickets to bobsleigh and bobsled at the Olympics, and they were heroes that year!

[@myajanell2504]

@@yabetsy right😍

[@definitelynotatroll246]

@@Blonersandwichthey need to watch Eddie the eagle movie next

[@alissageorge5679]

That footage of the crash and it coming to a stop and it looks like it’s breaking his neck, that’s real footage from the Olympics. I remember watching them in the Olympics as a kid, everyone was rooting for them because they had never seen ice and snow before. Very cool.

[@adlaihowe9764]

The more I see John Candy movie’s the more I miss him. What an great actor truly missed.

[@joohoneybun]

he was more my older siblings' generation but i grew up watching a lot of his stuff due to my older brothers and sister. i miss him a lot and same for chris farley.

[@missd9785]

I know! I feel the same. What coulda been...

[@evelynkokemoor6398]

I hope you've seen Canadian Bacon :) John Candy's last performance, the only fictional Michael Moore movie, and the only good Michael Moore movie

[@Divamarja_CA]

BJ?!?! Yes, it really happened. Jamaicans in Calgary Olympics in 1988. We were deep into watching on TV and the Jamaican team gripped our imagination and the country was rooting for them!

[@mikeshoe74]

Nice to hear an account from someone who witnessed it live.

[@therealtorsteph22]

Epically cool history

[@LoneStar-pg4rc]

The whole world's imagination was captured by that team, which included mine. We all loved those guys!

[@bard4788]

Honestly they should have shown the photo of the real team at the end rather than the movie characters

[@TigerLily00]

Yes, I remember this vividly!!! It was so cool. We all rooted for them in Canada!

[@alfax]

It was indeed based on a true story. There was no cheating coach or douchebag bobsledders but in 88 the first Jamaican Olympics bobsled team showed up. Everyone, myself included, was thinking wtf is Jamaica doing in the winter Olympics. The runs were accurate. They had a hard time getting in the sled and everyone was worried that they had no idea what they were doing. The second run was like lightning and they ended up in medal contention. Everyone tuned in for their third run and when they crashed it broke the hearts of everyone around the world. But the whole world tuned in 4 years later to see how they would do.

[@ContrarianCorner]

It was definitely one of the big stories of that Olympics. As you say, it was must-see TV at the time. I was in the U.S. and everyone was talking about it and cheering them on. Great fun and they really ended up becoming a very competitive team thanks to Jamaica's deep well of great sprinters.

[@exile220ify]

Here in Calgary, the Jamaican Bobsled Team were absolutely beloved during the 1988 Olympics. Ditto Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, the British ski-jumper (you should react to the movie they made about him!)

[@Cadinho93]

"A gold medal is a wonderful thing. But if you're not enough without it, you'll never be enough with it." -Irv Blitzer, portrayed by John Candy in "Cool Runnings. The crash didn't happen for the reasons shown in the film, but it did happen. They used real footage of it in the film. One of team members later said he "felt a bump" when they tipped, but did not realize they had turned over until he started to smell his helmet (which was fiberglass) friction-burning on the ice, "which is something that stays with you for many years afterward."

[@elcorado83]

It WAS based on REAL events. I watched it live at the Olympics when it happened.

[@ItsBigTexYall]

God I MISS John Candy! What a legend! Died WAYYY too soon! John Candy and Steve Martin in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is comedy GOLD! I hope to see y'all watch that one day!

[@redefv]

One of the single MOST underrated movies of all time!!! This is such a good story, too.

[@StaciaAmnaber]

It's in my top 5 movies of all time!

[@codybarker3863]

As a Calgary kid who lived through these Olympics this movie is my favourite. The front of the sled they used is hanging above the entrance to the country bar in the movie. It was stolen once but I think they have it back again.

[@redefv]

​@codybarker3863 I will have to look it up next time I am in Calgary! I grew up in Detroit and travel all over to see my Red Wings!

[@mattyey]

I agree… the movie is criminally underrated

[@daisypooch4034]

And it is actually based on a true story!!😂😂

[@zipporahlewis4908]

I like the fact that they earned something way more important than a trophy: RESPECT

[@markw4613]

"whoopie cushion with hot water in it" hahahaha - that's a hot water bottle! 🤣🤣🤣

[@shaderax_storm6165]

Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, get on up it's bobsled time! Cool Runnings!

[@debramyer-bn4zd]

I went to this movie with my two children when they were in their early teens. At that age they didn't like each other much. It was Christmas Break so I decided to take them to a movie. My son wanted to watch this one me and my daughter didn't but we gave in. We had so much fun they both laughed so much. It was one of our happiest memories. As my children matured in their late teens they were two peas in a pod until my daughter died at 37. We were devastated. Time has past and the memories are all we have this is one of my son's favorite memories of his sister. Thank you so much. It hurt's everyday but the memories are lovely.

[@dianam9028]

I'm sorry for your loss 😞

[@debramyer-bn4zd]

@@dianam9028 Thank you so much.

[@caffeineadvocate]

“Hey, Sanka. Ya dead, mon?” “Ya, mon. We dead like we never lived!”

[@phillipweber6059]

My little sister named one of her dogs "Sanka" because she loved this movie

[@martinharris5567]

The man that played Junior’s father, his name is Charles Hyatt. A famous Jamaican comedian. RIP. 🫣

[@mikeshoe74]

Wow, I never knew.' I've seen a lot of comedians who can play a dramatic role, but I've hardly known any dramatic actors that can pull off being a comedian'...words of Jackie Gleason.

[@martinharris5567]

@@mikeshoe74 yeah. I understand

[@lordofthereels6790]

Eddie The Eagle & Cool Runnings make for a great Olympics 88 double feature. The former is about a guy late in his life who decides he wants to be an Olympics level ski jumper & his epic journey to become so. Great Hugh Jackman/Tarron Egerton/Christopher Walken flick that gives a shout-out to the Cool Runnings team in it too. RIP John Candy

[@jtoland2333]

I never heard of Eddie the Eagle. I love sports movies ❤

[@chrisharris5497]

Ironically in the Eddie the Eagle movie they portrayed him as about 21

[@nothernmonkey8612]

The flying Scotsman is a great movie about Graeme Obree. He set the hour record twice on a bike he built out of a washing machine. His riding style (superman) was banned and his rival was Chris Boardman on his $500,000 LOTUS carbon fiber bike. Johnny Lee Miller is the lead actor I highly recommend it 👍

[@BulldogMack700rs]

​@@chrisharris5497not that ironic he may have looked older but he was only 24 during the 88 Olympics

[@ronbirchard5262]

Eddie the Eagle is another great true story from the same Olympics in Calgary.. 2 under dog teams become hero's of their sport. fans world wide cheering them on.

[@DeadlyBeast205]

The scene where they arrive to Canada and see how much it's snowing always makes me laugh 😂😂

[@MD-1982]

@@DeadlyBeast205 Derice: "Hey Sanka, what you smokin'?" Sanka: "I'm not smokin', I'm breathin'!" 🤣

[@DeadlyBeast205]

@@MD-1982 😂😂

[@MontyBurns21]

I've lived here in Calgary for 20 years and I still feel like them sometimes.

[@asiaroberson3442]

​@@MD-1982I always died laughing 😃 😂at that part

[@johnpatz8395]

Always reminds me of flying into the Buffalo airport, as we were coming home from our honeymoon, many many moons ago. We had been in Hawaii for a few weeks and i boarded the plane in shorts, sandals and and aloha shirt, but since it was February I put shoes, jeans and a winter coat into my carry on bag. But I was forced to check my carry on, and then the airline lost my suitcase and carry on bag. Our flight was the last one allowed to land before the airport was shut down as there was a blizzard, so I got off the flight dressed for a beach in Hawaii, not a snowbound airport in Buffalo NY, and didn’t even have anything else available. 🥶

[@TsDwelling]

This has been a movie my family has watched for nearly my whole life. Fantastic. The part where Junior's dad is in the crowd with a t-shirt supporting his son always gets me. Rise Above It!

[@jessmPS]

AHHHH LITTLE KID ME LOVED THIS MOVIE!!!!!!! Did I carry around an uncooked egg and my aunt had to have a conversation about leaving it in the refrigerator? ABSOLUTELY LOL

[@eaguillen2924]

I don't know why, but I read those first 7 capital words in a Jamaican accent.

[@RonnieG]

​@@eaguillen2924i read the whole thing in a jamaican accent. 😅

[@Adamantium08]

“ I love Jamaica! And Jamaica loves meeee”!!!

[@stevelong2696]

The most powerful line in this movie. "If you aren't good enough without it, you'll never be good enough with it."

[@johnhamilton748]

Australia's 1st gold medal in the winter Olympics came when our man was coming dead last then the leader fell & caused a pile up & our man cruised past & won Gold 🥇

[@I.am.Iain-81]

One of my favourite movies as a kid.... I could watch it again and again, John Candy was brilliant in this role

[@saltLTaylor]

One of my favorite memories of my dad is us watching this moving together and him laughing like I'd never seen him laugh before.....

[@paulrichardson5400]

One of my favorite movies growing up!

[@SurvivorBri]

This is such a wholesome, fun, inspirational movie. TRUE STORY TOO! Parts of it, anyway. There was a Jamaican bobsled team. They really did crash during their run, and they really did carry their sled to the finish line. I watched it all. A memorable moment. It was definitely the story of the 1988 Winter Olympics. Some of the real footage from the Olympics with them on the sled track was used in the movie.

[@kelaarin]

They didn't carry the sled, the rescue crew did, but they DID cross the finish line in front of them.

[@missydehart6920]

FEEL THE RHYTHM FEEL THE RIDE A household favorite movie when my kids were growing up. I still miss John Candy. His death was absolutely devastating.

[@oldgeezer3324]

Google says Jamaica DID have a Bobsled team that this movie was made after. The Team existed in 1988.

[@RabbitSix]

yeahh thats why the move was made

[@Skye_Writer]

And there have been other Jamaican bobsled teams since then, as well

[@marlenabenson]

@oldgeezer3324 there's still a Jamaican bobsled team now

[@susanalexander6721]

My son is 35. Watched this with him many times when he was a kid. Love John Candy! He is missed. Have you reacted to Uncle Buck? You'd love it if not.

[@andyc66612]

THIS is childhood nostalgia at its best

[@myajanell2504]

yessss😍

[@bobschenkel7921]

At the beginning of the movie it should have said, "MOST of what follows is true", just like "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid". All I can say is "Jah man, let's do some Cool Runnings". The Jamaican Bobsled Team was a phenomenon at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics, I remember rooting for them because they tried so hard.

[@danielallen3454]

One of the real-life sledders said that he didn't even know they'd turned over until he *smelled* his fiberglass helmet melting from the friction on the ice. He said that's a smell that'll stay with you for *years* afterward.

[@NanaAphesis]

I was 7 or 8 when I watch this movie and I remember I laughed all the way😂 Sanka was the funniest character. What a guy! The movie would be nothing without him😂 In 🇵🇹 it's named Jamaica Abaixo de 0°(Jamaica Below 0°) and was one of my first interections with reggae music (of course from the soundtrack I went to search Bob Marley, UB40 an so on)😊 Thanks guys. Great reaction👍💯

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

Another winter Olympics themed movie is "Eddie the eagle", based on a true story where an amateur ski jumper took part in the winter Olympics and became a favourite underdog.

[@anthonysteinberg4853]

This ABSOLUTELY is based on a true story. I remember watching the Calgary Olympics and we LOVED the Jamaican bobsled team.🎉🎉🎉

[@chenryrex]

FYI When the Jamaican four-man bobsled team made their Olympic debut in 1988, the story went on to inspire the much adored Disney film “Cool Runnings” - and the unlikely underdogs from Jamaica helped familiarize the unique sport for the masses.

[@browniewin4121]

A fun movie. RIP John Candy. I recommend Uncle Buck (1989), Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987).

[@RebelCowboysRVs]

The only Olympic sport I ever got in to is the bobsled. I watched it religiously when I was younger. I remember the Jamaicans showing up in 1988. It was a huge deal. I have been rooting for them ever sense.

[@hughfuller8416]

I clicked so fast. Y’all will love Sanka.

[@susanliltz3875]

A great one and loosely based on a true story.

[@nickcollins2413]

Its so historically inaccurate Im surprised Michael Bay didnt direct it!

[@jonnym4670]

about the only thing they got true was Jamica had a bobsled team

[@ddiamondr1]

I worked for the Olympics and also on the movie. The movie is highly fictionalized. Nobody was against them certainly not the other bobsled teams who offered help and support. Everybody loves them and did whatever they could to help them, but the movie felt that necessary to make bad guys that did not exist. Which is unfortunate.

[@anthonyanderson9303]

​@ddiamondr1 it's Hollywood. It would be pretty boring if everybody got along. It's like the Notre dame head coach in Rudy who didn't want him on the team. That didn't happen in real life either but you need an antagonist.

[@ddiamondr1]

@@anthonyanderson9303 I’ve worked for Hollywood studios. As a writer, I realize that story requires drama and conflict but their real story had enough obstacles for story and turning the other sled teams and the entire Olympic organization, all who embraced them and did what they could to help, into a-holes was cheap and lazy writing.

[@420johnas]

Another reason why I love watching movies with BJ is, only BJ, after watching a movie and seeing the end credits where it talks about how they were respected when they returned to the Olympics, only BJ would still believe the movie was not about a true event lol I love you guys!!

[@WestTXRedneck1972]

I love this movie!!! The actor who played Yuel Brenner was a big action star in the late 80's and early 90's. Doug E. Doug always played the comic relief in a lot of movies.

[@saejinlee6304]

Malik Yoba. I wouldn't, exactly, call him an action star. He was in one of my favorite shows in the 90's, though. New York Undercover.

[@damedamsel3300]

Oooooomg!!!!! Yessss!!!! Hahahahaha "some people say they know they can't believe, Jamaica we have a bobsled team." Ya'Mon! 😂😂😂 Sanka is my favorite. ❤️💛💚✌️ "Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, get on up it's bobsled time!" 🤣

[@jam8773]

I remember when this happened at the Olympics. This movie was true and part of the footage in the movie was the actual footage of the wreck. I remember being very excited for the Jamaican team because they improved so much during the event.

[@deenormus1975]

This movie was HUGE when it came out. Idk why it sorta…idk, fell off the radar, but it’s great! So glad y’all reacted to it

[@iscariom]

I still watch this movie all the time. One of the funniest movies I've ever seen. I quote this movie. 31:59 I always loved that Junior earned Yul's respect by standing up to his dad.

[@buddah1221]

absolutely a childhood gem of a movie

[@Thewingkongexchange]

Asia's switch @4:28 from "I would live for this as a kid" to "No way I would let my kid do this" cracked me up lol!

[@jeffcasemier8794]

My favorite movie as a kid, I’ve watched this probably over 100 times

[@snizzol]

I love this movie, i also love John Candy, one of the best guys out there back then, and the next year he died 😞 RIP.

[@marlenabenson]

Not only did Jamaica actually start a bobsled team in 1988 and go to the Olympics, but they still compete to this day! I always look for them every winter Olympics, and even though they've never medaled, I love the perseverance!

[@naturaljapan7204]

Movie had me crying. The underdog team with the real spirit. It's all that really matters. Underdogs will always get a view from the top in the end.

[@js3599]

This was the second to last movie that the late, great John Candy COMPLETED, and third last movie he MADE... His final movie was "Wagons East" in which he passed away late in the filming, but he did film enough they were able to finish it without him... His movie "Canadian Bacon" was filmed between the two movies, but was the last to be released, in 1995 (Thank you to @stevemielke for pointing that out to me)... RIP John Candy

[@stevemielke]

Canadian Bacon was actually the last one he completed if I am not mistaken.

[@js3599]

@@stevemielke Ok, I had to do a bit of research on it, and both films (Cool Runnings and Canadian Bacon) were filmed in 1993... "Cool Runnings" was filmed EARLY in the year, and "Canadian Bacon" was filmed LATE in the year, so you are correct, "Canadian Bacon" WAS the last film he completed... as well as the LAST John Candy movie to be released... "Wagons East" was released BEFORE "Canadian Bacon" despite being filmed after it... Thank you for pointing it out, I will correct it above...

[@denace2society591]

Yeah, this movie is awesome. It's been forever since I saw it. John Candy was such a treasure. So many movies of his are part of my childhood. In the city I live in, Winnipeg, there was this little restaurant in my neighbourhood where he'd eat everytime he was in town. He was gone too soon...

[@PhilosophyGhost]

I saw this movie when it came out in a theater on vacation in the Cayman Islands just West of Jamaica. The local crowd was so pumped. I’ll never forget it.

[@GregorysBrain]

Wow! I haven't seen this movie in at least 20 years! An absolute classic!

[@normie2716]

Dang, I was a young teen when this came out and after we saw it in the theater, my friends and I quoted this movie for years after!

[@Berto2K]

Such a feel good movie. I liked that they included a bit of actual Olympic footage from the race when they could. They have continued to send a bobsled team when they can since this happened.

[@harpergras]

I've always said that this movie is very underrated. Too me, this is an outstanding movie. Thanks for the reaction.

[@marywarren8357]

They had the bobsled from the movie at the Olympic park in Calgary back in ‘95. Got pictures of the hubby and oldest pretending to bobsled in it. A family favorite movie to this day.❤️

[@daisypooch4034]

This was based on the true story!!! Of the first time ever that Jamaica had a bobsled team and qualified to participate in their very first Olympics!! A great True story!!

[@walther007]

"What is that? That looks like a torpedo" - BJ I busted out laughing....

[@reverbscherzo7850]

Lol, yeah, he's not wrong..... 😂

[@hamilcar682]

This is a Wonderful movie, superb cast Leon (Derice), Sanka (Doug E Doug) and John Candy especially. It also stretches the idea of “based on a true story” about as far as possible. 1. Irv Blitzer and… well ALL of the cast, are fictional characters. They are based on real people though (Blitzer being based on 2 different Americans living in Jamaica). One thing the movie does get completely correct, is its premise, the idea of getting Olympic level sprinters to push the sleds. The irony is that, in the subsequent 10 Winter Olympics since Calgary, Jamaica 🇯🇲 has not yet Medaled in any Bobsledding events… they do currently hold the world records for the fastest push-start times for the men’s 2 person and 4 person events, as well as the women’s 2 person, lol sounds like the idea they had back in ‘88 was at least a sound one. 😄

[@exile220ify]

The bridge that you see the team running across spanned the Elbow River. It was a Calgary landmark, but sadly destroyed during the 2013 floods. The Relax Inn and the Ranchman's were both legit businesses at the time of filming and just a few blocks away from each other. The Ranchman's did indeed feature country line dancing. Neither of them remain in business. The "revolving restaurant" (that didn't actually revolve during this film) is the very high-end restaurant atop the Calgary Tower. It does indeed revolve, at a rate of about 55 minutes per revolution.

[@Focalpoint223]

Bobsled is extremely popular in Jamaica and it seems like they been eying other winter sports too. Only 1 person qualified for alpine skiing in 2022 but it's just amazing how a country with inhabitants that never seen snow just 1 day decided to join the winter Olympics in 1988 has continued to qualify and grow from it ever since.

[@foxx037x]

One of my favorite movies from my childhood, along with Home Alone, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, and Sandlot.

[@smalldreamarts]

I had read that this was one of John Candy's last movies. Amazing actor. Miss him ❤

[@mattyey]

I love this movie… I’m Australian and we got inspired by this as well (as another hot country with no cold areas, we kill it in summer sports but are not good at winter sports)… and I remember being in tears watching them walking over the line Brilliant underrated movie 👍

[@rach2883]

This movie had a profound effect on me. I remember vividly my dad taking me to see this in the theater when I was 10. It was my favorite movie for many years after.

[@kandicejanusz1829]

I love this movie. I went to go see this for my 16th birthday. RIP John Candy. Yes. This was loosely based on the Jamaican Bobsled team.

[@sjddds]

The movie script was written by Mike Goldberg. I was in high school with Mike. He was a good guy. He died around 15-20 years ago

[@gavinneedham2013]

This movie reminds me of home. My grandparents lived in Calgary and were there during the games. They actually hosted the parents of an athlete, one of the many ways citizens could volunteer.

[@Treysor101]

You guys made me start crying again with this movie!😭 It's so GOOD!

[@EricAKATheBelgianGuy]

Two fun name jokes - Sanka Coffey is supposed to be inspired by Sanka coffee, and Yul Brenner is a reference to real-life actor Yul Brynner, who won the Oscar in 1956 for "The King and I."

[@BotwinSC2]

Love this movie, it's such a surreal nostalgia trip. Rode past the Olympic Oval building on my bike ride to and from school for years along with playing basketball in there, seeing them run the rope bridge at the Calgary Zoo and down by the Bow River to learn how to run on ice, and even the speech John Candy gives to the committee to get them un-disqualified is in the room at Canada Olympic Park is where I sat waiting for an ambulance after breaking my arm snowboarding there. Amazing movie, amazing true story, and great reactors. Thanks for the trip down memory lane guys! RIP John Candy

[@johnathanstruble1064]

Based on true story, actual footage, and the TRUE Spirit of the Olympics.

[@charlienerd]

Btw its losely based on the real first jamican bobsled team and even now they still have a bobsled team

[@desiyoung9611]

They have two and four man teams along with a women’s team

[@Skye_Writer]

Yep yep yep. Ofc, they have to train out of the country in the winter time, but it might surprise you to realize that most of bobsled training is OUT of the sled. With the limited number of tracks in the world (approximately 14) and of course the summer temperatures, it becomes impossible to practice bobsledding year-round. They are only able to actually practice on the ice from October through the end of March. After that, the cost of keeping ice on a refrigerated track is just too inefficient. Ultimately, the bulk of their time - almost all of the off season and two or three days a week during the on season - is spent in the weight room, where developing power and strength for accelerating the bobsled is of the utmost importance. Off-season workouts are split between time on the running track and time in the weight room. To break it down even further, their lifting workouts are probably 80% lower body work; you don't want a massive chest and arms because you need to hunker down in the sled, and large shoulders will just be a windsail slowing down the sled. They need to be strong, but still lean. Overall, bobsledder training is a combination of an Olympic weight lifter’s and an Olympic sprinter’s. They need the strength to be able to move the 500 lb sled and still have the speed to be able to keep up as it gets moving down the icy hill before they jump in. Interestingly, a lot of bobsled first-timers fail out of the program because they cannot handle the G-forces generated by the sled's speed. And while I LOVE "Cool Runnings" no way in the world would Sanka be the brakeman unless he got WAY stronger. Using this particular lineup, Yul Brynner would have/should have been the brakeman, because he has the most weight to push and needs to be the strongest man on the team.

[@GreatestFriends18]

Love this movie! I cry at the end every time.

[@shawnadams1460]

I love this movie, and YES it really did happen! That is the first Winter Olympics that I remember, I was 12 and let me tell you their bobsled team TOOK OVER THE WORLD!! I remember seeing SOOO many Jamaican shirts after this happened. And like the other commenters said, Eddie The Eagle was another great story line. Just an average guy that said, F it, I'll compete for our country! Good movie worth reviewing as well!!

[@genageeraert8039]

This is based on a real story. It happened. As a Canadian it makes me proud it happened in Calgary. I miss John Candy.

[@jeffjenkins7976]

I wore this tape out when I was a kid, such an amazing movie!!!

[@williambryan3346]

One of my favorite lines in the movie is “Gee, I didn’t know that four Black guys in a bobsled could make you blush.”

[@bremCZ]

The name of this film in the Czech Republic was "Coconuts in the Snow"

[@johnnybravo9096]

Lol.

[@clee47ford]

When the Olympics were really the Olympics. The world’s best amateur athletes competing for the pride of representing their countries. Cool Runnings is a fantastic movie and is the late John Candy at his best. The movie captures the spirit of the true Olympic Games.

[@IDieHardForever]

This was one of the first movies that was infinitely quotable for us kids in the neighborhood. It did for Jamaica what Crocodile Dundee did for Australia.

[@canuckled]

Jamaican bobsled team competed in 2022 Olympics and have won gold at international competitions. Nigeria also has a bobsled team

[@kathrynbaker7278]

The lesson I took away from this movie was, do not let other people tell you what’s possible. So what if nobody has done this before. It doesn’t mean it’s not possible, only that no one has done it before. There is no telling what is possible with hard work and determination. Such a great movie.

[@NathanFree84]

Great film that still holds up and YES this is loosely based on a true story. First Jamaican bobsled team was Calgary 1988!

[@joohoneybun]

feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, get on up it's bobsled time. cool runnings! i am so excited to watch this reaction. one of my all time favs. :)

[@frkzoid]

RIP John Candy

[@bidwell13]

I love this movie. It’s such a fun uplifting movie. 29:56 and he wasn’t doing it to punish the Jamaican athletes. He was doing it to punish Irv and the athletes were just caught in the middle. I like how Irv told him to punish him and let the guys compete. I think the first misunderstanding on the time was that he hadn’t been part of Olympic bobsledding in years so he hadn’t kept up that it was so competitive that they had to change the qualifying. The minute flat was cause the judge hated Irv. 36:46 at this point everyone started seeing them as serious athletes. They could’ve just quit after the crash and let the emergency crew take care of their sled but they found a way to finish. Plus that one guy wasn’t trying to hurt them. He was trying to hurt Irv.

[@popcornthemagictalkingcat7996]

I'm so happy to see this reaction! This fish out of water team trying and working so hard was such an inspiration to me, and I went out and bought the soundtrack to keep those positive vibes❤✨️

[@sleeplessknight00]

"I SEE PRIDE! POWER! A BAD-ASS MUTHA WHO DON'T TAKE NO CRAP OFF OF NOBODY!" Every now and then, I will just randomly say this to myself. It makes me laugh, but I also use it as a little pick-me-up, too.

[@apkelly01]

The real footage from the crash is brutal, how they didn't break their necks is unbelievable. This makes me cry everytime I watch it ❤

[@jonathancruz5932]

Great story for Jamaican’s Bobsled. May the country of Jamaica honor them 🇯🇲🏅🏅🏅🏅

[@getinnerds]

If you liked this one, youll love Eddie the Eagle. Its set at the same Olympics and theres even a mention of the Jamaican bobsled team in there. I think youd love it.

[@johnnywhiteiii3511]

The ending will make you stand up, cheer and cry.

[@BeyondmyselfIsrael]

“I SEE PRIDE!! I SEE POWER!!! I SEE A BAD ASS MUDDA WHO DONT TAKE NO CRAP OFF FROM NO BODY!!! Junior Bevil- One of my favorite scenes. 😭🤣😂

[@roxysdg334]

Everyone watched this live on tv! This movie is a family favorite my kids watched it all through their childhood and now we will watch it with our grandchildren. This movie never gets old and defies time. GREAT FAMILY MOVIE!