I hate to admit it but here it comes: I am a sucker for cheesy sports movies. I don't know what it is but when some sport gets glorified on screen and decade old clichés get warmed up I just can't help myself but go with it. Without a doubt one of the best cheesy sports films (and most definitely one of my childhood favorites) is Cool Runnings.
The film is about the first Jamaican bobsled team to go to the Olympic Games in 1988. It is loosely based on a true story and plays it safe and family-friendly all the way. The four very different main characters together with their unlikely coach played by John Candy are really well cast and share a great chemistry. Granted, they go through every sport film cliché in the book but hey, do you really care when it's so much fun?
You can bash this film for all the cheesiness it exhales, every 90s style montage it includes, every grand speech it takes pride in. Or you can just relax and take it for what it is, a pitch perfect sports film that doesn't care about its unoriginal underdog story, a family film that even gore fans don't need to be ashamed of liking, a comedy that treats its characters with warmth without mocking them.
I don't know what else to say, this is a great simple film that doesn't try to change the world but charms the audience all the way through. If you are not entertained by Cool Runnings then go and check whether you're still alive.
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