Watch this when
Cool Runnings
Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme… and feel proud of finishing. 🛷
Who it's for
Cool Runnings is pure underdog joy: four friends who are laughed at for even trying, who learn a sport from scratch and earn respect on their own terms.
Underestimated→Proud, joyful
Feelings it meets
What it is
Inspired by the true story of Jamaica's first Olympic bobsled team. After a sprinter misses his shot at the Summer Games, he recruits three unlikely teammates and a disgraced former bobsled champion as coach to compete at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, a country with no snow and no bobsled tradition.
Where to find it
Disney+ (availability varies by region); check JustWatch. Also on Blu-ray/DVD.
Before you start
Heads up: A bobsled crash and mild language.
Age: PG
I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.Booker T. Washington, Up from Slavery, Chapter II
