Cool Runnings

The summertime outdoor theatre was showing Cool Runnings so this week's movie was decided for us.  We gathered our lollies and blankets, headed down to the park and settled in.  About ten minutes into the movie it started to rain so we gathered our things and raced out of there yelling "Feel the rhythm! Feel the rhyme! Get on up, its bobsled time! COOL RUNNINGS!" and watched the rest back home on the comfy couch.

Cool Runnings [very loosely] tells the story of the 1988 Winter Olympic's very first Jamaican Bobsled team.  It doesn't end as you would expect such an underdog type movie to end but that's refreshing and not disappointing actually. 

Rating: There was a lot more talking in this movie than we remembered but it was still fun to watch the first time.  The characters are colourful and charismatic and there are some good one liners in there.

Naughty bits:  This movie is as clean as the freshly driven snow unless you object to calling yourself a "bad ass mother"

Snacks:  A hard boiled egg (kiss it first)

Family In-quotes: "You Dead?" "Ya Mon"

Related Goodies:
The true story which inspired the movie
The Bobsled song inspired by 2014 Jamaican Bobsled team
Footage of the 1988 Jamaican Bobsled team (some of which was used in the movie!)