Cool Runnings
Acceptable. Age: 8+. A Catholic review of this movie for parents.
Our review
Four men from Jamaica decide to enter the Winter Olympics as a bobsled team. They have never seen snow. A coach who once cheated trains them, and they learn to work together. It is a funny underdog story about honesty and pride in who you are. The one age is 8, set by Common Sense Media (PG). Expect a bar brawl, some mild swearing, and a few uses of God's name as an exclamation.
For parents
One age: 8, set by Common Sense Media (PG; Kids-In-Mind 0.2.2). No Church rating found. Talk about it: Irv was disqualified for cheating and later works as a bookie; Common Sense logs a brief cartoon-style bar brawl, a lingering kiss at a kissing booth played for laughs, some innuendo, beer drinking, and mild profanity including 'God' and 'Jesus Christ' as exclamations. A newsreel headline mentions a bobsledder killed in a crash, and the sled crashes on screen. Common Sense also notes some racial clichés and the outdated word 'Eskimos'. The team faces prejudice from rivals. Plugged In could not be fetched. Ask: Why did Irv cheat, and what did he learn? What does it mean to 'finish with pride'?