cool runnings

Cool Runnings is a good movie to watch. John Candy does a good job as usual. The movie is directed very well, with each scene smoothly clicking into place in the overall scheme of things. All characters' roles are well done, meaning any scene featuring anyone in the movie, be it the people watching t.v in the bar or the spectators at the race or the kid writing scores or the people in offices laughing their heads off, the extras don't have cliche roles put in to paint the lead character, they have parts that paint the story and this is what makes the difference. Of course, a good bit of glossing over the harshness and callousness of real life happens, which helps in a movie any day (if we wanted real-life, we'd go out to the market, eh).
I wonder why my movie rental store or the movie theatres so pathetically fail at the job of entertainment when Star Movies and HBO together make up for that failure ten times over.
The movie ends with the 'I can see clearly now the rain is gone' playing over credits and it is a good thing.