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Men With Brooms

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A decade ago, curler Chris Cutter (Paul Gross) disappeared suddenly on the verge of stardom, dropping his curling stones to the bottom of a lake and leaving his fiancée, Julie Foley (Michelle Nolden), at the altar. But when his former coach dies, Cutter returns home for the funeral and attempts to fulfill the man's last wishes. The team is reunited under Cutter's estranged dad, Gordon (Leslie Nielsen) -- himself a former curling star -- for a final attempt at glory.

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William Thomas Empire Magazine 12/30/2006
3/5
Serving as director, writer and lead, Paul Gross -- who enjoyed brief fame in the TV Mountie show Due South -- imbues his film with that series' same languid Canadian charm. Go to Full Review Steven Rosen Denver Post 09/20/2002
2.5/4
It makes you believe the cast and crew thoroughly enjoyed themselves and believed in their small-budget film. Go to Full Review Robert Koehler Variety 03/26/2002
Someday, a creative filmmaker may make an involving movie on the unique sport of curling. Men With Brooms, however, is not that movie. Go to Full Review Brian D. Johnson Maclean's Magazine 03/24/2020
The filmmakers have great fun mixing and matching the game's metaphors. With such gags as a sweat lodge of hot curling rocks, they send up and glorify its rituals all at once. Go to Full Review MaryAnn Johanson Flick Filosopher 07/07/2010
On one hand, it's a Canadian movie about curling, so points for originality and cultural pride... On the other hand, almost all of those points for originality come back off, because... we can see it all coming from the opening scenes. I mean, everything. Go to Full Review Robert Pardi TV Guide 12/06/2005
1.5/5
While curling enthusiasts may be delighted to see their little-known sport featured in a film, actor-director Paul Gross never manages to make it seem interesting to newcomers. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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01/02/2021 If you're 12 years old and you like fart jokes you will love this movie I promise you. See more 11/10/2020 This was my type of movie with style and a lot more but a ton of the jokes missed to me 2.9 See more 07/01/2020 I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!! It's so Canadian! See more corkball @RT87142816 11/04/2019 Formulaic underdog sports movie. It has some quirky Canadian-specific charm, but nothing particularly interesting happens in this film, and it is REALLY hard to get worked up by curling. See more 10/08/2019 I've loved this movie ever since I first saw it years ago, and was reminded of it when I saw it again just now. It's Canadian, with a capital Canuck, and for that alone I adore it. (How to define Canadian themes, Canadian ambiance and pacing, Canadian sense of wry, surrealistic japery mixed with deep and kind empathy? I can't. But I know it when I see it.) All the actors are very good and sometimes more than very good (Molly Parker and Peter Outerbridge especially) and Gross's direction is deft and remarkably light. There are a couple of gags that fall flat in 2019; other than that, this is a tiny bit of brilliance. See more 06/12/2016 I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. The only actors name that I recognized was Leslie Neilsen and I recognized the debt collector but didn't know his name, however this movie was really enjoyable! It ends up dragging you into it and also taught me things about curling that I didn't know. Overall, I would and will recommend to others that this movie is worth watching and one that I would watch again. See more Read all reviews
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Paul Gross

Director

Paul Gross

Chris Cutter

Molly Parker

Amy Foley

Peter Outerbridge

James Lennox

Jed Rees

Eddie Strombeck

James Allodi

Neil Bucyk

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Men With Brooms

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Movie Info

Synopsis A decade ago, curler Chris Cutter (Paul Gross) disappeared suddenly on the verge of stardom, dropping his curling stones to the bottom of a lake and leaving his fiancée, Julie Foley (Michelle Nolden), at the altar. But when his former coach dies, Cutter returns home for the funeral and attempts to fulfill the man's last wishes. The team is reunited under Cutter's estranged dad, Gordon (Leslie Nielsen) -- himself a former curling star -- for a final attempt at glory.
Director
Paul Gross
Producer
Robert Lantos
Screenwriter
Paul Gross, John Krizanc
Distributor
Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc.
Production Co
Serendipity Point Films, Whizbang Films
Rating
R (Sexuality|Language|Some Drug Use)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 20, 2002, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$4.2M
Runtime
1h 42m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby Digital, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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