Men with Brooms (2002)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Paul Gross

Writers:

Paul Gross (story)
John Krizanc (story)

Release Date:

22 November 2002 (Turkey)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sport

Tagline:

There's More Than One Way To Sweep a Woman Off Her Feet.

Plot:

Paul Gross stars as the leader of a recently reunited curling team from a small Canadian town. This...

Plot Keywords:

Championship | Curling | Coach | Funeral Home | Father Daughter Relationship

Awards:

1 win & 9 nominations

Cast

Paul Gross	...	Chris Cutter
Connor Price	...	Brandon Foley
Leslie Nielsen	...	Gordon Cutter
Kari Matchett	...	Linda Bucyk
Molly Parker	...	Amy Foley
Michelle Nolden	...	Julie Foley
Peter Outerbridge	...	James Lennox
Jed Rees	...	Eddie Strombeck
Polly Shannon	...	Joanne
James Allodi	...	Neil Bucyk
Gord Downie	...	Curler, Team Kingston (as The Tragically Hip)
Johnny Fay	...	Curler, Team Kingston (as The Tragically Hip)
Gord Sinclair	...	Curler, Team Kingston (as The Tragically Hip)
Bobby Baker	...	Curler, Team Kingston (as The Tragically Hip)
Paul Langlois	...	Curler, Team Kingston (as The Tragically Hip)

Also Known As:

Quatre gars et un balai (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, sexuality and some drug use.

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:12 | Netherlands:12 | Canada:14A | USA:R | Sweden:15 | Sweden:7

Filming Locations:

Brampton Curling Club, Brampton, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Serendipity Point Films

Trivia:

In an attempt to help make this Canadian-made film successful, Alliance Atlantis put on an advertising campaign that was on par with a campaign for a Hollywood-made film.

Goofs:

Continuity: The score on the scoreboard changes inconsistently between shots during the Long Bay/Butte game.

Quotes:

James Lennox: She's a rent-a-girlfriend.
Chris Cutter: Good God! Listen to yourself. Are you some kind of moral dyslexic.
James Lennox: I think you got that backwards, baby.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Waldo Cumberbund Story (2005)

Soundtrack:

Diggin' A Hole

Different and the same, simultaneously

The film is about the sport of curling, and has a lot of Canadian small-town quirkiness thrown in. That makes it different than most other movies out there. But the plot... If you can't guess what is going to happen every step of the way, then you have never seen any of the innumerable rag-tag-bunch-of-misfits-overcome-the-odds-to-beat-their-adversaries films. It is funny at times, but other jokes are just beaten into the ground. One example is the drunken announcer at the curling match. It was a little funny to begin with, but it got real old. This is the type of movie that you can stand to watch if it is on cable, but don't go out of your way to see it.