Men with Brooms

2002
R
1h 42m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

4.8K

YOUR RATING

Leslie Nielsen, James Allodi, Paul Gross, Peter Outerbridge, Molly Parker, and Jed Rees in Men with Brooms (2002)

Comedy Drama Romance Sport

Four men take time from their personal problems to reunite as a curling team and compete in a bonspiel that will restore their honour.Four men take time from their personal problems to reunite as a curling team and compete in a bonspiel that will restore their honour.Four men take time from their personal problems to reunite as a curling team and compete in a bonspiel that will restore their honour.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

4.8K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 10 nominations

Trivia
The Tragically Hip, one of Canada's most popular rock bands, appear in this film as team Kingston. All five members hail from Kingston, and four still reside there permanently.

Goofs
Throughout many of the games you will see that there are many rocks left in the house. The true way of counting score in curling is whoever has the closet rock to the button gets 1 point, then for every other rock that is closer gets another point until an opponent's rock is closer then any more in the house. During many of the games some houses were left with up to 5 rocks in the house with no opposing rocks. The scores should have been much higher in all the games, most notably in the final game.

Quotes
Joanne: [discussing curling] Okay. Like shuttleboard.
James Lennox: It's shufflebaord and no. You gotta think like snooker, poker, and free-rock climbing. This is dangerous shit.

Crazy credits
Directorial Consultant (Without whom we would still be on the ice in Brampton): Francis Damberger

Connections
Featured in The Waldo Cumberbund Story (2005)

Soundtracks
Silver Road
Performed by Sarah Harmer with The Tragically Hip
Written by Sarah Harmer
Pare Publishing (admin. by Cold Snap Music) (SOCAN/BMI)
p. 2001 Cold Snap Records
Courtesy of Cold Snap Records/Universal Music Canada

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Review

Featured review

8/10

Wry silly humor

The negative reviews point out that the film is cliched. Most comedy these days can be accused of that. What pulls this film up for me is the characters. I live in a small town and recognize these characters as my neighbors. More over, although they are flawed, the residents are treated with respect and love. I think this film nailed the experience of closeness in a village. I also enjoyed watching curling. Who knew the sport was performed with such precision and grace. Probably not the best film for city loving flat landers. It did make me laugh and gave me a buzz of happiness.