Movie : Men
With Brooms
Original Title
: Men with Brooms (2002)
Category :
Comedy
Director :
Paul
Gross (I)
Starring :
Connor
Price (Brandon Foley) , Paul Gross (I) (Chris Cutter), Leslie Nielsen (Gordon
Cutter), Kari Matchett (Linda Bucyk), Molly Parker (I) (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), Johnny Fay (Curler, Team), Gord Sinclair (I) (Curler, Team
Kingston), Bobby Baker (Curler, Team), Paul Langlois (Curler,
Rated : 7.3
Year : 2002
Plot : Nothing
has been the same in the little town of Long Bay, Ontario since Chris Cutter
(Paul Gross) disappeared ten years ago. When curling star Cutter took off,
he didn't just throw away a chance to win the Golden Broom -- the "Stanley
Cup" of the curling world -- he actually hurled the curling stones into
the waters of local Trout Lake. And he also threw away his chances at love,
leaving his beautiful fiancee Julie Foley (Michelle Nolden) standing at
the altar. Although Julie survived Cutter's rapid retreat(she went off
to become astronaut), he sunk the sporting dreams of his three teammates
and left them behind to fare for themselves. And they haven't fared too
well: Neil Bucyk (James Allodi) is a dissatisfied mortician in a marriage
as lifeless as his customers; James Lennox (Peter Outerbridge) is constantly
courting trouble, and this time he's headed for a date with a thug who's
tracking him down in search of payback; and Eddie Strombeck (Jed Rees)
can't impregnate his wife because of his single digit sperm count. But
Cutter's former Coach -- and Julie's father -- has hatched an idea that
just might change all their fates. Aided by his other daughter Amy (Molly
Parker), a single mother who battles alcohol alongside broken dreams, the
Coach dreams up a plan that involves reclaiming the curling rocks from
the bottom of Trout Lake. But while raising the rocks, the Coach dies of
a heart attack. Returning for the funeral, Cutter grows nostalgic for Long
Bay and those he left behind. But, it is not until he hears the codicil
to Coach Foley's will that he becomes entangled in the dead coach's plan
and is determined to stay. In the will, Coach FOley stipulates that he
wants his ashes placed in the curling team's Copernicus stone; he wants
Cutter to re-form the Long Bay Curling Club team; and moreover, he wants
them to place his stone -- now his urn -- on the "button" (the curling
ring bull's eye) to finally win the Golden Broom. Realizing that the team
needs a coach in order to win, Cutter calls upon an eccentric retired curling
champion -- his estranged father Gordon Cutter (Leslie Nielsen). Thus,
these four men with brooms, along with their coach, set off on a comedic
journey which takes them from frozen lakes to huge arenas, searching for
perfect stones, lost loves and second chances.
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