Mildly entertaining rubbish really
Added 11/17/2009
We're great fans of Paul Gross who stars in this film. This was supposed to be clever and tongue in cheek comedy, but was pretty rubbishy really. The humour was far beneath Paul's other works (Due South, and Slings and Arrows, for example). The film was entertaining enough, but tepid. We didn't even really feel like we'd learned much about curling particularly, either.. but then we're Canadian already so what more is there to know?! We enjoy and "get" Canadian humour but this was definitely the shallow end of it. If you buy the video as part of a combined postage deal, great; if not, give it a miss.
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Men With Brooms
Added 10/24/2009
This is a great movie about curling and relationships. I am not a curling fan; but I thought the filming of the curling action was exceptional. The movie was funny and very entertaining. I also loved the outtakes at the end of the film.
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Fun and human, but don't look for anything too serious
Added 5/19/2009
I really like this movie, but I don't know if it's for everyone. It is a "sports" movie, but the sport is really a page upon which to draw the human drama. It's about realizing what is really important and being able to look yourself in the mirror... but I wouldn't watch it if that was all that it was. I am easily bored with drama, and don't want to waste my limited free time being upset about the problems of imaginary people. If I am going to watch a movie, I want to me ENTERTAINED. This movie paints the human aspects with broad strokes of the absurd, and unexpected moments of clarity. Beware that it has its fair share of bad language, and the quest for offspring leads to a number of scenes that people a generation older than me (Boomers +) would surely feel were in poor taste, but it is always done tongue-in-cheek with what I feel is an awareness of the overall hilarity of the human condition. To sum it all up, I'd say it was funny, and ... sweet.
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If only we could choose no stars
Added 1/19/2009
This is one of the worst movies ever made. I love Paul Gross, but his ego is too big even for the vast expanse of the Canadian north, and this is essentially his big ego party, with all his favorite people playing on that for him. Molly Parker, from Deadwood, is wasted here, and she usually brings a quality to anything she's in. It's filled with Gross's obsession with scatalogical "humor," really bad slapstick "comedy," and generally makes Canadians look very bad indeed. When Molly Parker's character says "I'd rather s*** in my mouth" in response to a fairly benign question, I knew I was in for a bad time.
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Curling rules!
Added 1/3/2008
If you're looking for a fun movie, this is the one for you - Leslie Nielsen is hysterical along with the rest of the boys in this faboo Canadian movie!
the only caveat I would give is that it's not for the little ones - there's a slew of sexual references and situations that might make it a bit risque for kids - but the curling shots are great!
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Mildly entertaining rubbish really
Added 11/17/2009
We're great fans of Paul Gross who stars in this film. This was supposed to be clever and tongue in cheek comedy, but was pretty rubbishy really. The humour was far beneath Paul's other works (Due South, and Slings and Arrows, for example). The film was entertaining enough, but tepid. We didn't even really feel like we'd learned much about curling particularly, either.. but then we're Canadian already so what more is there to know?! We enjoy and "get" Canadian humour but this was definitely the shallow end of it. If you buy the video as part of a combined postage deal, great; if not, give it a miss.
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Men With Brooms
Added 10/24/2009
This is a great movie about curling and relationships. I am not a curling fan; but I thought the filming of the curling action was exceptional. The movie was funny and very entertaining. I also loved the outtakes at the end of the film.
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Fun and human, but don't look for anything too serious
Added 5/19/2009
I really like this movie, but I don't know if it's for everyone. It is a "sports" movie, but the sport is really a page upon which to draw the human drama. It's about realizing what is really important and being able to look yourself in the mirror... but I wouldn't watch it if that was all that it was. I am easily bored with drama, and don't want to waste my limited free time being upset about the problems of imaginary people. If I am going to watch a movie, I want to me ENTERTAINED. This movie paints the human aspects with broad strokes of the absurd, and unexpected moments of clarity. Beware that it has its fair share of bad language, and the quest for offspring leads to a number of scenes that people a generation older than me (Boomers +) would surely feel were in poor taste, but it is always done tongue-in-cheek with what I feel is an awareness of the overall hilarity of the human condition. To sum it all up, I'd say it was funny, and ... sweet.
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