Ravings of a Textual Deviant

Men With Brooms, starring Paul Gross (Benton Fraser from Due South), Molly Parker, and Leslie Nielsen, is a very Canadian movie about four members of the Long Bay (Ontario) Curling Club, reunited after their former coach dies and posthumously exhorts them (via video and audio tape) to re-form the team and win the Golden Broom. The production is very much Paul Gross’s creation, as he starred in it, wrote it, directed it, and even pitched in on some of the storyboards. Although it’s his first feature film, he did write and executive-produce several episodes of the third season of Due South, so he’s not a complete beginner. It’s got a foregone conclusion, as is any underdog sports movie I’ve ever seen. However, the characters are interesting and the performances are excellent. While the plot’s not terribly exciting, it avoids being either saccharine or juvenile, and comes off as enjoyable.

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