History Film / MenWithBrooms

* CanadaEh: Parts of this movie play like a love letter to producer-and-star Paul Gross's home country.

* LesYay: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] by Amy when Julie was trying to have a heart-to-heart with her about Chris. [[DudeNotFunny Julie asks Amy why]] ''[[DudeNotFunny everything]]'' [[DudeNotFunny has to be a joke with her.]]

* OneSceneWonder: Manitoba curler Jeff Stoughton makes an appearance, demonstrating his trademark [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQiskeK7HIc "Spin-O-Rama"]] delivery.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: The herd (flock? pack?) of Beavers that block the road after the guys listen to their coach's recorded message in the car.

* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: a variation: Both sisters are The Smart Sister; one happens to be the Prodigal Daughter (went to college, joined [[{{Expy}} The American Space Agency]], became an astronaut) while the other is [[TheDutifulSon The Dutiful Daughter]], who stayed home with the family and cared for their father. Also, [[TriangRelations both are romantic interests]] for Chris Cutter.

* TriangRelations: Chris, Julie, and Amy, with Chris being the focus. Starts as a Type 4, until Julie points out to Amy that, strictly speaking, there ''is'' no triangle since Chris left her years previously and she's grown to pretty much hate him [[{{Tsundere}} despite their one-night-stand hookup.]]

!!This film contains examples of the following:

* MembershipToken: The matching beaver tattoos on all four guys [[spoiler: and Amy]].

A 2002 RomanticComedy movie starring Creator/PaulGross and Creator/LeslieNielsen, and seemingly half of the cast of ''Series/DueSouth''. Chris Cutter, once a local Curling legend until he left town without explanation (not to mention leaving his fiancée at the altar), comes back home for his curling coach's funeral. His curling coach's main wish, according to his will, is for Cutter to bring the old team back together to try and win the Golden Broom, the Curling equivalent to UsefulNotes/TheStanleyCup, as well as for him to reconcile with his estranged (not to mention [[CloudCuckooLander strange]]) dad -- famed curling coach Gordon Cutter, played by Leslie Nielsen. HilarityEnsues.

* YourCheatingHeart: {{Averted}}. Nothing seems to happen as a result Neil's developing relationship with Joanne, though that could have something to do with the fact that his wife is secretly having an affair with his assistant.

* YouFailLawForever: {{Lampshaded}} and {{averted}} at the reading of Donald Foley's will. The lawyer admits that there really ''isn't'' any way his requests regarding the team and the stone could be considered legally binding; everybody goes along with it out of consideration for the deceased.

* {{Expy}}: The American Space Agency, filling in for UsefulNotes/NASA.

A 2002 RomanticComedy movie starring Creator/PaulGross and Creator/LeslieNielsen, and seemingly half of the cast of ''Series/DueSouth''. Chris Cutter, once a local Curling legend until he left town without explanation (not to mention leaving his fiancée at the altar), comes back home for his curling coach's funeral. His curling coach's main wish, according to his will, is for Cutter to bring the old team back together to try and win the Golden Broom, the Curling equivalent to the UsefulNotes/TheStanleyCup, as well as for him to reconcile with his estranged (not to mention [[CloudCuckooLander strange]]) dad -- famed curling coach Gordon Cutter, played by Leslie Nielsen. HilarityEnsues.

RomanticComedy movie starring Paul Gross and Leslie Nielsen, and seemingly half of the cast of ''Series/DueSouth''. Chris Cutter, once a local Curling legend until he left town without explanation (not to mention leaving his fiancée at the altar), comes back home for his curling coach's funeral. His curling coach's main wish, according to his will, is for Cutter to bring the old team back together to try and win the Golden Broom, the Curling equivilant to the Stanley Cup, as well as for him to reconcile with his estranged (not to mention [[CloudCuckooLander strange]]) dad, famed curling coach Gordon Cutter, played by Leslie Nielsen. HilarityEnsues.

* EagleLand: A mix of both types with Alexander ''"[[RedBaron The Juggernaut]]"'' Yount, whose team wears shiny jumpsuits, enters the stadium to rock music and pyrotechnics, and has ''cheerleaders''. Though he's ''very'' competitive and takes himself ''way'' too seriously, he also asks the officials to let Gordon redo a botched shot, and then congratulates him on a good game.

* {{Expy}}: The American Space Agency, filling in for NASA.

RomanticComedy movie starring Paul Gross and Leslie Nielsen, and seemingly half of the cast of ''Series/DueSouth''. Chris Cutter, once a local Curling legend until he left town without explanation (not to mention leaving his fiancee at the altar), comes back home for his curling coach's funeral. His curling coach's main wish, according to his will, is for Cutter to bring the old team back together to try and win the Golden Broom, the Curling equivilant to the Stanley Cup, as well as for him to reconcile with his estranged (not to mention [[CloudCuckooLander strange]]) dad, famed curling coach Gordon Cutter, played by Leslie Nielsen. HilarityEnsues.

* BrickJoke: [[spoiler: The Loan shark]]

-->'''Lennox''':''Hey man, even if I wanted to, I've got principles. She has to be conscious, to begin with...''

* EagleLand: A mix of both types with Alexander ''[[RedBaron The Juggernaut]]'' Yount, whose team wears shiny jumpsuits, enters the stadium to rock music and pyrotechnics, and has ''cheerleaders''. Though he's ''very'' competitive and takes himself ''way'' too seriously, he also asks the officials to let Gordon redo a botched shot, and then congratulates him on a good game.

* FirstGirlWins: Averted in both cases where it comes up, though in neither case did it seem like the First Girl was particularly trying [[note]] Cutter's ex-fiancee pretty clearly hates him for leaving her, and is too busy preparing [[ItMakesSenseInContext to leave Earth]], and Bucyk's wife was cheating on him with his assistant through the whole movie anyways. She does seem impressed that he finally grew a spine, though by that point he's already walking out the door.[[/note]]

* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Joanne, the "[[InsistentTerminology Rent-A-Girlfriend]]", though Lennox never seems to actually do the things that one traditionally does with a prostitute, though she could just be the type of escort where sex isn't part of the deal.
* KarmaHoudini: Linda Bucyk, who spends much of the movie cheating on her husband. Though it is strongly indicated at the end of the film that he's leaving her, it has less to do with the affair and more to do with her general abusiveness (and his own developing relationship with [[TheDitz Joanne]])

** Mineral MacGuffin: Well, they ''are'' basically polished stones with handles attached

* VisualPun: {{Invoked}} by Lennox while hanging out with the rest of the team, by means of sharing his theory of why Chris Cutter left town without explanation. He poured some liquor from his flask onto a curling stone, set the stone sliding across the ice, and lit the liquor on fire, all to indicate that Chris had "burned" a stone in the previous Golden Broom (touching it after releasing it, considered cheating in the sport of Curling)

* FakeAmerican: Greg Bryk as Alexander ''The Juggernaut'' Yount is from Winnipeg.

* HeyItsThatGuy: If you've ever been a fan of ''Series/DueSouth'', you'll recognize probably half of the cast of this film, not to mention the late Leslie Nielsen.
** George Buza, playing the loan shark, has made a career of such roles in Canadian film and television.

* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Chris Cutter
** TheLancer: James Lennox
** TheSmartGuy: Neil Bucyk
** TheBigGuy: Eddie Strombeck
** TheChick: Amy Foley, also TheMedic, usually tending to Gordon after his various AmusingInjuries
** TheSixthRanger: Gordon Cutter, also the EccentricMentor.

* EagleLand: A mix of both types Alexander ''[[RedBaron The Juggernaut]]'' Yount, whose team wears shiny jumpsuits, enters the stadium to rock music and pyrotechnics, and has ''cheerleaders''. Though he's ''very'' competitive and takes himself ''way'' too seriously, he also asks the officials to let Gordon redo a botched shot, and then congratulates him on a good game.

* EagleLand: Alexander ''[[RedBaron The Juggernaut]]'' Yount, whose team wears shiny jumpsuits, enters the stadium to rock music and pyrotechnics, and has ''cheerleaders''. Though he's ''very'' competitive and takes himself ''way'' too seriously, he's actually not a particularly negative portrayal of Americans.

* HotMom: Amy

* DeadpanSnarker: Neil, [[ThereIsNoSuchThingAsNotability notably]], only when talking to his wife.

* FirstGirlWins: Averted in both cases where it comes up, though in neither case did it seem like the First Girl was particularly trying [[hottip:*: Cutter's ex-fiancee pretty clearly hates him for leaving her, and is too busy preparing [[ItMakesSenseInContext to leave Earth]], and Bucyk's wife was cheating on him with his assistant through the whole movie anyways. She does seem impressed that he finally grew a spine, though by that point he's already walking out the door.]]

* YourCheatingHeart: {{Averted}}. Nothing seems to happen as a result Neil's developing relationship with Joanne, though that could have something to do with the fact that his wife is secretly having an affair with his assistant.

RomanticComedy movie starring Paul Gross and Leslie Nielsen, and seemingly half of the cast of ''DueSouth''. Chris Cutter, once a local Curling legend until he left town without explanation (not to mention leaving his fiancee at the altar), comes back home for his curling coach's funeral. His curling coach's main wish, according to his will, is for Cutter to bring the old team back together to try and win the Golden Broom, the Curling equivilant to the Stanley Cup, as well as for him to reconcile with his estranged (not to mention [[CloudCuckooLander strange]]) dad, famed curling coach Gordon Cutter, played by Leslie Nielsen. HilarityEnsues.

* HeyItsThatGuy: If you've ever been a fan of ''DueSouth'', you'll recognize probably half of the cast of this film, not to mention the late Leslie Nielsen.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: When his wife asks him, for the second or third time, to pass her the beets during dinner, Neil slides it to her like a curling stone, bouncing it off several other dishes on the way, much to the amusement of his kids [[StopHavingFunGuys and less so to his wife]].

* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Joanne, the "[[InsistentTerminology Rent-A-Girlfriend]]", though Lennox never seems to actually do [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean the things that one traditionally does with a prostitue]], though she could just be the type of escort where sex isn't part of the deal.