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MEN WITH BROOMS

What You Need To Know:

MEN WITH BROOMS is a sports comedy from Canada. The story focuses on Chris Cutter, the leader of a team of curling, or ice shuffleboard, athletes. Chris has fallen from grace because, in a past Golden Broom tournament, he failed to acknowledge a foul that he committed. Ten years later, the team’s coach drops dead and, in his will, asks the team to try again to win the Golden Broom. Paul, however, gets distracted by one of the dead coach’s two daughters, Julie, who’s also an astronaut. Paul’s leaving 10 years before had broken up their relationship, but it’s the other daughter, Amy, who really loves him. Can Amy win his heart? Also, can Paul restore the honor he’s lost, or will his moral conscience fail him again?

MEN WITH BROOMS is a whimsical, at times charming, exercise in understated Canadian comedy. The script is a little uneven and overpacked, however. In addition, despite some positive references to God and Jesus Christ, as well as some moral elements, MEN WITH BROOMS contains a pluralistic New Age worldview with strong foul language, adult sexual references and politically correct elements regarding two homosexual lesbians.

Content:

(PaPa, C, B, PCPC, HoHo, Ro, LLL, V, SS, N, A, DD, M) Eclectic pagan worldview with New Age themes and some positive, winsome references to Jesus Christ and God as well as some moral elements and some politically correct, homosexual elements whereby two unattached women become lesbian lovers in the feel good, everybody’s happy ending, and some Romantic elements such as a comment, “The purity of the heart is to will one thing”; 49 obscenities including many “f” words, 13 strong profanities, 17 light profanities including some borderline ones said in praise of God such as “Good God in His high chair,” sexual comments, and jokes about putting a dead person’s ashes in a weird place; comical violence such as pratfalls, fighting and punching fist and head through wall; depicted intercourse between married couple, implied fornication, reference to masturbation at fertility clinic, adultery subplot, and two women discover their latent homosexuality and eventually kiss; rear male nudity when men swim naked; alcohol use, drunkenness and woman in Alcoholics Anonymous falls off the wagon; smoking, marijuana use and man grows and eats hallucinogenic mushrooms for “medicinal” purposes; and, miscellaneous immorality such as lying and cheating rebuked.

More Detail:

DUE SOUTH, a quirky, entertaining TV series from Canada about a Canadian Mountie working in Chicago, played in the United States several years back. Paul Gross, a popular star in the Frozen North, starred in the series and had a strong hand in its direction and production. Filled with a whimsical, engaging manner, DUE SOUTH always had a streak of New Age humor in it. For example, the mountie could understand what his pet, a tame wolf, was thinking, and he often had comical imaginary conversations with his dead father, a mountie who died in the line of duty. One could easily forgive these devices, however, because the show was so amiable, relatively family-friendly and even heroic.

Paul is trying to branch out into movies these days. Earlier this year, his Canadian hit, MEN WITH BROOMS, ventured briefly out on foreign shores. Regrettably, Paul saw fit (or unfit) to make an R-rated comedy, with even stronger New Age tones than his TV show. On the other hand, the movie also contains some winsome, positive references not only to God, but also to Jesus Christ, including Christ’s death on the Cross.

Paul stars in MEN WITH BROOMS as Chris Cutter, a curling superstar. (Curling is a sport much like shuffleboard but played on ice with 42-pound stones and brooms to steer the stones along the ice.) Chris has fallen from grace because, in a past Golden Broom tournament, he failed to acknowledge a foul that he committed. (Apparently, curling sometimes depends on the personal honor of the athletes. Imagine that!) Rather than help his team win the finals, an ashamed Paul left the team and never came back. Paul’s teammates never forgave him, nor did Paul’s father, an old curling star played by Leslie Nielsen.

Ten years later, in his last will and testament, the dead coach of Paul’s team asks Paul and his teammates to compete once again for the Golden Broom. The coach also orders his ashes placed in a curling stone.

Reluctantly at first, Paul and his ex-friends re-constitute the team. Paul, however, gets distracted by one of the dead coach’s two daughters, Julie, who’s also an astronaut. Paul’s leaving 10 years before had broken up their relationship, but it’s the other daughter, Amy, who truly loves him.

Can Amy win Paul’s heart? Can Paul’s team, with the help of Paul’s hardened but good-hearted father, slide to victory? Also, can Paul restore the honor he’s lost, or will his moral conscience fail him again?

There’s a lot to like in MEN WITH BROOMS, beginning with the movie’s whimsical, positive references to God and Jesus Christ. For instance, in narrating the events of his death from heaven, the dead coach says, “Death comes to us all. I was just hoping God would make an exception for a curling man.” Also, even though it’s uneven and not as humorous as it wants to be, MEN WITH BROOMS has some heroic and morally commendable moments. The movie contains an excessive amount of objectionable material, however.

For example, there are many strong obscenities and profanities, as well as immoral sexual references. One subplot shows one of Paul’s married teammates having intercourse with his wife so they can have a baby. Having a baby is a laudable goal for a married couple, but showing them mate on screen, even if they have most of their clothes on, is not! Another teammate is a playboy who smokes marijuana.

In addition to the foul language and sex, MEN WITH BROOMS has a New Age, mystical pagan worldview that mixes the movie’s Christian religious elements with the pagan, politically correct ones. In fact, in the feel good ending to the movie, two unattached women become lesbian lovers and they kiss. This last perverted element shows the hidden dangers of the New Age movement. The New Age is a self-described pluralistic movement that is politically correct because it allows all kinds of religious and political diversity, so long as that diversity is not conservative, capitalistic, Christian, or biblical. New Age pluralism defies reason because it makes an exclusive argument against exclusivity. Thus, New Age pluralism is inherently self-contradictory and irrational.

There used to be, however, a more rational, older definition of pluralism in the United States. This pluralism meant that, although we allow some diversities and differences, as well as a limited liberty to practice our individual religions as we wish, we still have a common culture based on eternal, national and even biblical and Christian values. This is the kind of limited pluralism that people with common sense and wisdom can get behind, not the New Age, secular, politically correct, pagan pluralism that terrorizes today’s world and destroys the minds of our children and grandchildren.

Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.

What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.

You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.

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Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.

What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.

You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.

Movieguide® is a 501c3 and all donations are tax deductible.


MEN WITH BROOMS

What You Need To Know:

MEN WITH BROOMS is a comedy from Canada about the leader of a team of curling, or ice shuffleboard, athletes who must restore his lost honor in the midst of some comical trials and tribulations. There's a lot to like in this uneven R-rated comedy, but it contains an excessive amount of objectionable material, including a New Age pagan worldview.

Content:

(PaPa, C, B, PCPC, HoHo, Ro, LLL, V, SS, N, A, DD, M) Eclectic pagan worldview with New Age themes and some positive, winsome references to Jesus Christ and God as well as some moral elements and some politically correct, homosexual elements whereby two unattached women become lesbian lovers in the feel good, everybody's happy ending, and some Romantic elements such as a comment, "The purity of the heart is to will one thing"; 49 obscenities including many "f" words, 13 strong profanities, 17 light profanities including some borderline ones said in praise of God such as "Good God in His high chair," sexual comments, and jokes about putting a dead person's ashes in a weird place; comical violence such as pratfalls, fighting and punching fist and head through wall; depicted intercourse between married couple, implied fornication, reference to masturbation at fertility clinic, adultery subplot, and two women discover their latent homosexuality and eventually kiss; rear male nudity when men swim naked; alcohol use, drunkenness and woman in Alcoholics Anonymous falls off the wagon; smoking, marijuana use and man grows and eats hallucinogenic mushrooms for "medicinal" purposes; and, miscellaneous immorality such as lying and cheating rebuked.

GENRE: Comedy

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More Detail:

DUE SOUTH, a quirky, entertaining TV series from Canada about a Canadian Mountie working in Chicago, played in the United States several years back. Paul Gross, a popular star in the Frozen North, starred in the series and had a strong hand in its direction and production. Filled with a whimsical, engaging manner, DUE SOUTH always had a streak of New Age humor in it. For example, the mountie could understand what his pet, a tame wolf, was thinking, and he often had comical imaginary conversations with his dead father, a mountie who died in the line of duty. One could easily forgive these devices, however, because the show was so amiable, relatively family-friendly and even heroic.

Paul is trying to branch out into movies these days. Earlier this year, his Canadian hit, MEN WITH BROOMS, ventured briefly out on foreign shores. Regrettably, Paul saw fit (or unfit) to make an R-rated comedy, with even stronger New Age tones than his TV show. On the other hand, the movie also contains some winsome, positive references not only to God, but also to Jesus Christ, including Christ’s death on the Cross.

Paul stars in MEN WITH BROOMS as Chris Cutter, a curling superstar. (Curling is a sport much like shuffleboard but played on ice with 42-pound stones and brooms to steer the stones along the ice.) Chris has fallen from grace because, in a past Golden Broom tournament, he failed to acknowledge a foul that he committed. (Apparently, curling sometimes depends on the personal honor of the athletes. Imagine that!) Rather than help his team win the finals, an ashamed Paul left the team and never came back. Paul’s teammates never forgave him, nor did Paul’s father, an old curling star played by Leslie Nielsen.

Ten years later, in his last will and testament, the dead coach of Paul’s team asks Paul and his teammates to compete once again for the Golden Broom. The coach also orders his ashes placed in a curling stone.

Reluctantly at first, Paul and his ex-friends re-constitute the team. Paul, however, gets distracted by one of the dead coach’s two daughters, Julie, who’s also an astronaut. Paul’s leaving 10 years before had broken up their relationship, but it’s the other daughter, Amy, who truly loves him.

Can Amy win Paul’s heart? Can Paul’s team, with the help of Paul’s hardened but good-hearted father, slide to victory? Also, can Paul restore the honor he’s lost, or will his moral conscience fail him again?

There’s a lot to like in MEN WITH BROOMS, beginning with the movie’s whimsical, positive references to God and Jesus Christ. For instance, in narrating the events of his death from heaven, the dead coach says, “Death comes to us all. I was just hoping God would make an exception for a curling man.” Also, even though it’s uneven and not as humorous as it wants to be, MEN WITH BROOMS has some heroic and morally commendable moments. The movie contains an excessive amount of objectionable material, however.

For example, there are many strong obscenities and profanities, as well as immoral sexual references. One subplot shows one of Paul’s married teammates having intercourse with his wife so they can have a baby. Having a baby is a laudable goal for a married couple, but showing them mate on screen, even if they have most of their clothes on, is not! Another teammate is a playboy who smokes marijuana.

In addition to the foul language and sex, MEN WITH BROOMS has a New Age, mystical pagan worldview that mixes the movie’s Christian religious elements with the pagan, politically correct ones. In fact, in the feel good ending to the movie, two unattached women become lesbian lovers and they kiss. This last perverted element shows the hidden dangers of the New Age movement. The New Age is a self-described pluralistic movement that is politically correct because it allows all kinds of religious and political diversity, so long as that diversity is not conservative, capitalistic, Christian, or biblical. New Age pluralism defies reason because it makes an exclusive argument against exclusivity. Thus, New Age pluralism is inherently self-contradictory and irrational.

There used to be, however, a more rational, older definition of pluralism in the United States. This pluralism meant that, although we allow some diversities and differences, as well as a limited liberty to practice our individual religions as we wish, we still have a common culture based on eternal, national and even biblical and Christian values. This is the kind of limited pluralism that people with common sense and wisdom can get behind, not the New Age, secular, politically correct, pagan pluralism that terrorizes today’s world and destroys the minds of our children and grandchildren.

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Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.

What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.

You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.

Movieguide® is a 501c3 and all donations are tax deductible.


Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.

What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.

You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.

Movieguide® is a 501c3 and all donations are tax deductible.