{"id":42797,"date":"2023-10-03T21:35:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T01:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reelcanada.ca\/film\/les-boys-the-boys\/"},"modified":"2024-03-11T12:34:25","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T16:34:25","slug":"les-boys-the-boys","status":"publish","type":"film","link":"https:\/\/reelcanada.ca\/film\/les-boys-the-boys\/","title":{"rendered":"Les Boys (The \u201cBoys\u201d)"},"content":{"rendered":"
This hockey comedy is a true phenomenon.\u00a0Les Boys\u00a0<\/em>has captured the hearts of Canadian audiences with its rowdy humour, down-to-earth characterizations and appealing plots.<\/p>\n Stan (Girard), the very likeable tavern owner and hockey coach, allows himself to run up a huge gambling debt to Meo (Lebeau), the local Mob boss.\u00a0<\/p>\n Meo offers Stan a deal: If his pub's team, Les Boys, can defeat Meo's band of thugs at a game of hockey, the tavern remains his. If not, the Mob will take over Chez Stan. Naturally, Les Boys, an out-of-shape group of hockey enthusiasts, are highly motivated to win the game. How they go about doing so, however, is a slapshot of laughs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This hockey comedy is a true phenomenon.\u00a0Les Boys\u00a0has captured the hearts of Canadian audiences with its rowdy humour, down-to-earth characterizations and appealing plots. Stan (Girard), the very likeable tavern owner… <\/p>\n