10 Films & TV Shows Set In Ontario During The 2000s
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Turning Red
Ontario The 2000sGrowing up is a beast. — Thirteen-year-old Mei is experiencing the awkwardness of being a teenager with a twist – when she gets too excited, she transforms into a giant red panda.
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Percy
District of Columbia Saskatchewan Ontario The 1990s The 2000sPercy Schmeiser, a third-generation farmer, gets sued by a corporate giant for allegedly using their patented seeds. With little resources to fight a legal battle, Percy joins forces with up-and-coming attorney Jackson Weaver and environmental activist Rebecca Salcau for a monumental case that leads all the way to the Supreme Court.
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Perfect Sisters
Ontario The 2000sBeing a teenager can be murder. — Tired of their mother's alcoholism and a string of her abusive boyfriends, two sisters plot to kill her.
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Gore, Quebec
Ontario Quebec The 2000s The 2010sNot all Canadians are polite. — Gore, Quebec tells the story of two acquaintances who are set up by their mutual friends on a cottage weekend in Quebec. What was supposed to be an exciting and fun weekend, quickly turns into the blind date from hell, as the Couple discover that the cottage is not safe, and that their friends are already dead. The film begins in a home movie found-footage style, but quickly shifts into a more cinematic style once things start unraveling. With a serial killer terrorizing them, the Couple have to either protect one another to survive, or try to escape separately. Do you protect your fellow man, or is survival a solitary journey?
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Ontario The 2000sGet the hot girl. Defeat her evil exes. Hit love where it hurts. — As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds she has the most troublesome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from her list of suitors.
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Score: A Hockey Musical
Ontario The 2000sSeventeen-year old Farley has the stick-handling skills of the next Sidney Crosby. Not that Farley has any idea who Crosby is. He’s led a sheltered life, homeschooled by parents whose idea of homework is trips to an art gallery or ashram. His best friend is Eve, the girl who’s lived next door since they were both three. Much to the dismay of his parents, Farley loves to play shinny with the local rink rats. To their even greater dismay, Farley is signed to a major hockey league, where he achieves instant stardom, throwing him into a world of hype. Farley soon finds that hockey fame comes with a price, including the expectation to fight. Throw in a changing relationship with Eve – and Farley is losing his way.
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Adoration
Ontario The 2000sFor his French-class assignment, a high school student weaves his family history in a news story involving terrorism, and goes on to invite an Internet audience in on the resulting controversy.
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I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
New York Ontario The 2000sThey're as straight as can be, but don't tell anyone. — Firefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core—which is why when widower Larry asks Chuck to pose as his gay lover so that he can get domestic partner benefits for his kids, his buddy agrees. However, things get dicey when a bureaucrat comes calling, and the boys are forced to present a picture of domestic bliss.
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Snow Cake
Ontario The 2000sA drama focused on the friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman and a man who is traumatized after a fatal car accident.
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Karla
New York Ontario Saskatchewan The 1980s The 1990s The 2000sEvil has a beautiful face. — Based on real events, Canada's most notorious serial killers, Paul Bernardo and wife Karla Homolka kidnap, sexually abuse, and murder three young girls.