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Canadian Bacon

  • 1995
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  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
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Canadian Bacon (1995)
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The U.S. President, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war against Canada.The U.S. President, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war against Canada.The U.S. President, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war against Canada.

  • Director
    • Michael Moore
  • Writer
    • Michael Moore
  • Stars
    • John Candy
    • Alan Alda
    • Rhea Perlman
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    19K
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    • Director
      • Michael Moore
    • Writer
      • Michael Moore
    • Stars
      • John Candy
      • Alan Alda
      • Rhea Perlman
    • 150User reviews
    • 31Critic reviews
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    John Candy
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    • Sheriff Bud Boomer
    Alan Alda
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    • President of the United States
    Rhea Perlman
    Rhea Perlman
    • Honey
    Kevin Pollak
    Kevin Pollak
    • Stu Smiley
    Rip Torn
    Rip Torn
    • General Dick Panzer
    Kevin J. O'Connor
    Kevin J. O'Connor
    • Roy Boy
    Bill Nunn
    Bill Nunn
    • Kabral
    G.D. Spradlin
    G.D. Spradlin
    • R.J. Hacker
    Steven Wright
    Steven Wright
    • Niagara Mountie
    Jim Belushi
    Jim Belushi
    • Charles Jackal
    Brad Sullivan
    Brad Sullivan
    • Gus
    Stanley Anderson
    Stanley Anderson
    • Edwin S. Simon
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    Michael Copeman
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      • Michael Moore
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      • Michael Moore
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    bob the moo

    One trick pony that outstays it's welcome

    The President of America's ratings have dropped. What he really needs to do is get a war to get his popularity up. However the usual bad guys aren't interested so he decides to start a talking war against Canada. Using the media to stir up anti-Canadian feeling his popularity rises but a group of American citizens take it too far and prepare for invasion.

    Michael Moore is a rare talent and many of his programmes and films could be used as a model for anyone wanted to do satire and be both political and funny at the same time. When he's on form he puts our own Mark Thomas into the shade. However with this film he can't take a really good idea and make it last for 90 minutes. Most scenes with the President and his media war with Canada is really sharp and really funny – just like Moore at his best.

    However it's the rest of the film outside of this one point that fails. It is just a rambling comedy that doesn't have anything to say or do. Moore is a little lost and it lacks bite and, sadly, laughs. The cast try hard and Candy is watchable if not at his best. Alda is good but a bit too light and friendly to be the president. The rest of the cast are amusing in different ways – Torn, Pollack, Nunn, Spadlin, Wright, Belushi etc are all good.

    Overall Moore lacks his usual bite and this one good idea is lost in a film when really it could have been a good 15 minute sketch. The media war is funny and, post 9/11, is quite sharp even though it is a little too light, but outside of that the comments, ideas and laughs dry up.
    davidrshannon

    Not great but it has some excellent moments

    John Candy was and still is one of my favorite comedians. He knew the art of comedy...and it didn't have to be laced with profanity.

    One of the reviews suggest it is offensive to Canadians...what??????

    In the film Canadians are portrayed as polite, clean and somewhat naive...Americans are portrayed as violent, dirty and somewhat naive.

    For every joke aimed at Canadians is aimed back at Americans...that's what makes the film funny though...it is much like the actual relationship between the countries.

    For Canadians...hearing John Candy respond to the capital of Canada being Ottawa was priceless..."What do you think were stupid?", hilarious. :)

    Also funny...the streets of Toronto being bare!! Toronto is the 5th largest city in North America. Suddenly...everyone disappears...

    Candy will be missed! RIP John!
    mikekanderson

    Somebody has a great understanding of culture

    As a person who has spent half his life on each side of the 49th parallel, I was delightfully impressed with this movie. There were countless cultural statements and innuendos that were absolutely hilarious. I can certainly see how someone unfamiliar with Canadian tradition and culture might not 'get' this movie. However, if you've lived in, visited, or known someone from Canada, this movie will provide non-stop laughs. Canada was certainly slapped in the face a number of times, but the balance was fair, with the Canadians scoring a number of blows against the Americans. Definitely worth the watch if you've got ties to Canada, otherwise it may seem silly and pointless.
    8Ungoliants_Burning_Belly

    The joke is on you...

    I don't usually write reviews, but I feel compelled. Just read through the user comments on Canadian Bacon here and I'm chuckleing. Not only is this movie subtly hilarious, its nearly perfect as so many people are only contributing to the joke.

    I recall sitting in a hostel in Switzerland on a trip across Europe, and listening to two American guys drinking and talking to two Austrailians. They were telling them about this hilarious movie called Canadian Bacon that did such a great job of making fun of how stupid and dumb Canadians are.

    Which only makes the movie better, because it is so obviously, once you are in the know, a satire of America and particularly it's arrogant/ignorant (take your pick) stereotypes of Canada.

    Truly, with every scathing review stating "This movie is a waste of time as it makes obvious stabs at Canada. That country should be insulted and the joke gets old." No, the joke only gets better with every American reviewer who doesn't get it, pushing it that much closer to a truly inspired masterpiece.
    9Wulfstan10

    Brilliant Satire

    While it had some flaws, mostly in some incomplete development of themes and failing to make full use of the story's potential, this is a brilliantly funny satire that mostly succeeds wonderfully on many levels.

    The idea to have the US pick on Canada, internationally one of the world's least offensive and bellicose countries is itself brilliant. It wonderfully picks on the US, and more generally, on any rather belligerent nation that likes to throw its weight around and create excuses for doing so.

    It also picks on the use of propaganda and even on mass media and mass mob hysteria. This is especially true in the way the film portrays how the American media discusses Canada and how some members of the public react, so that the whole idea spins out of control of those who began it for their own personal reasons. I was barely able to breath with laughter throughout the whole period when the US was flashing its propaganda about Canada and showing how threatening they are, especially how they claimed the Canadians were "infiltrating" American society and were "massing" on the border. This is wonderful satire on sensationalist news stations and their willingness to use information in a wildly inaccurate and misleading manner in order to rile people up.

    The film picks on everyone involved, Canadian and American alike. It attacks the stereotypes of both, highlighting their differences yet also attacking the misconceptions about both peoples. To have a number of Canadians in the film is another flash of inspiration, too, since there are Canadians playing comically stereotypical (i.e., polite, white bread, well-spoken) Canadians and Canadians playing comically stereotypical (i.e., redneck, belligerent, crude) Americans. It adds to the irony since one of the American's propaganda tools is that there are Canadian actors everywhere in the US as such integral parts of the American entertainment industry that they are taken for Americans, and lo and behold, here some are playing various people in this film.

    Some parts of the film were simply silly, with jokes that were more gags rather than actually furthering the satire and points of the movie, and this is a weak spot. While some were funny and worked, others were a bit inane and the film would have been more successful had they stuck to developing the real themes and satire of the film, which are what make it great.

    Anyway, despite some weak points, this film is a brilliant satire that contains a number of parts that are utterly hilarious. It did not fulfill its full potential, but it is not too far below perfect and the good parts are really, really good.

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Final theatrical feature film of actor, comedian, and movie star John Candy, although filming had wrapped on this film before Pionniers malgré eux (1994), which was released a year earlier.
    • Goofs
      American Sheriff Bud Boomer pronounces "Toronto" like a native of the city (tuh-RON-oh), as opposed to most non-natives (tuh-RON-toh). This is clearly an in-joke, as John Candy, was born and raised in Toronto.
    • Quotes

      Edwin S. Simon, NBS News Anchor: The Canadians. They walk among us. William Shatner. Michael J. Fox. Monty Hall. Mike Myers. Alex Trebek. All of them Canadians. All of them here.

    • Crazy credits
      No Canadians were harmed during this production.
    • Connections
      Edited from WarGames (1983)
    • Soundtracks
      God Bless America Again
      Written by Bobby Bare and Boyce Hawkins

      Used by permission of ATV Music Corp.

      Performed by Tex Ritter

      Courtesy of Liberty Records

      Under license from CEMA Special Markets

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 28, 1996 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Opération Canadian Bacon
    • Filming locations
      • Pickering, Ontario, Canada(Power plant control room)
    • Production companies
      • Dog Eat Dog Films
      • Gramercy Pictures (I)
      • Maverick Picture Company
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $11,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $163,971
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $53,349
      • Sep 24, 1995
    • Gross worldwide
      • $163,971
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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