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Movie Reviews of Canadian Bacon
Movie Review: i saw it in amsterdam
Summary: 4 Stars
i saw this movie when i was in a coffe shop in Amsterdam this summer... it was soo funny, i was laughin at all the canadian jokes and all the other tourists (from england and whatnot) and locals didnt get the jokes.i just learned that michael moore was the producer and thats great too.
Movie Review: Laughed nonstop
Summary: 4 Stars
This comedy is hilarious for Americans and Canadians and is especially funny for those of you who have lived in both countries and who understand the underlying cultural nuances of both. The cast of characters is unbelievably renowned for comedy. It is a must to see.Movie Review: Actually, three and a half stars...
Summary: 4 Stars
If you like the movie concept, and John Candy, you will enjoy this film. It is not nearly what Michael Moore's directing and John Candy's (as well as a few other big name actors) acting should have made it, but it delivers an enjoyable, average film.Movie Review: Canadian Bacon DVD Review
Summary: 4 Stars
I enjoyed this movie. It was delivered in the condition promised and on time.Movie Review: ... and a side of sausage
Summary: 3 Stars
CANADIAN BACON (1995) could have and should have been a hell of a lot better - could've been worse, though. It is often considered to be John Candy's final film due to its release date, but it isn't Candy's last. WAGONS EAST, 1994, was Candy's final film.
This is Michael Moore (yes, THAT Michael Moore) in his one and only foray into 'real' movies, and is not a bad comedy for all that. Moore wrote and directed, and I guess after this he was told to stick to documentaries - which I am glad he does.
This effort has a clueless president of the United States (Alan Alda) trying to find a way to distract America from the problems he can't solve. He decides to start a cold war with Canada. If this sounds vaguely familiar, WAG THE DOG (1997) stole the premise and did so much more with it. Here Moore was just trying to borrow from DR. STRANGELOVE.
Just proves that 'borrowing' ideas is never the way to go.
A bunch of yahoos from New York (John Candy, Rhea Perlman, Bill Nunn and Kevin O'Connor) decide to set up the first line of defense, thinking the Canadians are going to attack. Meanwhile President Nameless and his top man, General Panzer (hilarious-as-usual Rip Torn) wrestle with a real problem: an out-of-the-blue villain who has sold Canada a nuclear armament system that is now aiming U.S. missiles at Russia. They stole this premise in rough form from BUCKAROO BANZAI.
Anyway, this is not a bad film to while away a rainy weekend, as I sometimes say, but it is definitely not a major cinematic event. Moore does quite well his first time out, doing some clever humor and other things. What is weirdest of all is this film shows Moore's basic method for documentaries as well, but you won't catch that if you don't really know the rest of Moore's work.
There are some great cameos by comedian Steve Wright and James Belushi; plenty of uncredited cameos (Dan Aykroyd, Moore himself), and a credited Wallace Shawn as the inexplicably absent Canadian Prime Minister MacDonald, whose only appearance in this movie is as a silly garbled voice over the phone.
In spite of his dire love for Canada, and making something of a slopfest here, Moore offers a rare treat: a famous director's one-time foray into ordinary filmmaking.