Roger and Me was funny because it took a serious topic, the desolation of Flint, Michigan, and gave it a chuckle. Canadian Bacon was supposed to be a Comedy with which director Michael Moron attempted to make a serious political statement... off base, and not funny. I feel bad for all the good people that were spun into the cesspool that is Moron's mind... In the making of this picture, they had no idea that it was an Anti-American Propaganda skit. In addition, this was not John Candy's last movie... it was simply released last. Perhaps this was because Michael Moron was re-cutting to fit his newest political peeve. Too bad he wouldn't address Fat Morons. In the end, see it if you are a fan of John Candy, Rhea Perlman, Kevin J. O'conner and Alan Alda... by all means give it a watch. Wallace Shawn also gives a nice guest appearance as the PM of Canada. Don't blame the actors. BLAME THE MESSENGER!

I have seen my fair share of awful films based off of Washington themes like "Dave" and Protocol", but in movies dealing with American presidents and their questionable intentions, none has ever been so revolting as the very revolting "Canadian Bacon". The mastermind behind the lenses is the iconic documentary filmmaker and liberal-biased Michael Moore who reached iconic status after the success of his satirical documentary "Roger and Me" and his anti-Republican television series "TV Nation". In "Canadian Bacon", Moore decides he wants to go light by hoping his cheeky satirical film will have us laughing our butts off. Only problem is, no one's laughing.Even though it stars a cornucopia of comedic performers like Alan Alda, Rip Torn, Rhea Perlman, Steve Wright, Dan Aykroyd and the late John Candy, they're talents are terribly wasted here. In fact there were only three funny moments, but those moments didn't last long and it was forgotten moments later.So the story goes, Alda is the President of the United States who's slipping on the ratings poll of confidence by the general public. So with the suggestion of his bumbling aides (Rip Torn and Kevin Pollak) they decide to declare war on Canada. The opening scenes see the nameless President in Niagara Falls to confront a defense contractor who's down on his luck. Moore has the pleasure of exploiting dedicated Americans who a hard on their luck which gives him the liberty of demonizing the evil bigwig corporation for keeping the middle-person down. Which is why there is a the caricatured right-wing military businessman R.J. Hacker (G.D. Spradlin) who blames The President for his enterprise Hacker Dynamics which was shut down because the Democratic President believes the future of the children reigns more supreme than war. Hacker wants the President to restart the Cold War and to lead the conflict with the "Russkies" in full force.So with The President at war with Canada, he hopes that it win him another four years in the White House rejuvenate the trust from his fellow Americans and the Canadian clichés will be oozing faster than the maple from our maple trees making us look like saps, eh. The film shifts around between the superficial looking White House and the towns within the Canada-U.S. boarder as some working class American get into some scuffle while this is happening, Hacker has placed missile silos across the country which could potentially wipe them out. Sure it's not a full-blown Washington story, but the political agenda is in full force with no apologies to it. The decision-making process is what makes this movie a Washington themed film. Moore himself said this film was inspired by President Bush Sr. and the events that led to the war in Iraq and the media coverage that went with the package. Moore guarantees that his audience will bite into his witty and satirical delivery as he's laughing at the expense of Canadian and what we're famous for. The gags told here feel like lost sketches from the old "SCTV" who by the way was created by Canada's own Lorne Michaels. The jokes at our expense include lots of beer, Mounties, long cold winters, Tim Horton's donuts, poutine, Anne Murray, the way we talk and the way we act which also include apologizing all the time. From my research, this film was to be released before John Candy's last film "Wagon's East", but due to a poor showing with test audiences, it was held back, but Moore denied that claim as he believed it was from the political negative backlash because Hollywood thought it was too liberal-biased even for their standards. The politics were actually pretty tame, it's the satire that was brutal.

This movie as absolutely delicious. The humour is so refined and the subtleties hilarious.The fun directed at Canadians is original, based on preconceptions about Canada, on presumptions, and on hearsay. All these elements are put together in a very novel way.One must be a Canadian or else have strong Canadian connections - an excellent understanding of Canada, to fully appreciate this movie.It is an excellent occasion for Canadians to have a good laugh at how they are perceived not only by Americans, but also by a lot of other nations.It appears this movie was never shown in Canadian movie theatres, and that is a real shame, because we missed out on a high quality movie.I am recommending this movie to everyone I know.

More was to be expected quite frankly from this Michael Moore political satire, poking fun at American society and politics. The movie did of course had its funny moments but the story was quite poorly done.Sorry Mr. Moore but the storytelling within this movie is just below average. Michael Moore obviously tried to make a comedy in a silly style but he just never goes all the way, presumably because he probably was too afraid his message wouldn't come across then. He also tries too hard to make the movie kick against several political issues, for which Moore is of course well known. It however doesn't always work out in this movie and it feels too forced. It also isn't always a good movie to watch since the way the main plot-line is told is highly unlikely. It feels like a too big coincidence all that Sheriff Bud B. Boomer and friends just happen to be involved in basically every aspect handled within the movie. This concept works in often lots of comedies but just not "Canadian Bacon" because of its quite messy storytelling. It made the movie painful to watch at times.What made the movie still perfectly watchable for me was its cast. John Candy, Alan Alda, Rhea Perlman, Kevin Pollak, Rip Torn, Kevin J. O'Connor, Bill Nunn, G.D. Spradlin, James Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, this movie has a true amazing comedy cast. They really uplifted the movie in my viewing experience. This was John Candy's last released movie and even though its not his best role out of his career, it's still a worthy one.It's silly concept and story also makes this movie worthwhile to watch in parts. It's of course quite funny to have a story involving America creating a sort of new cold war this time with Canadia, in order for the president to get reelected. It's even funnier to notice some parallels to the real world this present day and the Bush administration. So saying this movie is completely ineffective won't be fair. It also does some good job at times poking fun of American society, as well as the Canadian and all of their stereotypes. Of course Moore mostly kicks against the gun control, something he did of course much better and more effective later on in his documentary "Bowling for Columbine", for which he won an Oscar.It's a watchable enough film, though you probably can't help ending up being slightly disappointed with it.6/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/