Canadian Bacon

1995 "It's lonely at the top when there's no butt left to kick."
5.9| 1h31m| PG| en
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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 with Canada.

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Actuakers One of my all time favorites.
SunnyHello Nice effects though.
Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
unknownandroid This is the best movie ever! I laughed so hard while watching it. But if you havent lived near canada or been to canada, you will not catch all the little inside jokes in this movie! It is super hilarious! If you have a canadian friend, have them watch it with you, I guarantee that they will catch all the inside jokes! Gr8 movie!
Ali Atakan Fidan I have watched this movie today. It was not a wonderful movie. It was not too comic. It was giving messages about politicians. According to me, it was very important.It shows us, politicians can do everything to rise their votes.There were some scenes that were trying to make fun of people.I do not approve these scenes.There is no difference between nationalities.I can suggest this movie to my friends. There were not too much jokes. It was not entertaining. But it gives some clues about politicians all over the world.Dark side of politics was shown in this movie. I can vote this movie by giving 7 points. If there were more comic scenes in the movie, my rating would be higher.Ali Atakan Fidan
dayfydd I don't write a lot of reviews, for the same reason I don't write history books; I'm not creative and verbose enough... So, I'm not sure if I will be able to fulfill the curious minimum word count that IMDb requires from anyone who wants to share a few comments about a film.However, I wish Moore would take his time, develop the ability to focus on one of clever schemes all the way though to the end, because that's all that keeps this movie from becoming a cult classic.It's clever innuendos which take aim at America's propensity to use war and other fabricated emergencies for political benefit is dead on, while also taking potshots at some of the more humorous examples of Canadian culture. Haven't heard such good needling of American policy since Will Rogers; and boy, isn't it timely.Anyway, I suggest only independent thinkers bother to watch Canadian Bacon, because the sheep who believe as they've been told to won't get it.The movie gets a seven rating and so does Michael Moore until he focuses and writes a complete script which it looks like he has the capability of doing.
mrdonleone I don't know exactly what to think of Moore's vision of the future. we must remember Michael Moore, the famous director of documentary's like Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine, wrote this story in 1995. though it must have seemed funny way back then, now it looks more like a parody of the way we live right now. but in 1995, people must have laughed with his futuristic vision. yes, it looks a bit like Dr. Strangelove, that's true. but hey, doesn't every Van Damme picture look the same? therefore, Canadian Bacon is very original (because there are not many war comedies of the same caliber as the one of DR. Strangelove). what I particular noticed while watching, was the way Moore used music to lead the audience into the direction he wanted. probably I wasn't the only one who heard the Vietnam war music, but that's not exactly what I meant. the sound that Moore uses to manipulate his audience is superb. for instance, there is the sound of beams of the copy machine when there is trouble in the war room, suggesting the audience that there is something dangerous is about to happen. so that's why I gave this movie 6 points. I could have given it 2 points too, because I liked and I did not like what I saw. see the movie and conclude for yourself.