the leading man is my tpye

It is a performances centric movie

I gave it a 7.5 out of 10

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

The U.S. President (Alan Alda), low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war against Canada.Nathan Rabin in a 2009 review concluded, "After generating solid laughs during its first hour, Canadian Bacon falls apart in its third act," lamenting the film "was perceived as too lowbrow for the highbrows, and too highbrow for the lowbrows." While the film, in my opinion, never "falls apart", it does feel a bit uneven, with some parts being pretty funny and others not so much. The best parts come across more like skits (notably the Dan Aykroyd scene). Michael Moore should be commended for this film, as it is far outside of what he typically does, but he could hardly be called a comedic genius on this entry alone.

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.

This movie was just bloody awful. I don't even know where to begin. I feel like Michael Moore owes me an hour and a half of my life back.Moore needs to stick to doing documentaries because he obviously has no talent directing comedy.Not only was the film not funny, the production value was borderline home movie.While the premise wasn't bad the execution of it was terrible. It is kind of sad when South Park can do a better movie about invading Canada than Michael Moore. He really should be ashamed of himself for claiming to be a film maker after making such a horrible piece of dreck. This film was just a terrible from start to finish.

Before Wag the Dog, Michael Moore gave us this quirky film about a President that uses an invasion of Canada to boost his popularity.Adam Sandler lovers should tune in to see how comedy is really done with John Candy and Rhea Perlman. It is a clever spoof on Americans ignorance of Canadians, and the rest of the World for that matter. The jokes will not hit you over the head for the most part. You really have to pay attention, and you still won't get most of them until you are better educated about Canadians. I married one, so I have an advantage. :-) This satire shows the genius of Michael Moore and it is a shame that the concept was ripped off by South Park creators.