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!

This is a wonderful, hilarious, movie. It is sadly so true and more relevant today than ever in regard to media control by the war machine and its invented enemies. We are hearing the same BS about manufactured enemies in the Middle East today. This film certainly is not against Canada, unless one believes fairness, cleanliness, and calm reason are undesirable. It's we Americans who come out looking stupid and easily controlled by the media, but we already know that don't we?And throughout this, Michael Moore makes some very important statements, the bombing in the Gulf of Tonkin, for instance. This is much funnier in its black humor today than it was when it was first made. This is my favorite John Candy film. Everyone does a wonderful job here, and the jokes are hilarious.

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/

To be honest, this movie isn't that good as a comedy. It doesn't have too many "haha" funny jokes and the acting isn't great either. 3/10 It has however one thing going for it that makes it worth watching (1st half is enough, I don't expect anyone to sit through the 2nd). The parallels to the first years of the G.W.Bush rule are remarkable. Oh, just substitute "Canada" with "Iraq" and "America" with "America" and this parody fits well and might not even be a parody at all (wink, wink). If you think it's too over the top, think again. And all of that 6 years before the actual events.This movie deserves some credit for accurate Divination.