Oh Canada

Oh, Canada is a fascinating portrait of a dying man. It has many fine qualities but the fractured narrative makes for a somewhat incomplete film. The film centres on documentary film maker Leonard Fife, who is dying of cancer. In his last days he invites film makers Malcolm and Diana to interview him for a documentary. He slowly recalls his remarkable life and many secrets are revealed. In flashbacks we see that he had relationships and children in his younger life in the USA. before fleeing to Canada, mainly to avoid the draft. The documentary is an opportunity for Fife to confess to the lies from his younger life, before his Canadian celebrated career. This is a very cerebral film featuring an egoless performance from Richard Gere as Fife. Celebrated director Paul Schrader makes complex films about troubled men and this is no different. However I felt the flashbacks were very disorderly making the film feel fractured at times. So a flawed film, but one featuring interesting qualities.

Boring. Could not finish watching it.

Muddled and no clear story of the characters. Found it frustrating to watch.

This is an exceptional film because it is an honest and unvarnished account of the ugly sides of human nature. Richard Gere is a revelation as the unglamorous and dying Leo Fife, who unexpectedly yet unapologetically confronts the negative impact of his self-centred life choices upon those closest to him. Intelligent, compelling and uncompromising.

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The music at the beginning was a buzkill, so I was already one foot out the door. 15 minutes is all I could stay with this boring movie before I ejected the disc from my DVD player.

A huge disappointment. Schrader's meditation on choice, ego, and memory is confusing, inconsistent, and worst of all, shallow. Gere's performance is merely a shrug. Thurman and Elordi are thoroughly wasted.

The rare movie that should have actually been longer, if only to see Gere acting

This movie is unpredictable as a life can be. There’s no straight answer to how we remember our story. Gere is fantastic, Thurman and Elordi support gracefully.