Being Canadian
Being Canadian

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BEING CANADIAN chronicles the real-life quest of Robert Cohen, a proud Canadian, who left his hometown of Calgary and moved to the U.S. to start a career as a TV comedy writer. He started noticing how people outside Canada knew very little about his beloved homeland. After decades of ignorance, insults, and indifference, he decides to do something about it. Rob sets off on an epic personal quest, driving across Canada from East to West, to confirm the country he identifies wi... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Being Canadian:

Eugene Levy
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Jason Priestley
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Nathan Fillion

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BEING CANADIAN chronicles the real-life quest of Robert Cohen, a proud Canadian, who left his hometown of Calgary and moved to the U.S. to start a career as a TV comedy writer. He started noticing how people outside Canada knew very little about his beloved homeland. After decades of ignorance, insults, and indifference, he decides to do something about it. Rob sets off on an epic personal quest, driving across Canada from East to West, to confirm the country he identifies with is still as he remembers or changed. Interwoven with this journey are interviews with a variety of famous media personalities along with Canadian commoners he meets along the way. His deadline? Midnight on Canada Day, in Vancouver. Common topics dealt are Canadian culture of kindness, Inferiority complex and passive aggressive behavior, Roots of Canadian humor, Canadian circus, Partition of Quebec, Canada's national game, food, contributions...etc. Imagine 'Sherman's March', but wearing a toque and along the lines of xenophobe's guides !

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Movie Nation - 6/10 by Roger MooreCohen comes close to getting at why Canadians are so funny (at least in the arts). It’s their long winters. We need Mike Myers, Dan Aykroyd and many others to explain that to us.
Los Angeles Times - 6/10 by Michael RechtshaffenIt's all pleasant enough, but the film, ultimately more of a checklist than an in-depth analysis, never really shines any fresh light on Canada's identity crisis or gets to the source of all those preconceived notions.
We Got This Covered - 6/10 by Adam A. DonaldsonBeing Canadian is a fun and humorous examination of what it means to be Canadian, even if it's sometimes wrapped up in its own cleverness.
The Walrus - 4/10 by Adam NaymanBeing Canadian reifies stereotypes under the guise of deconstructing them, and panders to the pernicious idea of celebrity authority (with a few experts and plucked-from-the-crowd civilians sprinkled in for good measure).
Ex-Press.com - 4/10 by Jay StoneAnother shallow, easy, and small-time immersion in the sort of nationalistic navel-gazing most people outgrew years ago.
National Post - 3/10 by David BerryCohen's not trying to do anything resembling a serious examination of the country, of course, but even wink-nudge examinations of identity could at least use a few new jokes.
User Review - 10/10 by May NVery funny movie full of great Canadian comedians and definite good-natured Canadian vibe.
User Review - 8/10 by Brad SJust saw this film tonight, followed by a Q& A with Rob Cohen and Colin Keith Gray. Funny, true, insightful. Mixing media, references, interviews with VERY notable Canadians. Well done, Mr. Cohen. We look for a sequel: there was too much not included here. The "race against time" was maybe not your best ploy, BUT as American, born Canadian, I say -- watch this! You will laugh, you will think -- you will BE.
User Review - 4/10 by Mary LVery disappointed. It is unfortunate that they don't not even pretend to touch on any aboriginal issues or content.
User Review - 2/10 by Amanda CThere are some nice talking heads interviews with notable Canadians, but for the most part, Being Canadian simply retreads the worn ground of Canadain stereotypes. There isn't even any attempt to explain where these stereotypes come from, the film simple reasserted their prominence. But that is far from the worst aspect of the film, which is little more than a vanity project for director Robert Cohen. When it's not being slyly racist or mysoginistic, the film is simply all about how cool Cohen is, which let's be honest, is decidedly unCanadian. The finale of the film gives us some great footage of the extremely diverse Vancouver Canada Day festivities, but it's not enough to erase the fact that the rest of the film is about white as can be. This is most definatly not a film that represents my Canada, and I hope no one who watches it thinks this is representative of the country as a whole either.

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