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Being Canadian
Director Calgarian Robert Cohen tries to find out what it really means to be Canadian in this humorous documentary through interviews with a who's-who of famous Canadians.
28 August 1969, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1 June 1974, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
8 November 1931, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
30 November 1965, New York City, New York, USA
June 21, 1954 in Metz, Moselle, France
4 May 1970, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
18 April 1963, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
4 January 1963, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
13 April 1964, Westmount, Québec, Canada
22 June 1959, Los Angeles, California, USA
1 July 1952, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
September 16, 2015
Like our good neighbor to the north, this first-person documentary is genial, amusing and a little bit dull.December 18, 2015
Being Canadian is more of a pandering stunt than a proper documentary, filled with easy jokes and semi-comical historical observations, but not much in the way of actual insight.April 27, 2015
Being 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.May 07, 2015
Cohen'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.May 07, 2015
[A] good-natured documentary.January 02, 2016
Being 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).November 12, 2015
Another shallow, easy, and small-time immersion in the sort of nationalistic navel-gazing most people outgrew years ago.September 17, 2015
It'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.September 08, 2015
Lightly amusing if over-familiar summary of every Canadian stereotype we know and love.