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Oh, Canada (2024)

06/12/2024 (US)Drama1h 34m
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Famed Canadian-American leftist documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife was one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam. Now in his late seventies, Fife is dying of cancer in Montreal and has agreed to a final interview in which he is determined to bare all his secrets at last, to demythologize his mythologized life.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Richard Gere

      Richard Gere

      Leo Fife

    2. Uma Thurman

      Uma Thurman

      Emma / Gloria

    3. Jacob Elordi

      Jacob Elordi

      Young Leo Fife

    4. Michael Imperioli

      Michael Imperioli

      Malcolm

    5. Victoria Hill

      Victoria Hill

      Diana

    6. Caroline Dhavernas

      Caroline Dhavernas

      Rene

    7. Penelope Mitchell

      Penelope Mitchell

      Sloan Ambrose / Amy

    8. Kristine Froseth

      Kristine Froseth

      Alicia Fife

    9. Megan Mackenzie

      Megan Mackenzie

      Amanda

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    A review by Brent Marchant

    3.0
    Written by Brent Marchant on Jan 23, 2025

    It’s bad enough when a film disappoints and doesn’t live up to expectations. But what’s perhaps worse is when a picture not only fails to live up to expectations, but also validates the negative reputation that precedes it. Such is the case, regrettably, with the latest feature from filmmaker Paul Schrader, an embarrassingly bad production from an artist who has written and/or directed such masterful works as “First Reformed” (2017), “American Gigolo” (1980), “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” (1985), “The Last Temptation of Christ” (1988) and “Taxi Driver” (1976). This miserably unfocused slo...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

    Budget-

    Revenue$1,276,529.00

    Keywords

    • vietnam war
    • infidelity
    • regret
    • husband wife relationship
    • based on novel or book
    • montreal, canada
    • flashback
    • cancer
    • memory
    • miscarriage
    • guilt
    • death
    • 1960s
    • abandonment
    • portrait of an artist
    • richmond, virginia
    • old age
    • filmmaker
    • documentarian