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.
4 March 1954, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1 July 1952, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1971, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
22 July 1940, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
4 November 1960, Chicago, Illinois, USA
12 September 1952, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
28 August 1969, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
21 August 1956, Liverpool, England, UK
26 November 1938, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
29 September 1970, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
17 October 1969, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
22 June 1959, Los Angeles, California, USA
29 November 1955, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
29 July 1953, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1 March 1947, Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada
24 August 1964, Hopedale, Massachusetts, USA
4 May 1970, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
16 August 1972, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
9 June 1961, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
25 May 1963, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
1968, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
15 April 1982, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
15 June 1971, Wainfleet, Ontario, Canada
27 August 1953, Fernie, British Columbia, Canada
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.
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.
September 08, 2015
Lightly amusing if over-familiar summary of every Canadian stereotype we know and love.
November 12, 2015
Another shallow, easy, and small-time immersion in the sort of nationalistic navel-gazing most people outgrew years ago.
May 07, 2015
[A] good-natured documentary.
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.
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).
September 16, 2015
Like our good neighbor to the north, this first-person documentary is genial, amusing and a little bit dull.
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.
