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.
9 June 1961, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
4 January 1963, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
22 March 1931, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
16 August 1972, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
18 April 1963, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
27 March 1971, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
10 March 1947, Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
1 July 1952, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
September 08, 2015
Lightly amusing if over-familiar summary of every Canadian stereotype we know and love.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
