Oh Canada

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Oh Canada

2024

1h 35m

Drama

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Fiery but feeling his years and his illness, ailing filmmaker Leonard Fife (Richard Gere) wants to tell his life story, unfiltered, before it's too late. As the director of lauded documentary exposés, he has much to be proud of, but his avoidance of the Vietnam War draft and his past relationships harbor thorny truths. Finally choosing to reveal the truth and lies in his life and career, Leonard sits for an extended filmed interview with his former student Malcolm (Michael Imperioli), charging ahead with candid stories about his younger self (Jacob Elordi) in the fractious 1960s and beyond. At Leonard's insistence, his wife and indispensable partner, Emma (Uma Thurman), hears it all. Leonard's successes are held up against his failings--the fibs held up against the facts--and as the man in full is cleansed of the myth, Leonard must confront what is left.

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Critics Consensus

Anchored by Richard Gere's egoless performance, Oh Canada is a thorny and sometimes muddled memory play that fits solidly into director Paul Schrader's self-reflective filmography.

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Stephen Romei

The Australian

...this film has had a profound effect on me. I wept during it...It may not have the same impact on other viewers, but that is the nature of art, and of life.

Rated: 5/5

Apr 3, 2025

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Sandra Hall

The Age (Australia)

In the end, the fragmentary shape of it all fails to invite any emotional investment in Leo or his story.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 27, 2025

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Peter Rainer

FilmWeek (LAist)

The movie doesn't have as much emotional weight as it should have been the narrative is so fractured.

Jan 17, 2025

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Clotilde Chinnici

The Indiependent

With its nonlinear and contradictory storytelling, Schrader invites us into the mind of a brilliant man as he faces his last moments and questions what kind of legacy he will leave to the people who survive him.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 27, 2025

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Cameron Ritter

Geek Vibes Nation

Oh, Canada is admittedly Schrader’s weakest production in recent memory but is still packed with moving ideas of mortality, memory, and reckoning with what we have done in our past.

Rated: 6.5/10

Jul 20, 2025

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Simon Foster

Screen-Space (Substack)

Wheelchair-bound and conveying physical and emotional pain with an aching acuity, Richard Gere gives a career-best performance in iconoclast filmmaker Paul Schrader’s introspective study of a man struggling with legacy, memory and artistry.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 30, 2025

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Ghederick Eshmont

A brilliant meditation on the self-indulgence of the “draft dodgers” of the Vietnam era…however the film ends so abruptly, it questions the point?

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/21/24

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Mimi

What a horrid, despicable, depressing look at someones life choices. What was Richard Gere thinking?? Do yourself a favor and go do anything, but see this film!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/14/24

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Shannon P

It was moving, confusing, sad, and a trip back to the Vietnam war era. Worth a watch, especially if you expetienced that era.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/14/24

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Vince Q.

Starring Richard Gere and Uma Thurman. Fictional biopic resembles the final act of Magnolia, in which a “successful” man facing impending death wishes to confess his sins via camera. Genre is riveting as Leonard Fife, retelling his life story through the lens of medication, memory conflation, and raw recall, unfiltered by shame or fear, divulged with nothing to lose. He describes his personal arc from early draft avoidance through award-winning documentary filmmaker, and finally, to teacher. Top-notch writing and cool non-linear storytelling. Adapted from the award-winning novel of the same name by Russell Banks (1940-2023).

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/02/25

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Broke B

Sooooo slow. Telegraphed everything.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/19/25

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thiago s

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/26/25

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Fiery but feeling his years and his illness, ailing filmmaker Leonard Fife (Richard Gere) wants to tell his life story, unfiltered, before it's too late. As the director of lauded documentary exposés, he has much to be proud of, but his avoidance of the Vietnam War draft and his past relationships harbor thorny truths. Finally choosing to reveal the truth and lies in his life and career, Leonard sits for an extended filmed interview with his former student Malcolm (Michael Imperioli), charging ahead with candid stories about his younger self (Jacob Elordi) in the fractious 1960s and beyond. At Leonard's insistence, his wife and indispensable partner, Emma (Uma Thurman), hears it all. Leonard's successes are held up against his failings--the fibs held up against the facts--and as the man in full is cleansed of the myth, Leonard must confront what is left.

Director: Paul Schrader
Producer: David Gonzales, Tiffany Boyle, Luisa Law, Scott LaStaiti, Meghan Hanlon
Screenwriter: Paul Schrader
Distributor: Kino Lorber
Production Co: Northern Lights, Vested Interest, Ottocento Films, Left Home
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 6, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 21, 2025
Box Office (Gross USA): $199.0K
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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