Oh, Canada

Oh, Canada

Directed by Paul Schrader

Produced by Arclight Films, Vested Interest

202494 min5.7 / 10

A reflective deathbed reckoning with a life of principled resistance and private moral failure, told through memory and confession.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is Oh, Canada sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is Oh, Canada violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Does Oh, Canada end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Oh, Canada scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is Oh, Canada easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

17/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity43

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise5

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love13

How much audiences actually like it

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Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Oh, Canada, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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