Oh Canada
critic Reviews
, 64% Fresh Tomatometer Score- 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.
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScorePeter RainerFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
The movie doesn't have as much emotional weight as it should have been the narrative is so fractured.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreG. Allen JohnsonSan Francisco Chronicle
The irony of “Oh, Canada” is that as a filmmaker, despite this misstep, Schrader is in one of the most vibrant creative periods of his life.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAdam GrahamDetroit News
"Oh, Canada" is a jumble of ideas, of mis-remembered or half-invented truths, that still manages to occasionally cut to the core of the human psyche.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreAmy NicholsonLos Angeles Times
Leonard’s reveries are less surreal and more uncanny valley, so the film feels a bit flat-footed when it plops Thurman in a dual role belabored by a distractingly bad fright wig
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMichael PhillipsChicago Tribune
Gere remains a unique camera object, with a stunning mastery of filling a close-up with an unblinking stillness conveying feelings easier left behind.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreRichard RoeperChicago Sun-Times
There are some moments of profound insight, and the camerawork is stylish and creative, but this is such an unnecessarily confusing story.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRob GonsalvesRob's Movie Vault
Schrader is aware of the ticking clock, the falling calendar pages. So I would like his swan song, hopefully many years in the future, to feel more substantial than this does.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreChance Solem-PfeiferWillamette Week
Oh, Canada undulates too much between staid and loopy.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreManuel BetancourtFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
The change in point-of-view probably works better on the page, and Schrader never quite figures out how to make that sing on the screen.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDennis Harvey48 Hills
Oh, Canada is worth seeing for its thematic ambition and seriousness, but is unlikely to impress anyone as among its maker’s better efforts.
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