"Canadian Bacon" is one of those movies with an excellent concept which is enough to make you want to watch it even if it's not the greatest movie. In this case, I happen to love the plot and like the movie.
The U.S. president's ratings are doing poorly and he is desperate for a ratings boost if he is to be re-elected. After long deliberations with his various cabinet members he settles on a fictionalized conflict with Canada. If he could have a conflict similar to the Cold War which lasted so long and kept Americans properly patriotic, then he could reap the benefits.
This Michael Moore creation is an exaggeration, but it rings with so much truth. Rabid Americans worked themselves into a lather while the nice and unwitting Canadians went about their lives as they normally would. "Canadian Bacon" isn't about the laughs, though it has them, it is about the sheer absurdity of an artificial conflict.
The U.S. president's ratings are doing poorly and he is desperate for a ratings boost if he is to be re-elected. After long deliberations with his various cabinet members he settles on a fictionalized conflict with Canada. If he could have a conflict similar to the Cold War which lasted so long and kept Americans properly patriotic, then he could reap the benefits.
This Michael Moore creation is an exaggeration, but it rings with so much truth. Rabid Americans worked themselves into a lather while the nice and unwitting Canadians went about their lives as they normally would. "Canadian Bacon" isn't about the laughs, though it has them, it is about the sheer absurdity of an artificial conflict.