The Ernie Game (1967)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Don Owen

Writer:

Don Owen (writer)

Plot Keywords:

Independent Film

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Jackie Burroughs	...	Gail
Anna Cameron	...	Social worker
Leonard Cohen	...	Singer
Corinne Copnick	...	Landlady
Rolland D'Amour	...	Neighbour
Judith Gault	...	Donna
Alexis Kanner	...	Ernie Turner
Derek May	...	Ernie's accomplice
Louis Negin	...	Ernie's friend

Also Known As:

Ernie

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.75 : 1

Certification:

Canada:PG (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Evil is Canadian

While doing a little research on Canadian cinema, I had the distinct displeasure of sitting through this atrocious film. The Ernie of the title is very possibly the most smug, most obnoxious, most irritating character ever to hit the screen; he runs around sponging off of women who ought to know better, declaring himself a "saint" and talking down to people as if they were four years old. (Of course, he fancies himself a writer despite never having written a sentence.) The lead actor is perfect- too perfect- in the role: he's so convincing that he makes an already annoying character completely intolerable, so much so that I decided I'd rather spend time with Buffalo Bill from "The Silence of the Lambs" than look at his horrible smirk ever again. Unless you're a Leonard Cohen diehard (he has a small scene in which he sings) my advice to you is flee in terror.