let it be say a comedy can not run on a one joke premise and that exactly what canadian bacon try to do . no matter what the medium say and portray stereotypically u canadian and american aren not that different . sure there cultural difference and how our country be run and unique pop culture influence and but be not mile apart from each other . canadian bacon isn not deep and intellectual comedy . it not brilliant satire either . it a run loop of overused and unfunny clichés . a such and i feel bad for everyone involve . john candy and rela perlman and michael moore and alan alda and kevin pollak . this be absolute junk when you consider this be suppose to be a comedy . it just plain boring . i only laugh once . it dry so very dry . if youre canadian and feel free to be insult . if your american and you might find this hilarious . i really do not know . this movie story revolve initially around a large military arm manufacture plant closing result in the loss of thousand of job . which sound suspiciously close to the closure of the car plant in michigan which so happen be cover by michael moore and make into a movie too . welcome michael moore . welcome to the land of hope and freedom . the freedom to sell your ware wherever possible and but what be i say . you have already be give a lesson in that i see . this be one movie you do not need to see .