Another example of a typical Canadian movie. Too much art and not enough entertainment. Canadian films suffer from directors and writers who believe that people will watch their movies out of loyalty to Canadian film makers.
Unbearably long sequences with mournful music in the background, static shots of talentless actors staring into the distance with no dialogue. Even a talented actor like Richard Dreyfuss can't save this movie from the plodding, slow moving, badly written efforts of the production team..
An example is the nursing home staff. Every time Angus' family mentions he doesn't do something at the time the Nursing home specifies they answer back with "He will". They're portrayed as brainless robots who lack any emotion or concern for their patient. So cliche
And that's how the entire movie goes. No creativity from the writer or director. It doesn't cater to the viewer, it panders to the pretentious self-absorbed art community in downtown Toronto. The rest of the world be damned.
The problem is that Canadian content rules dictate that Canadian cable providers must program a certain percentage of government approved films and music. This means that it doesn't matter the whether content is entertaining as long as it meets the prescribed Canadian content standards. It's a quota system. I challenge anyone to name their favorite Canadian movie or actor/actress. You're likely to get a blank stare and no answer.
So here you have a potentially good story compromised by over regulation and government interference. This will continue until Canadian film makers stop taking handouts from government agencies and learn to rely on box office revenue. I believe that will break the curse of the Canadian content rules give Viewers something truly engaging and entertaining.
Unbearably long sequences with mournful music in the background, static shots of talentless actors staring into the distance with no dialogue. Even a talented actor like Richard Dreyfuss can't save this movie from the plodding, slow moving, badly written efforts of the production team..
An example is the nursing home staff. Every time Angus' family mentions he doesn't do something at the time the Nursing home specifies they answer back with "He will". They're portrayed as brainless robots who lack any emotion or concern for their patient. So cliche
And that's how the entire movie goes. No creativity from the writer or director. It doesn't cater to the viewer, it panders to the pretentious self-absorbed art community in downtown Toronto. The rest of the world be damned.
The problem is that Canadian content rules dictate that Canadian cable providers must program a certain percentage of government approved films and music. This means that it doesn't matter the whether content is entertaining as long as it meets the prescribed Canadian content standards. It's a quota system. I challenge anyone to name their favorite Canadian movie or actor/actress. You're likely to get a blank stare and no answer.
So here you have a potentially good story compromised by over regulation and government interference. This will continue until Canadian film makers stop taking handouts from government agencies and learn to rely on box office revenue. I believe that will break the curse of the Canadian content rules give Viewers something truly engaging and entertaining.