Oh, Canada (2024)

As he lies dying of cancer, a celebrated documentary film maker (Jacob Elordi who morphs into Richard Gere) agrees to one last filmed interview to tell his uncensored life's story as it's never been told before. Based on the novel FOREGONE by Russell Banks and adapted for the screen and directed by Paul Schrader (AMERICAN GIGOLO). Incoherent, pointless and pretentious about sums it up. Does anything more need to be said? A film about a self centered filmmaker who discards those who love him (including his wife and infant son) and left the U.S. for Canada in order to avoid the draft during the Vietnam war. The documentary film maker (Michael Imperioli) who is shooting the documentary on the dying director's final days is also an ass wipe. Yes, we often overvalue our icons and attribute qualities that just aren't there (and sometimes encouraged by the icons themselves) and I understand that Schrader wanted to demythologize that but he's given us nothing in return. With Uma Thurman and Victoria Hill.