"And indeed, I Like Me is as A-list heavy a documentary as any in recent memory. It features interviews with Short, Steve Martin, Bill Murray, Conan O'Brien, Mel Brooks, Tom Hanks, Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, every other living SCTV cast member minus Rick Moranis, and more. It's produced by Ryan Reynolds, who joined Hanks onstage for the post-screening Q&A."
"Hanks's film, while pleasant enough, is hampered by a similar desire to use Candy's legacy to serve a particular narrative. It's a recurring issue for a rash of comedian-documentaries commissioned in recent years about legends like George Carlin and Albert Brooks. It was made by a devoted fan who is less interested in depicting his subject as a three-dimensional human being than in reinforcing his reputation as a prodigious talent and kindhearted soul, who, in"
The film John Candy: I Like Me features an unusually large roster of A-list interviewees including Martin Short, Bill Murray, Conan O'Brien, Tom Hanks, Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd, Eugene Levy, and Catherine O'Hara. Ryan Reynolds produced the film and joined the director for a post-screening Q&A. Canadian central-bank figure Mark Carney made a surprise appearance and compared Candy's comedic turns to Canada's geopolitical stance, warning, 'Don't push a Canadian too far.' The film leans toward celebrating Candy's reputation as a prodigious talent and kindhearted soul rather than portraying him as a fully three-dimensional human being. This approach mirrors a trend in recent comedian documentaries that favor reverent narratives over critical complexity.
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