This is a story about a Democratic political activist who tries to make good on a promise to move to Canada if W wins re-election.
What's good about this film is that it includes eerie clips from the period which bring back memories of just how creepy it was to live in the US at that time. When a lunatic president tells you he thinks he's been given a blank cheque to do what he wants, you don't really stick around to find out what that means. Having the advantage of being Canadian already, I did leave, several months later.
But what's bad is almost everything else.
I totally did not buy the romantic relationship. Frankly, I was expecting Hamon to be some kind of citizen spy, perhaps along the lines of James O'Keefe.
And Canada is insultingly misrepresented here (that's the thanks that Canadian taxpayers get for helping fund this thing). Ultimately, we're just another plot device to these characters, not a real place. Coming to Canada in real life is certainly not an escape from responsibility. There is real work to be done.
It would have been nice if the film had contrasted the US events with Canada's Liberal minority of the same time period, and their eventual election loss to Harper in 2005.
That said, Breckin looks good in a pair of jeans. I think he always will.
What's good about this film is that it includes eerie clips from the period which bring back memories of just how creepy it was to live in the US at that time. When a lunatic president tells you he thinks he's been given a blank cheque to do what he wants, you don't really stick around to find out what that means. Having the advantage of being Canadian already, I did leave, several months later.
But what's bad is almost everything else.
I totally did not buy the romantic relationship. Frankly, I was expecting Hamon to be some kind of citizen spy, perhaps along the lines of James O'Keefe.
And Canada is insultingly misrepresented here (that's the thanks that Canadian taxpayers get for helping fund this thing). Ultimately, we're just another plot device to these characters, not a real place. Coming to Canada in real life is certainly not an escape from responsibility. There is real work to be done.
It would have been nice if the film had contrasted the US events with Canada's Liberal minority of the same time period, and their eventual election loss to Harper in 2005.
That said, Breckin looks good in a pair of jeans. I think he always will.