Rating: 
Summary: An OK Biography
Review: All in all, I thought this was a pretty decent book. Even though the author doesn't speak much of John Candy's childhood, there is a lot about how he rose to becoming a star. The only things that I don't like in this book are:
1. The author always spells words like "Honor" and "Favorite" like this: Honour; Favourite.2. The author acts like too much of a critic. He seems to have something against John Hughes and kind of makes him out to be a bad movie maker. He makes certain films like Ferris Beuler's Day Off and Uncle Buck seem like bad movies. He also says something like the Great Outdoors is a ripoff of National Lampoons Vacation. But the only thing those two films have in common is that they involve a family on a vacation and everything goes wrong, and that John Candy appeared in both of them. Other than that, this book was alright.
Rating:
Summary: An OK Biography
Review: All in all, I thought this was a pretty decent book. Even though the author doesn't speak much of John Candy's childhood, there is a lot about how he rose to becoming a star. The only things that I don't like in this book are:
1. The author always spells words like "Honor" and "Favorite" like this: Honour; Favourite. 2. The author acts like too much of a critic. He seems to have something against John Hughes and kind of makes him out to be a bad movie maker. He makes certain films like Ferris Beuler's Day Off and Uncle Buck seem like bad movies. He also says something like the Great Outdoors is a ripoff of National Lampoons Vacation. But the only thing those two films have in common is that they involve a family on a vacation and everything goes wrong, and that John Candy appeared in both of them. Other than that, this book was alright.
Rating:
Summary: A fascinating book
Review: I really liked this book and in fact, couldn't put it down. I read it in one sitting. Martin Knelman did an excellent job in documenting what was really a very sad story. I grew up in Toronto and was a fan of John Candy, watching his career from the earliest days of SCTV. I found this book to be a very accurate and an interesting historical review of the Canadian TV and media industry. Candy clearly made an amazing number of poor career choices but was also taken advantage of by many people in the show business industry which is unfortunate. This book would make a good movie.
Rating:
Summary: A fascinating book
Review: I really liked this book and in fact, couldn't put it down. I read it in one sitting. Martin Knelman did an excellent job in documenting what was really a very sad story. I grew up in Toronto and was a fan of John Candy, watching his career from the earliest days of SCTV. I found this book to be a very accurate and an interesting historical review of the Canadian TV and media industry. Candy clearly made an amazing number of poor career choices but was also taken advantage of by many people in the show business industry which is unfortunate. This book would make a good movie.
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Summary: Candy's life about hardships and with a complex problem!
Review: John Candy's story is told in this penetrating biography tells about the off-screen comedians self complex and troubled problems with his weight and alcoholism, and his smoking that gained him over 300 pounds. And with his deeply rooted anxieties about his success, money and his self-worth. But above all that on-screen Candy was a funny, gentle, soft-hearted and affable also loved by millions of television & movie fans for playing characters who almost always conveyed much of the real man. Like "SCTV" where Candy's skecth characters came up to Mayor Tommy Shanks, Johnny LaRue and Stan Shmenge. And his best remebered known film roles like "Uncle Buck", "Plane Trains and Automobiles", "Splash" and "Cool Runnings". This is a tale of a comedian at war with his greatest instrument and a riveting portrait of a man's battle with his private demons!
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Summary: Candy's life about hardships and with a complex problem!
Review: The author does not seem to want to tell the story of a comedian that did put his mark on the world, and would have moved further in this world had he lived longer. The author seems to want to put his 2 cents in as a movie critic instead. I am sure there were many great stories about John Candy, but the readers don't hear a one of them. Please avoid this book if you have your heart set on learning about the man, John Candy.
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Summary: Sad book of movie reviews
Review: The author does not seem to want to tell the story of a comedian that did put his mark on the world, and would have moved further in this world had he lived longer. The author seems to want to put his 2 cents in as a movie critic instead. I am sure there were many great stories about John Candy, but the readers don't hear a one of them. Please avoid this book if you have your heart set on learning about the man, John Candy.
Rating:
Summary: Informative But Disorganized Tribute
Review: The author of the book has pulled together information on one of the most beloved modern comedians, a person whom no one could not love. The author of the book is, however, not as crafty as a biographer as Candy deserves. Frequent jumping around, repetition, and awkwardness make the read difficult, and it moves fast not for grace of writing but love of the subject. While the author does present and reinforce the ideas that went through Candy's mind and the minds of those closest to him, the only way to really get through this book is to be a John Candy fan through and through
Rating:
Summary: Do not waste your time
Review: This book is about twice as long as it needs to be. It is way too wordy and lacks depth. I read two to three books per week and usually pass on my used books to others. When I completed reading this one I literally threw it in the trash. What a waste of money and time!
Rating:
Summary: Do not waste your time
Review: This book is about twice as long as it needs to be. It is way too wordy and lacks depth. I read two to three books per week and usually pass on my used books to others. When I completed reading this one I literally threw it in the trash. What a waste of money and time!
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