movie review

JOHN CANDY: I LIKE ME

Running time: 113 minutes. Out Oct. 10 on Amazon Prime.

TORONTO — Early in the emotional new documentary “John Candy: I Like Me,” which had its world premiere Thursday night at the Toronto International Film Festival, actor Bill Murray sums up the loving movie well.

“I wish I had some bad things to say about him,” says Candy’s friend and “Stripes” co-star.

From start to finish, there’s not an ugly word flung at the comedy genius, who died in 1994 at the young age of 43.

Rather than that being evasive, however, the heartfelt approach feels right and honest. Directed by Colin Hanks, “I Like Me” portrays Candy as a hardworking family man driven, in no small part, by a tick-tock feeling that his life would be cut short.

“I seem to recall him saying, ‘I

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