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Colin Hanks on John Candy's Comic Genius, Ryan Reynolds and How Bad Guy Roles "Can Be Liberating"

The late funnyman and actor John Candy was the mascot of laughter and fun in Hollywood comedies before his unexpected death in 1994. But Colin Hanks, in directing his feature documentary John Candy: I ...
San Diego Reader

Now streaming: JOHN CANDY: I LIKE ME (2025)

JOHN CANDY: I LIKE ME (2025) Colin Hanks / Cinematographer: Justin Kane (1.85 : 1) / Composer: Tyler Strickland / Editors: Shane Reid & Darrin Roberts / Eulogists: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Rose Candy ...
Iowa Public Radio

'John Candy: I Like Me' paints an intimate portrait of the late actor

This is FRESH AIR. John Candy, the comic actor who rose to fame in the sketch comedy series "SCTV" and such films as "Stripes," "Splash" and "Spaceballs," died at age 43 in 1994. Now, 31 years later, ...
NPR

'John Candy: I Like Me' paints an intimate portrait of the late actor

Candy died in 1994 at age 43. Now, a new Amazon Prime documentary does a fine job of profiling a gifted entertainer who was also, by all accounts, a very sweet human being. This is FRESH AIR. John ...