An interview with Bill Murray opens “John Candy: I Like Me,” director Colin Hanks’ formulaic but richly enjoyable documentary about the late, great Canadian comedic actor.

Murray apologizes for having nothing bad to say about the man he shared the screen in the 1981 movie “Stripes” — he thinks it would be more interesting if he did, he says, and eventually manages that maybe Candy overdid it in one of their scenes.

Murray’s a good actor, but barely tries to sell the idea.

What becomes clear watching “I Like Me,” the title taken from a line of dialogue in one of Candy’s best-known films, 1987’s “Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” is that seemingly everyone liked Candy — even if, like the rest of us, he was far from perfect.

Available to stream on Prime Video starting Oct. 10, the movie world-premiered as the opening-night offering of the 50th Toronto International Film Festival in early September.

“I Like Me” is stuffed with terrific archival footage sure to prove nostalgic for those who followed Candy back to his days on the sketch show “SCTV,” essentially Canada’s answer to “Saturday Night Live.” You watch as he breaks into movies and even eventually becomes an owner of the professional football team the Toronto Argonauts, helping to reach his dream of becoming his envisioned cooler alter ego, “Johnny Toronto.”

The movie also boasts many more interviews with those who knew and loved him, including family and famous friends. Along with Murray, the latter group includes Canadian comedic actor peers Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, Martin Short and Dave Thomas.

Hanks also somehow (cough) managed to get his very well-known father, Tom, who acted opposite Candy in 1984’s “Splash,” to reminisce about first taking note of Candy while watching “SCTV” and of later finding him to be a giving screen partner.

And then there’s Candy’s “Planes” co-star Steve Martin, who didn’t know him well before filming the John Hughes-directed classic and expresses something that comes close to regret for how his character brutally lays into Candy’s in that memorable scene that eventually delivers the “I like me” quip.

“His facial response in that scene told a huge story,” Martin says, adding with an uneasy laugh: “And I’d always feel bad. I’d say, ‘We are just pretending, you know?’”

Actor John Candy is shown in a scene from the new documentary “John Candy: I Like Me.” (Prime Video/TNS)

Following predictable beats, the younger Hanks doesn’t shy away from the fact that Candy was large in more than just personality. Increasingly overweight, he drank and ate too much, possibly in part to deal with the tremendous anxiety he felt.

We spend time early on and deep into the film at his funeral in 1994, after he’d died of a heart attack.

So, yes, “I Like Me” offers the obligatory gut punches, so perhaps have a tissue or three at the ready, but mostly it’s a celebration of a life spent making others laugh.

And fear not, fans of 1987 “Star Wars” spoof “Spaceballs,” the Mel Brooks-directed classic — in which Candy plays the vaguely Chewbacca-like man-dog hybrid Barf — receives its delightful moment in the spotlight.

“He had a wild and weird, beautiful sense of humor — and blessed with a sweet nature and a smile, that ever-loving smile,” Brooks says. “Two generations passed, and … his memory is still as vivid and as lively as ever.”

We couldn’t have said it better ourselves.

‘John Candy: I Like Me’

3 stars (out of 4)

MPA rating: PG-13 (for smoking, some strong language, drug material and suggestive material)

Running time: 1:53

How to watch: On Prime Video Oct. 10

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Today is Friday, Oct. 10, the 283rd day of 2025. There are 82 days left in the year.

Today in history:

On Oct. 10, 2014, Malala Yousafzai (mah-LAH’-lah YOO’-suhf-zeye), a 17-year-old Pakistani girl, and Kailash Satyarthi (KY’-lash saht-YAHR’-thee), a 60-year-old Indian man, were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for risking their lives for the right of children to receive an education and to live free from abuse.

Also on this date:

In 1845, the U.S. Naval Academy was established in Annapolis, Maryland, with an inaugural class of 50 students.

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In 1911, Chinese revolutionaries launched an uprising that led to the collapse of the Qing (or Manchu) Dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China.

In 1935, the George Gershwin opera “Porgy and Bess,” featuring an all-Black cast, opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 124 performances.

In 1964, the Summer Olympics began in Tokyo, the first Summer Games to be telecast around the world.

In 1966, the Beach Boys’ single “Good Vibrations,” written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, was released by Capitol Records.

In 1970, Fiji became independent of the United Kingdom, 96 years after the South Pacific island archipelago had been colonized.

In 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, accused of accepting bribes, resigned his office and pleaded no contest to one count of federal income tax evasion. President Richard Nixon soon after appointed Congressman Gerald Ford to replace Agnew. Nixon resigned in 1974 amid the Watergate scandal and Ford succeeded him.

In 2001, a month after the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. jets stepped up bombing of the Afghan capital of Kabul while President George W. Bush unveiled a list of 22 most-wanted terrorists, including Osama bin Laden.

In 2018, Hurricane Michael, the first to strike the U.S. mainland as a Category 5 hurricane in 26 years, barreled onto the Florida Panhandle with 160 mph (257 kph) winds, causing nearly $7 billion in total insured losses.

Today’s Birthdays:

Actor Peter Coyote is 84.
Entertainer Ben Vereen is 79.
Actor Charles Dance is 79.
Author Nora Roberts is 75.
Rock singer David Lee Roth is 71.
Country singer Tanya Tucker is 67.
Actor Julia Sweeney is 66.
Actor Bradley Whitford is 66.
Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre is 56.
Actor/TV host Mario Lopez is 52.
NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. is 51.
Hockey Hall of Famer Chris Pronger is 51.

The last time Mumford and Sons were in town — in April 2016, on the same day Prince died(!) — they were in their so-called experimental phase, when the London foursome began slathering slick stadium rock vibes over the earnest Appalachian folk that made them famous.

In the nearly decade that has passed, they released another rock album, took an extended break and lost banjo player Winston Marshall, who left the group due to his increasingly far-right politics. In March, they released their back-to-basics fifth album “Rushmere” and, Thursday night, headlined Grand Casino Arena, the downtown St. Paul hockey rink formerly known as Xcel Energy Center.

The time away clearly didn’t cost them any listeners, as more than 14,500 showed up to see the guys live. But “Rushmere” failed to generate much buzz from fans or critics. So it wasn’t too surprising to see the new stuff they played receive a polite response, while the crowd went nuts for the old hits, singing along to “Little Lion Man” and dutifully clapping during “Lover of the Light.”

That said, it was a brand-new number that spoke to where Mumford and Sons stand in 2025. They opened the show with “Run Together” a song so fresh, it made its world debut Wednesday night in Chicago. And it’s a real barn burner, at least in the Mumford and Sons sense, with an anthemic chorus and a hook so immediate and indelible, it seems inevitable that they ripped it off from another song, consciously or not.

Stomping, clapping numbers like “Run Together” are what attract folks to the Mumfords and they rolled them out one after the other Thursday. The three remaining members stood up front, while a small army of touring musicians crowded near the back, adding more guitars and more keyboards along with drums, trombone, trumpet and a few other random instruments.

The trio did take a mid-set break for some scaled-back acoustic numbers on a small stage at the back of the arena floor. Joined by touring banjo player Matt Menefee, they dialed back the energy and got intimate with “Ghosts That We Knew,” “Caroline” and “Feel the Tide,” a song they haven’t played live in 15 years. (They were still up-and-comers in the States at that time and headlined the Varsity Theater in Dinkytown on that tour.)

While he doesn’t have a particularly distinct voice, band leader Marcus Mumford does know how to work a crowd, whether it was hopping onto the drums or sprinting directly through the general admission crowd after the acoustic set. He’s got a certain charm to him as well, which probably helps forgive some of his weaker material.

Whatever the case, “Run Together” sure sounds like a smash hit in waiting that will stand with any of the big ones from the good old days. Expect it to be inescapable in the near future and used in a prescription drug ad at whatever point the royalty checks start petering out for the Mumfords.

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ST. CLOUD, Minn. — A former Catholic priest with the St. Cloud Diocese has been accused of sexual misconduct with a woman while being her spiritual adviser.

Aaron John Kuhn, 47, of Wadena, was charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct Monday in Stearns County District Court.

According to the charges, he “wrongfully and unlawfully engaged in sexual penetration with another person (and) the actor was or purported to be a member of the clergy.”

A woman told law enforcement she had sexual contact with Kuhn between September 2019 and October 2022 while he was providing her “with spiritual direction,” according to the Stearns County Attorney’s Office. She said Kuhn used his role as a spiritual adviser to manipulate and pressure her into engaging in sexual acts. Additionally, she reported that the abuse escalated over time and that she repeatedly asked Kuhn to stop.

The incidents allegedly occurred on multiple occasions and in multiple locations across Wadena, Stearns and Benton counties — including in Sartell and St. Cloud — while Kuhn served as a priest for the St. Cloud Diocese.

Investigators said in the criminal complaint that they interviewed multiple witnesses affiliated with the church who confirmed that Kuhn acknowledged having sexual contact with the victim during this time.

The St. Cloud Diocese removed Kuhn from active ministry in June 2024. On Tuesday, the diocese said that Kuhn had been placed on full administrative leave effective immediately once it learned of the criminal charges.

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