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  • 2020
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2020
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 32 m

Summary It was a cool October evening in the middle of the Mojave desert back in 1987 when a young Carl Merryweather had an experience that forever changed his life. After having just received his brand new pellet gun, Carl was on the prowl for wily jackrabbits that inhabited the endless miles of sand and scrub that surround the recently complet...

Directed By: Daniel Myrick

Written By: Daniel Myrick

  • 2020
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2020
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 32 m

Skyman

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary It was a cool October evening in the middle of the Mojave desert back in 1987 when a young Carl Merryweather had an experience that forever changed his life. After having just received his brand new pellet gun, Carl was on the prowl for wily jackrabbits that inhabited the endless miles of sand and scrub that surround the recently complet...

Directed By: Daniel Myrick

Written By: Daniel Myrick

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Metascore
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Jul 1, 2020
Subdued and temperate, Skyman refuses to lean into the mystery of Carl’s claims or wind us up for a final resolution. Those elements might be present, but they’re never allowed to obscure what is essentially an empathetic, textured portrait of loneliness and loss.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
67
Jul 1, 2020
Before its messy climax, Skyman works well as a tragicomic look at the nature of extraterrestrial obsessives. After a random expert opens the movie by explaining that such true believers are “looking for something science can’t prove,” Myrick digs into the psychological factors driving that desire with enthralling results.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW
67
Jul 1, 2020
Sporadically, the deliberately organic, semi-improvised tone doesn't quite gel, and there are momentary longueurs that could derail the story. But Myrick's decision to keep the narrative simple, and instead concentrate on the characters, means there's always a thick strand of sympathy and tragedy at play.
By Richard Whittaker FULL REVIEW
40
Jul 1, 2020
Supposedly chronicling the experiences of a man attempting to reconnect with the alien form he encountered as a child, Skyman squanders whatever potential thrills it might have offered with its lackluster execution.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
38
Jul 1, 2020
As alien encounter documentaries or mockumentaries go, Skyman is boringly earthbound.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Character Brigade, Gang of Robots, Hungry Bull Productions, Skyman Productions
Release Date Jul 1, 2020
Duration 1 h 32 m
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Tagline He's coming... ...back
Website https://www.facebook.com/SkymanTheMovie/
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