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- 2016
- R
- A24
- 1 h 37 m
- 2016
- R
- A24
- 1 h 37 m
Summary Hank (Paul Dano) is stranded on a deserted island, having given up all hope of ever making it home again. But one day everything changes when a corpse named Manny (Daniel Radcliffe) washes up on shore; the two become fast friends, and ultimately go on an epic adventure that will bring Hank back to the woman of his dreams.
Directed By: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Written By: Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan
- 2016
- R
- A24
- 1 h 37 m
- 2016
- R
- A24
- 1 h 37 m
Swiss Army Man
64
7.3
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Summary Hank (Paul Dano) is stranded on a deserted island, having given up all hope of ever making it home again. But one day everything changes when a corpse named Manny (Daniel Radcliffe) washes up on shore; the two become fast friends, and ultimately go on an epic adventure that will bring Hank back to the woman of his dreams.
Directed By: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Written By: Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally favorable
Based on 36 Critic Reviews
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64% Positive
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23 Reviews
31% Mixed
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11 Reviews
6% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Generally favorable
Based on 36 Critic Reviews
64
64% Positive
23 Reviews
23 Reviews
31% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
6% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
The premise sounds like an off-Broadway play gone wrong. Far from it — this is extraordinary, vital, and fuelled by great performances.
Juvenile? Weird? Gross? Yes. But also the best flatulence-themed indie-comedy-musical-drama you’ll see this year.
User Score
Generally favorable
Based on 328 User Ratings
7.3
75% Positive
246 Ratings
246 Ratings
14% Mixed
46 Ratings
46 Ratings
11% Negative
36 Ratings
36 Ratings
User Score
Generally favorable
Based on 328 User Ratings
7.3
75% Positive
246 Ratings
246 Ratings
14% Mixed
46 Ratings
46 Ratings
11% Negative
36 Ratings
36 Ratings
Its hilarious and shows a fresh perspective about what it means to be alive
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such a beautiful dank movie...
heard some people actually walked out of theater while watching the movie...
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The easy elevator pitch on Swiss Army Man is that it’s "Cast Away" meets "Weekend At Bernie’s." Weird as that movie may sound, it’s not nearly as weird as the one actually cooked up by “Daniels,” a.k.a. Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, the branded directing duo making its feature-length debut.
It’s all kind of amusing, and that would be fine but for the fact that the filmmakers offer many openings where they seem to be in search of deeper meaning.
For the most part Swiss Army Man is a visually unique gas and only feels bloated when it tries to hitch its wayward originality to some sort of real world application.
Swiss Army Man is an exceptionally unusual, one-of-a-kind achievement, worthy to seek out for that factor alone. However, if as much time was spent on refining the script as was the world-building, this could have been a magical realism fever dream like few others.
A ridiculously infantile film, one that flatters itself by intimating a deeper comment about suppressed masculinity or romantic passivity.
Greatest movie that has a marvelous narrative part and plot. It's a work for finding yourself in the world, yourself by yourself and the personal meaning life. The 'A24' studio is genius in the cinema world because it has impressive taste for movies and an amazing presentation of the plot and twists, which make you feel more inspired by the idea of the director
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Quirky and Fun. This is a unique film and its definitely not for everyone. I enjoyed the film especially the performances, but I didn’t find the same love others have been finding with it. I felt the emotional impact of their friendship misses the mark and it doesn’t bring it together at the end.
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Sorry, but I hated this one. Directed by Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan, Swiss Army Man tells the story of a man, Hank (Paul Dano), who is lost on an island and set to kill himself. However, right before doing the deed, he sees the dead body of Manny (Daniel Radcliffe). Through talking to Manny, Hank explores his loneliness and depression, as well as his own self-esteem and self-image. When talking about this and how it is okay to be unique, Swiss Army Man ultimately winds up just being creepy and weird. It had a chance to be profound about a broken man being saved, but instead opts to just shock audiences with a farting corpse.
There are a few positives in Swiss Army Man. Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe are both spectacular. Plus, whenever it remains focused on examining what makes Hank depressed and run away to this island (well, not really an island), the film is largely quite successful. Typical, but moving and a tremendous character study. Additionally, the music in the film is great with a truly terrific score that elevates otherwise mundane moments.
Yet, that is about all that counts in the positive column for Swiss Army Man, a film that tries to turn farting into a cause. Relying on both fart and **** jokes to steer the film home, it is also simply an incredibly dumb movie. Hank goes to kill himself, but as it is revealed, he was merely in the woods behind a neighborhood that happens to go by an ocean. Even worse, when it is revealed that this Sarah Johnson (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) in his phone is just some random girl who he stalks and has a picture of in his phone, it spoils the film even more. Until that point, I could write it off as an irreverent and weird film. But at this point, it was a truly creepy film. It wants us to feel sorry for this guy who creeps on this girl so much that he knows exactly where she lives and turns up in her backyard? No way. No thank you.
Plus, it even serves to spoil the rest of the film. While it was far too weird for me throughout, the scenes of Hank describing love to Manny were quite funny and filled with enthusiastic moments. Yet, since they use Sarah for much of this, it loses any of its luster. When they were joking around and just using a made up name for some swimsuit model, it was whatever. Once they started using a real person that Hank stalks, this moment lost all of its power and wound up just revealing the disturbing and truly chilling level of his obsession with this girl.
However, had this not even happened, Swiss Army Man had lost me. A little bit of weird and quirkiness is fine by me. Yet, this film dials it up to 11 with the weird and by the fourth time Hank used Manny's gas for some purpose, I knew this was not my kind of film. In defense of this film, everyone said this was not simply a film about a farting corpse like some made it out to be. Having seen the film now, they are right. It is a film about a creepy stalker who uses some corpses gas to not kill himself. Not exactly a winning combination.
Swiss Army Man can brush shoulders with profundity and comedy, but winds up ruining it with over-the-top weirdness and creepiness. Yes, it is okay to be weird. Yes, it is okay to be weird. However, I do not have to accept a film that begs me to like a stalker with an obsession for some girl he has never met. A truly ugly and thoroughly juvenile film, honestly.
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Production Company
Astrakan Films,
Blackbird,
Cold Iron Pictures,
Prettybird,
Tadmor
Release Date Jun 24, 2016
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating R
Tagline We all need some body to lean on.
Awards
Golden Trailer Awards
• 7 Nominations
Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
