Swiss Army Man October 25, 2018May 12, 2022 Admin What’s the Tomatometer®? Critics SIGN UP | LOG IN MOVIES TV SHOWS NewRT PODCAST NEWS SHOWTIMES TRENDING ON RT Top Gun: Maverick Most Anticipated TV & Streaming Firestarter Candy WATCH TRAILER SWISS ARMY MAN R 2016, Adventure/Comedy, 1h 35m 72% TOMATOMETER211 Reviews 72% AUDIENCE SCORE10,000+ Ratings WHAT TO KNOW CRITICS CONSENSUS Disarmingly odd and thoroughly well-acted, Swiss Army Man offers adventurous viewers an experience as rewarding as it is impossible to categorize. Read critic reviews YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE 66% 66% Nerve 23% 34% Bad Santa 2 78% 55% Keanu 56% 56% Tag 69% 61% The Night Before WHERE TO WATCH In Theaters Rent/buy from $2.99 Rent/buy from $2.99 Rent/buy from $3.99 RATE AND REVIEW WANT TO SEE SWISS ARMY MAN VIDEOS 1:54 Swiss Army Man: Trailer 1 View All Videos (1) SWISS ARMY MAN PHOTOS 1 2 3 4 5 View All Photos (36) MOVIE INFO Being stranded on a deserted island leaves young Hank (Paul Dano) bored, lonely and without hope. As a rope hangs around his neck, Hank prepares to end it all, until he suddenly spots a man (Daniel Radcliffe) laying by the shore. Unfortunately, he is dead and quite flatulent. Using the gassy body to his advantage, Hank miraculously makes it back to the mainland. However, he now finds himself lost in the wilderness, and dragging the talking corpse named Manny along for the adventure. Rating: R (Language and Sexual Material) Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy Original Language: English Director: Daniel Scheinert, Dan Kwan Producer: Jonathan Wang, Lawrence Inglee, Miranda Bailey, Amanda Marshall, Eyal Rimmon, Lauren Mann Writer: Daniel Scheinert, Dan Kwan Release Date (Theaters): Jul 1, 2016 Wide Release Date (Streaming): Oct 4, 2016 Box Office (Gross USA): $4.3M Runtime: 1h 35m Distributor: A24 Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos CAST & CREW Paul Dano Hank Daniel Radcliffe Manny Mary Elizabeth Winstead Sarah Antonia Ribero Chrissy Timothy Eulich Preston Richard Gross Hank’s Dad Show all Cast & Crew CRITIC REVIEWS FOR SWISS ARMY MAN All Critics (211) | Top Critics (50) | Fresh (152) | Rotten (59) The third act dissolves back into emo indulgence. But before then, you may just have found yourself briefly watching in wonderment, only disturbed by the nagging feeling that this is all very wrong. December 28, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… Danny LeighFinancial Times TOP CRITIC Two fine actors giving full-blooded performances can’t prevent Swiss Army Man from seeming pretentious and self-indulgent. October 3, 2016 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review… Geoffrey MacnabIndependent (UK) TOP CRITIC Incredible and not in a good way. October 2, 2016 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review… Wendy IdeObserver (UK) TOP CRITIC The richest wellspring of surprise is Daniel Radcliffe’s performance as Hank’s corpse-companion Manny, combining as it does inspired flesh-and-blood physical comedy with special-effects-enhanced superpowers. September 30, 2016 | Full Review… Adam NaymanSight & Sound TOP CRITIC You have to hand it to Daniel Radcliffe for being willing to try anything for his art, but playing a fart-powered corpse in Swiss Army Man was perhaps a step too far. September 30, 2016 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review… Kate MuirTimes (UK) TOP CRITIC Dano seems genially crazed with just the right amount of suicidal-existential angst; Radcliffe manages the not-inconsiderable feat of seeming like a dead dude who’s clung on by fluke to the power of speech. September 29, 2016 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Tim RobeyDaily Telegraph (UK) TOP CRITIC No one who watches Swiss Army Man will be able to deny the imagination and idiosyncrasy of what theyve seen. April 11, 2022 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… Brian EggertDeep Focus Review Without question one of the most unusual films of the year, Swiss Army Man shows Radcliffe can play a man who died as well as the Boy Who Lived. February 18, 2022 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… James LuxfordCity AM Alas, Swiss Army Man isn’t the cinematic savior we required. August 18, 2021 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review… Matt BrunsonFilm Frenzy Swiss Army Man wears its bizarreness as a badge of honor, and I can’t help but commend it for that. June 25, 2021 | Rating: 2. 5 / 5 | Full Review… Nicolás DelgadilloDiscussing Film This story of a hopeless man and his dead buddy is a tale of friendship and what it means to be alive, really and truly alive. February 3, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review… Richard CrouseRichard Crouse All of this high-concept absurdism in a semi-magical forest ends up being a surprisingly effective way to examine modern life from a clear distance. January 6, 2021 | Full Review… David BaxBattleship Pretension View All Critic Reviews (211) AUDIENCE REVIEWS FOR SWISS ARMY MAN Apr 24, 2017 http://cinephilecrocodile.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/swiss-army-man-dir-daniel-kwan.html Anthony LSUPER REVIEWER Feb 22, 2017 One of the most peculiar films I’ve ever seen: which is the entire point of the movie. On the surface, it appears to be one big fart joke, but after reading up on analysis and theories, my perspective on Swiss Army Man changed. It’s well-shot, well-acted, and is downright hilarious, for the first 20 minutes or so. The jokes get old very fast, and the plot gets very confusing (which is why it is essential to research the themes and analysis). For a film that was only 95 minutes long, I found myself itching for it to be over. It did however grow on me, and it’s still stuck in my mind because it’s that strange, and the ending (mostly) made up for the dullness that plagues the middle act. It seemed like the actors had more fun making the movie than I did watching it, but it has my respect for being so original and smartly written. SHOW MORE Kevin MSUPER REVIEWER Feb 11, 2017 This is a super original yet strange movie, hats off to Paul and Daniel. There is a depth to the plot that is hidden but oh so obvious. When it gets to end you will have mixed feelings and walk away somewhat satisfied, guaranteed you will be in deep thought. SHOW MORE Jarrin RSUPER REVIEWER Feb 07, 2017 There’s few movies I see that completely and utterly defy description of what sort of genre they may belong in. I remember watching a small South Korean movie, called Save the Green Planet, that was so many things at once. It was a horror movie, it was a comedy, it was sci-fi, it was surreal and it was romance. And, in spite of trying to be all of those things at once, and then some, it was a movie that I fell in love with. There’s also, at least as far as I’m concerned, no other movie like it out there. There’s obviously been many more movies that have defied all genre descriptions, but Save the Green Planet is the one that comes to mind right at this moment. The reason I bring this up is that, yes, there’s no real easy way to describe this movie. Because it doesn’t just fit into one neat little genre. And, in spite of some of its sentimentality in the third act, it’s a movie that I really enjoyed. Whether it’s thanks to Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe’s performance, the surreal elements of the story, the writing, there’s just something about this movie that I liked quite a bit. I think what the point of the film is really just very obvious. The reality is that this is a story about a very lonely man, Hank, who runs away and finds himself on a ‘deserted’ island simply due to the fact that he is depressed about the way his life has turned out. The beginning of the film sees Hank attempting suicide when a corpse washes up on the shore. He uses this body, whose flatulence is unstoppable, as a sort of jet ski to, hopefully, ride it back to civilization. It doesn’t work and Hank and the body end up on another deserted island. While there, the corpse, whose name is Manny, starts to regain his senses. He can’t do anything for himself, of course, he can only speak. Hank, at first, is terrified. But as the film progresses, Hank starts to embrace his new dead buddy who can, miraculously, talk. The film sees Hank teach Manny about what it’s like to be alive, from friendships, to love, to loneliness and to silly stuff like how it’s inappropriate to fart in front of people, which Manny finds ridiculous. One of the weirder elements of the movie, yet actually surprisingly sweet, is when Hank decides to dress up as the woman on his phone, that Manny believes is actually his phone, in order to teach him how to talk to women. Things get complicated when, while playing this character for his friend, Hank does actually kinda fall in love with Manny. I like how the movie sort of played with those ideas and subverted the usual tropes, but it’s not even a movie about the budding romance between Hank and Manny. It’s far more about their friendship and what they mean to each other. That might sound a little cheesy, but the way the movie does this is where it gets most of its entertainment. Manny was just exactly the person that Hank needed to get him out of his slump, as it were, even if Manny might have ended up being just a figment of Hank’s imagination. Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe are both tremendous here. Mr. Dano is severely underrated. He has some incredibly expressive eyes. Mr. Radcliffe is also better than people give him credit for. The movie is funny, not hilarious, but it certainly makes up for it with strong characters and a surprising amount of heart. As I mentioned, the third act does contain some sentimentality but, oddly enough, it works in this movie. Well I mean it works and it doesn’t. I felt they were trying too hard in some aspects, but that’s not gonna affect what I thought of the film much. I still really liked its weirdness, its storytelling, its surreal themes and, most importantly, its acting. It’s definitely a strange little movie, but one that I would recommend nonetheless. SHOW MORE Jesse OSUPER REVIEWER See all Audience reviews QUOTES There are no approved quotes yet for this movie. MOVIE & TV GUIDES Best Horror Movies Top 200 of all time “Rotten Tomatoes Is Wrong” Our new podcast Worst Superhero Movies Thanks, Squad Best Netflix Series and Shows What to binge right now View All TOP HEADLINES 2021’s Most Anticipated Movies Best Netflix Shows and Series To Binge The 100 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now The Best TV Shows of 2020 Best Movies Off the Radar From 2020 150 Essential Comedy Movies To Watch Now 100 Best Movies on Amazon Prime To Watch Best Horror Movies of 2020 Ranked View All Verified Purchase
