The Daniels' Swiss Army Man is a tale of life, love, and friendship featuring a shipwrecked man (Paul Dano) and a magical farting corpse (Daniel Radcliffe).
I was intrigued about seeing this film ever since hearing about the walkouts at Sundance, where I thought "This sounds hilarious". I didn't like the film at first. The first ten minutes or so were unfunny and slightly boring. But then a moment happens and I was invested until the end. It is one of the funniest films I have seen this year, alongside Deadpool,The Nice Guys and Hunt for the Wilderpeople(more on that later). There are some extremely laugh out loud moments, be it the bodily functions of Manny the corpse or what occurs during the more existential and thought provoking scenes.
There is a major problem I had with the film. There are two or three musical montages during the film. During these moments a thought popped into my head: "These are quite music video like moments". Later I had another thought: The film felt like an idea for a music video stretched out to future length. Given The Daniels past directing music videos it makes sense. Once I realized this I couldn't get the idea out of my head.
In short: Unlike a lot of reviewers, I neither loved it, nor hated it. It's just a hilarious film with a problematic story and structure.
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