Review of Swiss Army Man (2016) by Jason S — 03 Oct 2016

If there's one word to describe Swiss Army Man, it is bizarre. It has a bizarre premise, where Paul Dano befriends a magical (and gassy) corpse played by Daniel Radcliffe, it's bizarrely shot and edited at points, the largely a capella score is bizarre and beautiful, and the entire film just has a bizarre element of charm to it.

For a film that opens with a sequence where Paul Dano rides a Daniel Radcliffe corpse across the open ocean like a jetski, powered exclusively by Radcliffe's farts. I'm not joking. And it's beautiful.

The movie's sense of humor is incredibly juvenile, there are some intensely beautiful sequences, and the ending isn't exactly what you'd expect. I'm not sure if it's the best movie I've seen in 2016, but it's definitely the most unique and most bizarre.