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Saturday, June 23, 2018

Swiss Army Man (2016)

I read a review of this movie that described it as Cast Away meets Weekend at Bernie's, which succinctly sums up the scenario without delving too deeply into what the take home message might be. One of the film's creators summed it up differently, saying it is about a suicidal man who has to convince a dead body that life is worth living. Therefore it is a film exploring the contradiction and comedy and drama in that.
There is an odd mixture of stupid fart and penis jokes wrapped around a core message that no matter what your current perspective is, there is good to be found out there, you just have to seek it.  Hank has all but given up on his life but when Manny, a dead man who speaks (and farts) asks him why he should pull himself together in the land of the living, he desperately tries to make it worth his while.  Hank's father has abandoned him, he is painfully shy, but there is something to love in there.  It is both sweet and a little stupid at the same time, but so originally different that at no point did we consider turning it off.  

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