Swiss Army Man

Je me demande si j’ai déjà vu un film plus bizarre que celui-ci… et en fait non, je ne pense pas. Ce film étrange sur l’amitié, l’amour et les conventions ne conviendra probablement pas à tout le monde, j’ai moi-même passé deux heures à hésiter sur le nombre d’étoiles à lui attribuer. Les pets étaient sans doute de trop pour moi. :-) Mais ce que je dois reconnaître, c’est qu’après la scène des fesses nues de Daniel Radcliff dont les flatulences, en servant de propulsion, permettent de filer sur l’eau à toute allure, je ne m’attendais pas à ce que quoi que ce soit m’émeuve ici. Et pourtant, le trajet en bus et la prise de contact de Manny avec Sarah étaient magnifiques. Sinon, les performances des deux acteurs étaient très solides. C’est probablement la première fois que je vois Paul Dano jouer autre chose qu’un méchant glauque ou sordide, et c’est pour moi un changement agréable. Je m’attendais à une bonne performance de la part de Radcliff : avec La Dame en noir, il a été le seul du trio central d’apprentis de Poudlard à se libérer de son rôle de sorcier, et il a cessé pour moi d’être Harry Potter après le dernier épisode de la saga. Ses expressions pince-sans-rire sont fabuleuses, en particulier celle du cadavre heureux. En fin de compte, même si le film a beaucoup de moments agréables, je ne peux pas lui donner plus de trois étoiles parce qu’il m’a laissé avec beaucoup de sentiments mitigés et parce qu’il était tout simplement bizarre. :-) (23/09/2016)

51st KVIFF - bugger me! That was bizarre, my dead friend! The change of tone at the end was brutal. But it should have come a couple of seconds earlier. (03/07/2016)

I honestly don't know what to write here! When I saw the trailer, I immediately said I just wanted to see this, even though I kind of knew it was going to be slightly twisted and bizarre. And actually, I wasn't too wrong! Swiss Army Man can't be denied its original and novel theme, which is impressive, but also a bit disgusting. We follow the crazy adventures of a castaway and his dying friend, characterised in particular by a complete disrespect for the human body and organs. At times it reminded me a bit of a Michel Gondry film (e.g. Be Kind Rewind), mainly because of the handmade sets that were meant to mimic reality. The last ten or fifteen minutes were very awkward for me, as it seemed like the film lost its breath there and didn't know how to end. In short, a film that is not for everyone, in fact I can't even say it was my cup of tea and I do like black and slightly politically incorrect humour, but I still recommend it if you want to see something you haven't seen before. P. S. "If you don't know Jurassic Park, you know shit." (27/09/2016)

When you come across a film like this, you either turn it off after a few minutes or you enjoy its bizarreness from start to finish. For example, I enjoyed the perverted yet great ideas from start to finish. This is really the type of film that you don't see every day, so I have to recommend it, because you probably won't see many films like it. (03/10/2017)

I wasn’t excited about this film at all, and I expected to rate this really low, but if a film can entertain me and make me laugh against my own will, there must be something to it. It sure was silly beyond belief, but Daniel Radcliffe really got me here. The grimace (I can't call it a face, not here) that he managed to keep up the entire time, and to which he sometimes added a half-mad, toothy grin as a bonus, was in itself worth an extra star. From now on, I will no longer look at necrophiles as perverts. I had no idea how much quality time you can have with a corpse. Only the conclusion was quite disappointing, otherwise, the rating would have been even higher. (09/01/2021)