Daniel Radcliffe has magical powers again but this time there's no flying broom or an enchanted wood wand, only his penis moving and his farting that will lead him and his newfound friend home. Before you dismiss this movie, Swiss Army Man, as one of the weirdest plots the 21st century has ridiculously produced, watch the newly-released trailer first and you might just catch it in theaters this June.
The two-minute-and-a-half trailer starts with Hank (played by Paul Dano in the movie) about to commit suicide after getting stranded on an island for God knows how long. Daniel Radcliffe as Manny enters the scene when his seemingly dead body gets dragged to the seashore by the ravaging waves. Hank quits his suicidal attempt and pushes Daniel Radcliffe to a cave filled with his belongings that illustrated in a way the length of his isolation. Now he wants to go back home to reunite with his love, using Daniel Radcliffe's immobile body to which he refers as a "multi-purpose tool guy." But Daniel is special as they both say, because one ordinary day, they find out his primary purpose: his penis would tell them the way home.
The screenplay is sounding good with dialogues that go like: "Paul: People don't like other people's farts; Daniel: Is that why you don't fart in front of me?; Paul: We just like to do it alone. Or hold it in. That's what you're supposed to do; Daniel: That's so sad." Clearly, Swiss Army Man uses a silly plot masked with metaphors to cut across its plethora of messages about humans, their relationships and life in general.
Variety reported that Swiss Army Man debuted on Sundance 2016 last January when it got mixed reviews on its first screening. On later schedules, the movie received standing ovations and good reviews. The Hollywood Reporter writes, "It certainly won't be to everyone's taste, and the reliance on flashbacks and repeated shots conspire at times to make this feel like an attenuated short. But, at its best moments, Swiss Army Man evokes the dream worlds of whimsy and menace conjured by such filmmakers as Charlie Kaufman, Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry, Yorgos Lanthimos and Anthina Rachel Tsangari, a superficially disparate bunch whose shared interest in slightly surreal, sometimes sci-fi inflected realism with strong melancholy undercurrents surely makes them founders of a movement as yet unnamed. Oddcore? Uncannycore? Magical Unrealism?"
According to The Film Stage, Swiss Army Man is directed by the Daniels which is short for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. It will be out on June 24 with a limited release and on July 1 to theaters nationwide.
