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Swiss Army Man - 4/4
This is a masterpiece of acting, direction, score/soundtrack, cinematography and script. Swiss Army Man is one of the best films ever made and I will love it until the day I die for taking a ridiculous premise so honestly and so fantastically at the same time. It is a feast of witty dialogue and timelessly low-brow sight gags amidst a brilliantly intelligent script. I cannot remember the last film I saw that I think is wonderful in every way, possibly it was Ideal Home or The Man Who Wasn't There but quite honestly this is better, it's funnier and more touching than countless treasured classics, both contemporary and of the past.
I'm struggling to think coherently as superlatives flood my mind in admiration for this ballsy, beautiful, peculiarity. Paul Dano has been a formidable actor since he was a kid and he has grown into a powerhouse, reliable isn't the word for him. He is consistently brilliant in everything I see him in. Daniel Radcliffe is an excellent performer and he gives probably the strangest role he will ever play real heart alongside never ending superb physical acting. He and Dano were both child actors and here they are as grown men in a film about corpse surfing that isn't even remotely tasteless or misjudged.
I loved every second of this perfect film and I encourage everybody to track it down and watch it. I am delighted to have seen something so brilliant. This is the quintessence of tightrope walking between humour and pathos and it is balanced faultlessly in a way that nobody reading the synopsis could possibly predict.
I remember hearing about this before it was made and I laughed. Then years later, today I saw it and I laughed so much more. Marvellous.
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