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Swiss Army Man Reviews

posted 9 years ago by radfreed
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First one is actually positive.
...by turns enchanting, irritating, juvenile and yet oddly endearing feature debut...

..Radcliffe is particularly deserving of praise with an astonishingly controlled physical performance, holding his face in an uneven rictus for long stretches of screen time and executing challenging contortions. It may set a new high bar in annals of corpse acting.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/swiss-army-man-sundance-review-858537

And I can't tell whether this is positive or not, but at least the critics so far are treating it seriously and thoughtfully.

http://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/swiss-army-man-film-review-1201685807/

And a rave for Dan in this one. Positive as well.

The skill required to convincingly portray a lifeless corpse for the film’s first act cannot be overstated, and Radcliffe does a tremendous job acting as a foil opposite Hank, who’s dragging him around as if he were a motionless companion. But Radcliffe’s work becomes even more impressive when Manny begins to potentially show signs of something resembling life, though to say more would spoil some of the film’s more fun surprises.

http://collider.com/swiss-army-man-review-daniel-radcliffe/

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/23/swiss-army-man-review-dead-daniel-radcliffe-farts-paul-dano-to-safety

http://thefilmstage.com/reviews/sundance-review-swiss-army-man/

https://www.yahoo.com/movies/sundance-report-daniel-radcliffes-swiss-army-063706463.html

http://nerdist.com/sundance-review-swiss-army-man-daniel-radcliffe-paul-dano/

http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/23/10818374/swiss-army-man-review-daniel-radcliffe-sundance-film-festival-2016

And a real rave here.

http://awardscampaign.com/2016/01/23/review-daniel-radcliffe-and-paul-dano-are-masterful-in-bizarre-and-wondrous-swiss-army-man/

This one is a C- which isn't bad for Indiewire where I have rarely read a good review.

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/sundance-review-swiss-army-man-starring-paul-dano-daniel-radcliffe-mary-elizabeth-winstead-20160123

http://nerdrepository.com/sundance-2016-movie-review-swiss-army-man/

http://screencrush.com/swiss-army-man-review-sundance/

http://www.wired.com/2016/01/sundance-swiss-army-man/

http://backstory.net/archives/category/sundance-2016

http://silverscreenriot.com/sundance-16-review-swiss-army-man/

http://www.scribblelive.com/Event/Wish_you_could_be_in_Park_City_Utah_right_now_for_the_Sundance_Film_Festival_Unfortunately_we_c/222615117

This one doesn't like the movie but calls Dan a "standout"
http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/news/a41459/sundance-paul-dano-daniel-radcliffe-swiss-army-man/

Great one for Dan here.
http://www.slashfilm.com/swiss-army-man-sundance-review/

http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/swiss-army-man-review/5099225.article?blocktitle=Latest-Reviews&contentID=592

[–] MeadowLark8 9 years ago

Spoilers listed below

http://drudgetoday.com/v2/r?n=0&s=2&c=1&pn=Anonymous&u=http://variety.com/2016/film/news/daniel-radcliffe-farting-corpse-swiss-army-man-1201686756/

This came from the Drudge Report today - January 22nd, 2016

Sundance : Daniel Radcliffe's Farting Corpse Movie Prompts Walk-Outs

"The movie could win the festivals award for the most walk-outs,
as a continuous stream of audience members kept standing up and bolting
for the door throughout the film.

Uh-Oh.

[–] smadrid-28213 9 years ago

Two very positive reviews

http://collider.com/swiss-army-man-review-daniel-radcliffe/

http://nerdist.com/sundance-review-swiss-army-man-daniel-radcliffe-paul-dano/

[–] mizzaphoenix 9 years ago

Dan's getting some great reviews and I really like that it's the type of film that could be quite befuddling. Too many critics these days are sheep.

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[–] ohbananas91 9 years ago

Ya I am not complaining. We knew the film would absurd and not for everyone. Glad Dan is getting great reviews. I hope he does do less extreme films. I am still down for this though, sounds like a good time to me. Really looking forward to Imperium more then anything right now.

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[–] radfreed 9 years ago

Added a few more.

[–] titch85 9 years ago

https://t.co/ZWEkGRu1dN

Sarah
www.dan-radcliffe.co.uk

[–] radfreed 9 years ago

Added that Sarah. Thanks.

It's too bad the first take from the movie has been all the walk outs. Really curious to see how this gets released, it was obviously going to go mostly non theatrical, but now I wonder if it will just be a film festival curiousity.

[–] titch85 9 years ago

I think it would be great if Netflix or Amazon pick it up. It's quite clearly not going to do big box office.

I was so worried when the first tweets started coming in about people walking out, so it's been great reading all the reviews and reactions today.

Sarah
www.dan-radcliffe.co.uk