Film Review – Swiss Army Man

What is it about the mysteries of the rectum that bewitch so many filmmakers? While watching “Swiss Army Man,” I was reminded of 2005’s “Me and You and Everyone We Know,” where writer/director Miranda July spent valuable screen time on the idea of two people passing fecal matter between their bottoms, using the (thankfully) imagined visual as a symbol for human connection. “Swiss Army Man” turns to flatulence as the ultimate communication of intimacy, and it uses it quite a bit. Sometimes for comedic effect, other times it’s frighteningly serious about farts, sustaining the passing of gas as a literal and symbolic awakening throughout the entire movie. Not that breaking wind defines the feature, but it plays a key role in a largely baffling, semi-sincere effort, igniting the imagination of co-writer/directors Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (credited as “Daniels”). Read the rest at Blu-ray.com