Saw Swiss Army Man (2016), a very twee film about a man trapped on a desert island who is able to make his way home with the help of a talking corpse. As with many films which have corpses as major characters, it's a film about taking chances and embracing life, being true to yourself etc. There's also some elements of parenthood as well, since the main character must teach the corpse about life and love and fear and so on. These themes are explored more deeply in the director's next major film: Everything Everywhere All at Once (which is a better film, in my opinion.)
Anyway, this one is a strange film with many things on its mind, but it doesn't say those things clearly enough for me to hear. There's a clear message about being true to yourself but there's a hefty dose of Michel Gondry-style lo-fi whimsy that was a little too much for me, but your mileage may vary. The film has elements of a survival film and of a comedy but it winds up being sort of a rom-com between the main character and the corpse who also may represent the main character in some capacity (his inner child?) It's interesting but odd.
So that's this film: interesting and odd. It's full of strange conversations and unusual visuals, sort of in the same mold as Dave Made a Maze. It's not as complex as Everything Everywhere, but it contains similar themes of radical acceptance and a sort of sweet sincerity. It's an alright movie.
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