Swiss Army Man

Summary: A hopeless man stranded on a deserted island befriends a dead body, and together they go on a surreal journey to get home.

Release Date: July 01, 2016

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Directors: Daniel Kwan

, Daniel Scheinert

Writers: Daniel Scheinert

, Daniel Kwan

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: R

Production: Astrakan Films, Blackbird, Cold Iron Pictures, Prettybird, Tadmor

Distributor: A24

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,000,000

Domestic: $ 4,210,454

International: $ 725,047

Box office:

Budget:$3MDomestic:$4.2MInternational:$725KWorldwide:$4.9M

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RottenTomatoes:

72%72%

The Metacritic audience rated this 9% higher than the critics.

Metacritic Meta:

64/100

Metacritic User:

73/100

36%9%

36% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

9% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White81.82%Black9.09%Jewish9.09%

0.95

LGBTQ content included:

male male kiss, homoeroticism

BechdeltestTalk about a man

Commonsensemedia

Message3/5
Role model1/5
Violence2/5
Sex3/5
Language4/5
Consumerism1/5
Drugs2/5

This film gets a 0.95/5 family friendly score

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Race	White	Jewish	Black	Total	Visuals	Info
Kairos	7		1	8		A third party facial recognition software company we used to maintain objectivity. Upload images to the facial recognition demo page to check the veracity of our data set. Or use their API and do a bulk peer review if you'd like. Source: https://www.kairos.com/demos
Ethnic	2	1		3		This is the most reliable data source for accurate ethnic breakdowns of famous people. Often the information is crowdsourced by users and they cite all their sources (family trees, obituaries, census archives, etc.) on the bottom of the page. The only issue is converting their ambiguous and inconsistent verdicts into quantifiable variables. Source: https://ethnicelebs.com/
Total	9	1	1	11
Cast Percentages	81.82%	9.09%	9.09%	100%	{"name":"Cast Percentages","series":[{"name":"White","y":81.82,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":9.09,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":9.09,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}
U.S. Population (2020) Percentage	57.84%	2.02%	12.4%		{"name":"U.S. Population (2020)","series":[{"name":"White","y":57.84,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Arab","y":0.54,"color":"#DF5353"},{"name":"Asian","y":6,"color":"#90ee7e"},{"name":"Black","y":12.4,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Indian","y":1.35,"color":"#7798BF"},{"name":"Indigenous","y":1.12,"color":"#aaeeee"},{"name":"Latino","y":18.73,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":9.32,"color":"#55BF3B"},{"name":"Jewish","y":2.02,"color":"#ff0066"}],"prefix":""}	Source: US Census (Note: Racial and ethnic categories overlap so the sum will not equal 100%.)
U.S. Population (2020) Representation	+23.98	+7.07	-3.31		{"name":"U.S. Population (2020)","series":[["White",57.84],["Jewish",2.02],["Black",12.4]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":81.82,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Jewish","y":9.09,"color":"#ff0066"},{"name":"Black","y":9.09,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
U.S. Buying Power (2018) Percentage	74.35%		7.96%		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2018)","series":[{"name":"White","y":12147700000000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":1013300000000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":1300200000000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":114600000000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":1539000000000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":224700000000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: Selig Center, University of Georgia
U.S. Buying Power (2018) Representation	+7.47		+1.13		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2018)","series":[["White",74.35],["Jewish",0],["Black",7.96]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":81.82,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Jewish","y":9.09,"color":"#ff0066"},{"name":"Black","y":9.09,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Percentage	65.34%		9.43%		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[{"name":"White","y":11634301323350,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":1338741837216,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":1679216574979,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":161644857794,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":1693633411408,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":1297048822201,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: IPUMS-CPS, University of Minnesota
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Representation	+16.48		-0.34		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[["White",65.34],["Jewish",0],["Black",9.43]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":81.82,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Jewish","y":9.09,"color":"#ff0066"},{"name":"Black","y":9.09,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
World population (2016) Percentage	14.56%	0.34%	13.9%		{"name":"World population (2016) ","series":[{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":14080928408,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":41779986108,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":10563007755,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"White","y":107672581567,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":102800941644,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":234445222813,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":63813089200,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":161901582394,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":2488256092,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World population (2016) Representation	+67.26	+8.75	-4.81		{"name":"World population (2016) ","series":[["White",14.56],["Jewish",0.34],["Black",13.9]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":81.82,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Jewish","y":9.09,"color":"#ff0066"},{"name":"Black","y":9.09,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
World Buying Power Percentage	36.48%	1.11%	6.38%		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[{"name":"White","y":3010602822170000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":771525888400000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":91700962050000,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":526264226360000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":174285727610000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":148984454560000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":526400066100000,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":2431392083750000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":572687873900000,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World Buying Power Representation	+45.34	+7.98	+2.71		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[["White",36.48],["Jewish",1.11],["Black",6.38]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":81.82,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Jewish","y":9.09,"color":"#ff0066"},{"name":"Black","y":9.09,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
Notes		If there were any inconsistencies with percentages calculated using our Census data, the Jewish Data Bank percentages were the ones used. Also please review the Jewish Data Bank pdf to understand the difference between the "Core" Jewish population and the "Extended" / "Law of Return" Jewish populations. We are displaying the "Core" Jewish populations since that is what the Jewish Data Bank and Wikipedia articles chose. Also, the 1942 population estimates were used for the 1940 row. For the 2000 estimates, the "Core" definition was not used, so we used the 5.2 mil broader estimate instead of the 4.3 mil estimate since the 5.2 broader estimate seemed too drastic of a drop and the definitions weren't congruent with Core and Law of Return.

11 year old 40 year old abusive father ambulance apology attempted suicide by hanging beach bear bear attack beheading a raccoon belt berries birthday bizarre black comedy body bag book botched suicide boyfriend girlfriend relationship bridge brought back to life buddy comedy buddy movie bus call for help cameo campfire carrying a dead body cave cell phone chase cheese puffs closing eyes of dead person considering suicide controversial cork coroner corpse cowardice crawling on hands and knees crawling on the ground crutch crying man dark comedy dead body dead body on a beach dead body washed ashore dead mother deceased mother decomposition defecating on oneself defecation delusion delusional man deserted island dragged by a bear drunkenness earphones eating embarrassment erection explosion f word face slap fade to black falling from height falling in love falling into water fantasy sequence fart fart joke farting corpse fast motion scene father son relationship fear fear of death fight fire fish flash forward flashback flashback montage flatulence food forest friend friendship friendship between men gagging gender in title grappling hook gross out gross out comedy grotesque gurney hallucination handcuffs hanging harmonizing head bandage hearing voices homoeroticism humming husband wife relationship imaginary friend imitating a bus independent film island jealousy jet ski joie de vivre killing a bird killing a raccoon killing an animal kissing a dead body kissing the lips of a dead body laughter law of diminishing returns leg wound levitation listening to music little girl loneliness looking in a window lost lullaby magazine magical realism male dresses as a female male male kiss male police officer man in drag man on fire masturbation memory mental illness microphone mistaken identity montage mother daughter relationship mother son relationship name calling necrophilia subtext nickname noose pacific island party penis photograph pipeline bridge police popcorn prologue psychosis psychotronic film punched in the mouth pursuit raccoon rain reference to laura dern scene during opening credits sex shadow play shower singer singing singing in a cave singing in the woods singing on a bus skeleton sleeping sleeplessness slow motion scene song special relationship stepping in defecation story telling suicide attempt suicide attempt by hanging sunglasses surreal comedy surrealism surrealist survival survivor swimming underwater talking about masturbation talking corpse talking to a dead body texting thirst three word title trash trust tv cameraman tv reporter two directors underwater kiss underwater scene uninhabited island unreliable narrator urination vodka website wig wild comedy wilderness survival woods

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Message 3/5	Celebrates learning to be comfortable with -- and confident in -- who you really are, no matter how embarrassing or insufficient you think you might be. Celebrates teamwork and friendships in which the participants help each other.
Role model 1/5	The main character is relatable, but he doesn't always make great choices. But he does end up overcoming adversity, and he does feel remorse for poor decisions.
Violence 2/5	The main character tries to commit suicide via hanging. A dead body is shown. Bear attack. Fall from height, broken bone, blood. Brief fighting, including punching. Vomiting. Piles of animal poop. Dead body used as a kind of weapon to shoot small animals.
Sex 3/5
Language 4/5	Several uses of "f--k," "s--t," "retarded," "a--hole," "oh God," "don't be stupid." Heavy, frequent fart sounds.
Consumerism 1/5
Drugs 2/5	Characters drink vodka and get comically drunk.

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