# Swiss Army Man **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 22, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-man/830029 "2019-02-22T16:36:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-man/830029/1 "2019-02-22T16:36:16Z")
Has anybody else seen it? I watched it last night and I am still not sure what to think of it. I enjoyed it, I guess, because I stuck with it. On the other hand, I’m not sure how much I saw was supposed to be real and how much was in Hank’s head. I suspect Hank might have imagined all of it and he was just a weird, homeless guy stalking Sarah. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-man/830029/2 "2019-02-22T18:55:53Z")
I saw the movie listed on Netflix, but after reading the synopsis I didn’t watch it. Worth watching? ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-man/830029/3 "2019-02-22T20:31:17Z")
Qualified yes. You have to have some tolerance for weird. A big slug of tincture before viewing would be a plus. ---
**Author:** ![Rhodes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhodes/32/273_2.png) [@Rhodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhodes)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-man/830029/4 "2019-02-22T20:40:00Z")
That was a strange movie. But I loved it. As far as how much was supposed to be real vs how much was in Hank’s head, my impression was [spoiler] > [@Scumpup](#): > > Hank might have imagined all of it and he was just a weird, homeless guy stalking Sarah. [/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-man/830029/5 "2019-02-22T22:21:14Z")
Watched it last week. Very strange movie. [spoiler]I enjoyed it overall, though the middle “fantasy dating” section got a bit tedious. I fully expected it to end with Paul Dano’s character still stranded on the island and it was all an asphyxiation hallucination as he died and Sarah was his idealized former life (which she kind of was), but they went a completely different direction. I think my ending would have made more sense, but it would make it a worse movie (because that’s a terrible cliché).[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-man/830029/6 "2019-02-22T23:30:09Z")
I assumed it was a hallucination, but what about the ending? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-man/830029/7 "2019-02-23T18:53:25Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Qualified yes. You have to have some tolerance for weird. A big slug of tincture before viewing would be a plus. Will do this tonight and report back. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-man/830029/8 "2019-02-23T19:01:06Z")
I saw it when it was first released on DVD. Yes, it’s weird, but it’s worthwhile.