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Skyman

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Skyman

Released Jun 30, 2020

1h 33m

Sci-Fi

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A man who believes he had an alien encounter when he was 10 years old tries to re-create the experience as an adult.

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Barry Hertz

Globe and Mail

Come, if you must, with the guarantee of a shriek-y climax, but stay for Selle's impressive feature-film debut, and Myrick's inquisitive, and ultimately sympathetic, look at those who remain on the fringes of the fringe.

Jul 16, 2020

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Eric Kohn

IndieWire

Before its messy climax, "Skyman" works well as a tragicomic look at the nature of extraterrestrial obsessives.

Rated: B-

Jul 2, 2020

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Richard Whittaker

Austin Chronicle

Myrick's decision to keep the narrative simple, and instead concentrate on the characters, means there's always a thick strand of sympathy and tragedy at play.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 2, 2020

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Zoë Rose Bryant

Loud and Clear Reviews

Skyman is a compelling character study with a sci-fi bent that inventively inspects alien interactions on an intimate level.

Rated: 3.5/5

Sep 1, 2022

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

It's a movie that's stuck on an irritating and boring repeat loop of the main character preparing and talking about something that doesn't happen until the last 10 minutes of this 92-minute snoozefest.

Jul 28, 2020

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Jonathan W. Hickman

The Newnan Times-Herald

...with "Skyman," Myrick gives us a little of what worked in "Blair Witch" but, thankfully, with a bit steadier hand on the camera.

Rated: 6/10

Jul 17, 2020

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C H

Incredible acting, very sympathetic characters. not particularly scary but interesting and a bit unsettling. IMO much much better than most alien found footage type things

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

07/05/24

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Brad P

Skyman definitely reignites that sense of cosmic wonder you may have felt while pondering the possibility of other intelligent life in the universe, but the encounter itself isn't particularly awe-inspiring.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Dumb. Not much depth or payoff in the end. Not sure who the target audience was because I like this stuff and it put me to sleep 3 or 4 times.... it was flatline for the brain.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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SKYMAN just wasn't as awkward as they were trying for. I can appreciate the film makers wanting to give the character validation at the end but I didn't feel too worried he wasn't going to ultimately find what he was looking for. If they would've turned up the doubt some more, it would've worked better and made his validation more satisfying. Conversely, they could've interjected more fringe experiences during the run to keep our attention. Comparatively, the Mila Jovovich movie "The Fourth Kind" was more entertaining in that way and worked better for it.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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So, I have a soft spot for UFO movies but this was so much more, this was really a character study on those interested or those who have experienced something out of this world. The whole time I was watching I felt like I was watching a documentary on the travel channel. That is the brilliance of Dan Myrick and the outstanding acting from Michael Selle and Nicolette Sweeney. Aside from the subject matter which already drew me in, the cinematography and choices of shots were so crisp and easy on the eyes. I loved this movie!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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A man who believes he had an alien encounter when he was 10 years old tries to re-create the experience as an adult.

Director: Daniel Myrick
Producer: Daniel Myrick, Anthony Pernicka, Joseph Restaino, William Surgeon
Screenwriter: Daniel Myrick
Distributor: Gravitas Ventures
Production Co: Skyman Productions, Character Brigade, Hungry Bull Productions, Gang of Robots
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 30, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 7, 2020
Runtime: 1h 33m

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