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When a small-town gorilla joins a local TV program, some on-air mishaps threaten to shatter his identity, sending him on an adventure of self-discovery where reality and fantasy start to blend.
16 September 1984, Snyder, Texas, USA
May 10, 1986 in Ketchikan, Alaska, USA
4 April 1958, Johnson City, Tennessee, USA
November 22, 2017
A tense amalgamation of lowbrow sensibilities and highbrow execution, which the anthropomorphic gorilla then beats into submission.October 09, 2017
Bernardi is an actor of genius; his Janus-faced pantomime, as Sylvio struggles voicelessly for a place among human chatterboxes, channels the infinite grace of the great silent-film comedians.March 14, 2017
Sylvio endures a classic journey toward making peace with his existence, and that's enough to make it worthwhile.October 12, 2017
A work of gentle whimsy and surprising pathos, Sylvio proposes a buddy-comedy scenario involving a most unlikely screen pair.March 11, 2017
One of Sylvio's greatest strengths is the ever-present, though never fully verified sense that Birney and Audley are having a long laugh at their audience's expense.May 05, 2017
Sylvio has stray moments of beauty that border on the sublime. There's a yearning to the hairy guy's amazingly uneventful puppet shows, a dream of sophistication that transcends his animal brutishness.March 17, 2017
No matter what, Sylvio gave me belly laughs and evocative feels. Thus far, it is my favorite film of the year. A most disturbing year, but still.August 08, 2017
The absurdist comedy Sylvio suffers from chronic low energy.October 10, 2017
Sylvio's banal depictions of everyday loneliness through the diurnal tedium of an anthropomorphic animal brings to mind BoJack Horseman, but without the caustic navel-gazing and self-destruction or the mordant pop-culture musings.March 13, 2017
Rich with ingenious sight gags and clever, deadpan writing.October 10, 2017
This charming lo-fi indie from actor-director Kentucker Audley and director Albert Birney is attuned to its own eccentric wavelength, equal parts absurd and poignant.November 26, 2017
Sylvio is perhaps the most absurd buddy comedy that's ever been made.