Pig

Neon | Release Date: July 16, 2021

7.2	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 194 Ratings

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Vanista7Nov 14, 2021

This was the most anti-climactic mindless story, there's virtually no character progression or back story, so you have little to no connection to any of the characters.

Nic Cage showed barely any emotion till the last 20 minutes of the movieThis was the most anti-climactic mindless story, there's virtually no character progression or back story, so you have little to no connection to any of the characters.

Nic Cage showed barely any emotion till the last 20 minutes of the movie and I can't think of a single memorable moment in the entirety of this film the only saving grace was the cinematography.… Expand

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KopitekJan 6, 2022

Absolute rubbish. The middle section of the film you have to ask 'wtf was that about?' and as for the ending. Don't bother with this film, you'll be disappointed.

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eugeniuJul 25, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Surprised not to have seen this mentioned in other reviews. Not only does this film fail the Bechdel test, but the main female character is mute and then murdered. Two other pivotal women are missing (dying, dead?). Regarding the film-making, changes in tone and credibility are not handled well. Shallow philosophical insights.… Expand

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moviecritic68Jul 27, 2021

Sure would like to know how this movie is getting high ratings. Lack luster story line with little flow. I highly recommend spending your time doing something else. If you follow me you know I reluctantly grade in the red but this film deserves it.

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DJKeviKevAug 5, 2021

Such a bizarre plot start to finish. I thought I was going to watch something similar to John Wick and instead watched something that could’ve aired on the Food Network.

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tacsquidAug 1, 2021

A boring ass movie where nothing happens. The trailers are specifically edited to make this movie look interesting. It is not. Literally nothing happens after the first 10 minutes. It's like an art student film they had someone come in andA boring ass movie where nothing happens. The trailers are specifically edited to make this movie look interesting. It is not. Literally nothing happens after the first 10 minutes. It's like an art student film they had someone come in and "fix" the advertising to make it look more interesting. If you watch movies for the visuals and not the story or drama this is the movie for you. If interesting stories, drama, or plot are what you like this movie is a solid 0-3 out of 10 depending on how much you like art films.… Expand

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ThememesterJul 21, 2021

By far the worst movie I've watched in my life. Movies are for entertainment and spoiler alert: nothing happens in this movie. Literally nothing.

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MetacriticOnurJul 31, 2021

bad
[ bad ]

adjective, worse, worst;(Slang) bad·der, bad·dest for 36.
not good in any manner or degree.

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ScraperMay 17, 2023

Just because the ingredients are all there for a soulful, beautiful, thoughtful movie it is missing a pulse. The same mistake made over and over by filmmakers with semi-mute characters: you need more interesting moments than walking. All theJust because the ingredients are all there for a soulful, beautiful, thoughtful movie it is missing a pulse. The same mistake made over and over by filmmakers with semi-mute characters: you need more interesting moments than walking. All the cinematography in the world can't save the idea that there isn't much meat on the bone here.… Expand

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themacmeisterJan 14, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I am unable to comprehend the praise for this film. This movie was scripted by an "idiot in a hurry", and a six-year-old could have scrawled a better storyline than this...

Your protagonist needs to get across town and meet someone?

SIX-YEAR-OLD VERSION: He gets in a car, and he goes to the house and he meets someone. (nice, honest, to-the-point)

SARNOSKI VERSION: He orders his employer to drive him around aimlessly, while he offers takeaway food to a complete stranger, and he continues to force his employer to drive him to an "abandoned underground hotel, which serves as a fight club, where people gamble on whether or not someone can bash a hobo to death in a minute" (WTF??? WTF????)

Nothing the characters do make any sense... the entire storyline of the film hangs from the most tenuous of idea (singular). The first ten minutes of the film may as well have been a black screen, as I have never seen a movie so poorly shot. The lighting does improve as the movie progresses... but all the artsy-fartsy cinematography comes across as completely contrived and unnecessary.

I am beginning to think Sarnovski must have been a failed chef in a former life... the premise that Cage's cooks real name stikes respect and fear in all who hear it - is simply whimsical to the point of being retarded.

Also, the kill-or-be-killed world of non-professional-wild-truffle farming, creating billionaire Mafia Boss oligarchs of Truffles??? really??

I think the title of the film was also the entire script, written in crayon, on the back of a napkin. That is how pathetically written it is. I'm not certain that any of the ambiguous figures that Cage encounters throughout the film are even meant to be mysterious, Sarnovski just couldn't care less.

Thankfully Cage is restrained, offering mainly grunts and stares for the majority of the film. No-one in the movie is believable in their role, leading to a distinct feeling that everyone involved did not want to be in it.

The music choices (especially some classical and modern pieces) are simply atrocious, and only serve to take you out of the movie. The final blue-balls reveal of the finale - nearly made me retch.

If you enjoy going to underground fight clubs, and letting someone mindlessly punch you in the face over and over and over again... you should watch this film - it will have a similar effect.

PS. The Pig is dead... the entire movie is a total blue-balls fake-out. Ah well, at least I got to hear a tragically bad rendition of a Bruce Springsteen song before my hours-long post-movie disappointment.… Expand

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