Pig

Pig

2021
Drama
Suspense/Thriller
1h 32m
A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregonian wilderness must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped.
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Pig

2021
Drama
Suspense/Thriller
1h 32m
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Rated 19 Dec 2021
80
74th
After spending about a decade in the bargain bins, Cage seems to have found a stride in movies as bat shit crazy as Cage himself. It remains unclear if Cage has decided he didn't want to fade to obscurity in shitty generic action movies, or if no one really knew how to use an actor who could go full Cage at any moment, but this one was a winner. It isn't the "John Wick" rip off it appears to be, it's a surprisingly deep, contemplative exploration of how people deal with loss.
Rated 17 Jan 2022
70
65th
Pig reminded me of Joe which I also enjoyed. I don't know what precisely needs to be done to get Cage to put in the effort but you can tell this isn't just a cash grab for Nic. Or to put it another way, he isn't just trying to bring home the bacon. ahhhhhhh, there it is.
Rated 25 Jul 2021
90
92nd
Sometimes it's like someone took a knife, baby Edgy and dull and cut a six inch valley Through the middle of my soul Dont even bother with an "Oh Nicolas Cage is back" review, baby, he never left. That'll do Pig.
Rated 04 Aug 2021
87
85th
In one of my favorite written film reviews, the late, great Pauline Kael wrote of Cage in Vampire's Kiss that, "He is an actor before he is a human being". As if by premonition, Nic has been living up to the mantra in every film since, and Pig may be his late career exemplar. It's all high nihilistic fantasy - ’Oedipus at Colonus' with Portland instead of Thebes - but this of course means, with Cage's embodiment of craft, there are a few scenes that may change your life.
Rated 04 Dec 2021
60
50th
That'll do, Nic. That'll do.
Rated 20 Jan 2022
96
90th
One of 2021’s very best movies. Seeing Nicolas Cage taking on more roles recently has been pretty fun, especially when he’s giving his all like one this one. The story is handled with so much care and maturity. I’ll take grief/loss stories like this over any revenge flick from Hollywood any day. Very few movies leave me sitting in silence during the credits, but this one did it for me. Expertly paced and acted from everyone (even Wolff) and with a very hard-hitting climax. Damn good.
Rated 25 Jul 2021
34
18th
Writer/director Sarnoski wants to be a great sophisticate, embellishing his pulp setup with high-toned touches left and right, but even if Cage gives it gravitas, the stuff is never real (like our eternally bloody hero tells a former employee at one crucial point with his version of a TED talk). In the end we are left with a second-rate, derivative dead wife drama that pretentiously thinks it serves haute cuisine.
Rated 10 Oct 2021
53
32nd
Yes Cage is good, although not outstanding as many have claimed, but the director confuses a brooding atmosphere for depth, and the quieter moments have a calculated melancholy 'folksiness' that is reminiscent of David Gordon Green, who should not be an inspiration to anyone, consciously or otherwise.
Rated 20 Aug 2021
81
86th
Far better and more surprising than it probably should have been by not sticking with conventions and forging it's own path.
Rated 20 Jul 2021
70
82nd
Original and well worth a watch.
Rated 13 Sep 2021
80
69th
An intriguing anti-action movie that comes off as something of a modernized Buddhist parable. The sentimentality is often dialed up a little too high and certain scenes are too sickly sweet, but still the ambiance and deftly nuanced acting from the entire cast keeps this flick afloat. Overall, something of a sequel in spirit to Leave No Trace, in a rapidly growing genre of Oregon-hippie/wildman-core.
Rated 24 Aug 2021
80
90th
Half expected cage to grab a bunch of guns and go bananas at some point. Just because...cage. What I got instead was an unconventional three course menu laden with undertones that played all the right strings on my "misanthropig" heart, a story about loss, failure and abandonment amidst the detached shark tank idiocracy we call "society". Wolff listening to an explanatory voice-over rather than the classical music itself was sheer genius. Recommendo!
Rated 04 Sep 2021
35
24th
Plenty of atmosphere but the story is so full of crap that it was really hard to enjoy. Maybe I am just sick of Nicolas Cage or perhaps just tired of nonsensical characters and stupid stories with forced plots and asinine dialogs. Subtract out the crap and there is very little left. I was mostly not amused, and struggled to remain interested long enough to get to the closing credits. I really just have to ask, why not just make a good movie instead?
Rated 19 Sep 2021
82
88th
Why does he have to do this? Why can't he just be a joke? The entire story almost feels like meta, wild man Cage stepping out of the woods for a brief flash to show us what a simple story, one not that different from the ones he's played so badly ten times in the last 18 months alone, can actually mean. Sure, authenticity is just a literary device and all that, but damnit, this is such a beautiful film.
Rated 20 Jul 2021
2
11th
What a dreadful movie. Tries a potpourri of soulful, goofy, over-the-top, and sentimental, and (1) even if it had succeeded at what it was trying to do, I think it would still have been nauseous, (2) it did not succeed at what it was trying to do. The cinematography could be described as "generic arthouse derivative." High point was Nic Cage letting loose a feral scream at a Portland denizen as he steals a bike from their porch.
Rated 02 Oct 2021
75
46th
The anti-John Wick meets Ratatouille in Blue Ruin-land? The underground restaurant-worker fight club scene establishes a tone of brutality that, although literally staining the main character’s face until the end, cannot be coherently juggled alongside the brooding yet stifled melodramatic tone. It creates an opportunity for memorable individual scenes of powerhouse performance and almost Lynchian contorted faces hinting at an incomprehensible madness - but never quite the reality of loss.
Rated 09 Nov 2021
66
29th
A terminally strange meditation on.... well, it's all a bit difficult to parse on a first viewing, and it feels like both Sarnoski and Cage are being a little too obscure for their own good; a collage of thoughts, feelings and memories but the film is neither strong enough narratively, or accomplished enough on a technical level to be particularly satisfying. A fine performance from Cage as the "wild man" entering "polite society" again is the main reason to see this.
Rated 19 Jul 2021
95
97th
Maybe it's just the subject matter that talks to my soul. Cage was great. Though we spend little time with the pig, the relationship is established instantly, in large part because of having us hear the pig snorting constantly (even when off screen). It made his presence always felt for us, just as it was with Cage's character. The credits ending with sounds of the pig was a nice touch too. The entire movie didn't really unfold like I expected so it deserves credit. Also shot beautifully.
Rated 23 Oct 2021
20
3rd
Has some good technical camera work, however the story is predictable, and uninteresting.
Rated 23 Dec 2021
80
75th
What if John Wick, but instead of a man gaining vengeance through violence, everyone speaks softly and it just makes you feel sorta bummed?
Rated 12 Jan 2022
68
41st
I suspect it would be forgettable if not for being infused with Cage's mythos. It's part of the NCU franchise, the thousand heroes with one face. We laugh when they rip his shirt, we cry when they steal his pig.
Rated 03 Aug 2021
80
68th
It's a heart breaking drama. Cage is wonderful, just don't expect the crazy-eyed Cage. And don't watch if you are felling a bit down
Rated 22 Aug 2021
70
66th
A lot deeper than I thought it would be. I really enjoyed the message of the film and of course I love Nic Cage.
Rated 28 Jul 2021
55
19th
Chef by way of Death Wish. Sarnoski seems to hope that his grand nihilistic posturing will woo people into forgetting that everything that happens in this film is nonsense (he's not totally wrong).
Rated 24 Jul 2021
88
97th
Pig is a profoundly heartfelt and poignant account of loss and grief. It's John Wick if John Wick was an arthouse dramedy. All the ingredients are present; it's excellent cinematography, tasteful storytelling, and charming performances from both Cage and his co-star Wolff. Sarnoski demonstrates skillful and decisive directorial ability in his debut, it feels that there is not a second or line of dialogue wasted here. The film speaks volumes in it's silence. If you're seeking closure, don't.
Rated 17 Aug 2021
80
73rd
Feels like we've not seen Nic actually act in forever.
Rated 21 Jul 2021
86
92nd
I wouldn't say I was skeptical of this film going in, but I'll admit to approaching it with some caution; a movie about Nicholas Cage hunting down his stolen truffle pig is ripe for acclaim for the memes alone, and even the slightest amount of subversion or thematic weight could be enough to trigger that response. And yet, I'm happy to say this is a genuinely wonderful film that's thoughtfully written, finely crafted, and superbly acted. Loved it.
Rated 10 Nov 2021
6
34th
I admire Sarnoski's decision in defying expectations, eschewing the temptation a showy revenge fantasy in favour of a more toned down and human direction, but it achieves this by resorting to mostly superficial atmospherics - increase your brightness, yo! - and a narrative that barely scratches the surface of its potential. Kind of like opening a family size bag of chips that's mostly air.
Rated 11 Oct 2021
82
70th
Not quite the detective film you or I should expect, as this seems ambling throughout, but seems to gently come together at the end. There's tough topics to get through, and a particularly grumpy Cage, and it initially seems this film has a dark bite to it, but instead what emerges is something far more calmer and gracious. The two leads work excellently with each other, and there's also the very memorable waiter character who shares an incredible scene with them.
Rated 08 Oct 2021
76
38th
I think I would have gotten more out of this going in if I had only thought it was a Cage revenge movie instead of already knowing it’s far more than that because I guess I expected it to have more soul or hit harder idk. But it’s still pretty good and Cage is amazing
Rated 16 Aug 2021
90
94th
God damn I love Nicolas Cage.
Rated 23 Jul 2021
75
83rd
The synopsis is also the review.
Rated 28 Aug 2021
65
61st
Some kind of meditative rural neo-noir on grief and the ways we find to endure and live with it -- maybe in the woods, all aline, living like in the 19th century, with a pig as the sole company. Expect an ugly, somber revenge film, receive a surprising story about a former chef returning to the town where he was once a king looking for the only thing he cares about.
Rated 18 Jan 2022
87
79th
Great Nic Cage character. Simple but good movie
Rated 21 Dec 2021
83
86th
The most gentle entry in the trifecta of "Actually good movies in which a bearded Nic Cage lives in the woods and has a reason to seek revenge" (also featuring: Joe, Mandy), even if it may not seem so in the beginning.
Rated 25 Jul 2021
84
73rd
Never mess with a guy's pig
Rated 04 Aug 2021
48
36th
Very noirish Nicolas Cage vehicle, with a more inhibited performance that's all silent rage. I know his acting is controversial, but if you love him, as I do, there is a lot to enjoy here. The script, alas, was not as enjoyable. The characters are archetypal and thinly veiled cliches abound. The dark-toned, tense buildup really raises expectations, but the story goes out with a whimper.
Rated 18 Aug 2021
5
40th
Cute movie about an actor and his pig. To quote a friend (spoilers ahead) "I liked how the movie made you expect violence but then just didnt". Liked it much more than John Wick.
Rated 17 Oct 2021
65
31st
The tone, the story and the plot are actually quite innovative and intruiging, but at the same time: the acting, the music, the script and the light are not very stable and surprisingly amateuristic at moments. This movie has the potential of becoming an instant classic, but unfortunately it will not. I do appreciate its ambition though.
Rated 17 Sep 2021
80
82nd
Among the most strangely original films I've seen.
Rated 19 Jul 2021
70
19th
Viewed July 18, 2021. It's set in an intriguing world where no other movie takes place (the backroom dealings of the Portland restaurant industry) and has a genuinely great, weighty Nicolas Cage performance at its center. This is enough to elevate the movie beyond its generic indie drama quirks.
Rated 11 Aug 2021
100
99th
....or those who hock their brains for popcorn in the lobby. But if you're in the to 90%, you'll like it at the very least. This is "Pig", the movie. There's one phrase that captures the spirit of this movie, supernaturally unpretentious. And that spirit is maintained from the very title, through Cage's superb performance (best since "Moonstruck"), to the end credits. It was shot on a low (no promotion budget) budget, so much so that they didn't even use a trained pig, which bit Nicolas Cage se
Rated 14 Aug 2021
85
93rd
It's like a reverse John Wick but it really works thanks to great acting work all around.
Rated 11 Feb 2022
93
89th
Pig is the goat. I give 9 truffles out of 10.
Rated 21 Jul 2021
83
66th
Welcome home Nicholas Cage, we've missed you.
Rated 24 Jan 2024
40
26th
A mostly low-key drama but with some moments of brutality (I didn’t understand why the protagonist had to let himself get beaten up in that basement scene) is presumably meant as a way for this debut director to attract bigger things. Competently filmed, but there’s something faintly absurd about the whole story, which runs counter to the portentousness with which everything is suffused: evidence of not yet having matured as a writer, perhaps. Moral: never underestimate the power of a good meal.
Rated 08 Sep 2021
76
27th
Pig is definitely a unique film - a bleak, emotional tale about truffles and culinary pursuit, a lost companion, detaching from society. Nic Cage also delivers one of his finest performances. If there's a problem with Pig, it's that there isn't really much of a movie here. This is more of a memoir than a satisfying narrative.
Rated 11 Jan 2022
76
67th
Obviously with anything like this it hinges on the ability of cage as a pure talent and ya he obviously still has it. Doesn’t revel in the ironic character that cage has built like Mandy does but instead festers in a brutal sadness that seems to be lingering in what modern audiences perceive of Cage. Love the send up of food culture and the horseshit surrounding it.
Rated 28 Oct 2021
2
22nd
The good thing is the movie's unconvoluted plot and short duration. For the invested, the movie is about "coping with loss". Also has other sub-texts. For me, it is "road to nowhere."
Rated 23 Jun 2022
73
63rd
Cage impresses by playing this character at a level 5 intensity instead of at his typical level 845
Rated 12 Dec 2021
79
82nd
Great performances all around in a tale of vicious competition and familiar bonds. To quote a very different movie: "You did good, pig!"
Rated 13 Aug 2021
81
91st
A babe in the city.
Rated 28 Nov 2021
10
96th
Hemingwayesque. The Big Two-Hearted River meets John Wick meets American Hoggers meets Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares.
Rated 17 Jul 2021
70
58th
Pig.
Rated 25 Jul 2021
81
57th
25% John Wick, 30% Chef, 20% Anthony Bourdain, 15% Ratatouille, 8% Moonlight Mile, and 2% Nightcrawler
Rated 04 Aug 2021
75
51st
Pignapping noir / family drama / restaurant scene satire. Weird and works pretty well.
Rated 21 Dec 2021
72
47th
I loved Nic Cage since I saw "The Rock" as a child and skipped watching most of his bad action films. Seeing him acting his ass off in an I N T E N S E manner got me hyped from the beginning. The fact that you don't care about anything happening to any character apart from Cage's, especially not caring about the Oedipal storyline, is not making this any less interesting as one is captivated by Cage's haggard looks and his facial expressions (and the latter, oh boy)
Rated 31 Jul 2021
64
40th
2021'de #IzlediğimFilmler : 229. Pig (2021) Nicolas Cage çok sevdiğim bir aktör. Filmdeki karakterinin hikayesini bana göre çok iyi inşa edemediklerinden beni ancak sonunda doğru içine alabildi film ama yetmedi. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Rated 13 Aug 2021
80
72nd
Nicolas Cage rhymes with Citizen Kane. No, I won't elaborate.
Rated 26 Jul 2021
85
71st
Nicolas Cage delivers a brutally Oscar-worthy performance.
Rated 25 Jan 2022
90
91st
Fuck Seattle!
Rated 23 Aug 2021
90
71st
Fuck - this was good
Rated 18 Dec 2021
84
75th
Well-constructed, quiet film that speaks to the aftermath of loss in important ways.
Rated 29 Apr 2023
62
58th
Points for being rather grounded and weird at the same time.
Rated 29 Sep 2022
75
77th
A head on collision between John Wick and Ratatouille set in some remote part of the American northwest (including Portland) and anchored in one of Cage’s best performances in a while. Quietly wonderful.
Rated 11 Jun 2022
79
69th
Never underestimate a man's love for his pet. I think the sentimentality is laid on a bit too thick at a couple of points but otherwise, this is an engaging and thoughtful drama. Nice to know the art of the 90-minute film isn't entirely lost. Don't go in expecting what you're expecting.
Rated 26 May 2022
80
81st
I don't think I can quite articulate how the pieces of this film fit together, but much like a man's love for his pig, there must be some deep spiritual connection between the dead-end gentrification of the modern city, the Nicolas Cage mythos, and the long shadow cast by the people no longer with us.
Rated 28 Feb 2022
80
54th
The stakes are low. A man loses his friend. At first I thought knives and axes would be thrown. Instead, just as in life, you lose things and don't get them back.
Rated 05 Jul 2022
78
78th
What a weird and different story filled with moods and feelings and a lost pig. It's really beautifully shot and Nic Cage shows that he fits a role like this just perfectly. I like a lot of movies just based on the mood they can provide me with and those night scenes with the dirty ol' street lights with the chorus of bugs in the background are just perfect. You know Nic Cage gives 100% to whatever role he takes on and he never disappoints.
Rated 05 Dec 2022
80
74th
An engaging character study with a simple yet compelling story. One of Nicolas Cage's best performances, were dialing back his usual intensity works greatly. A very human story with silly elements that add to the charm.
Rated 24 Jun 2022
70
50th
This is a mysterious film, dark in tone and lighting wise at times, its a slow burn as far as the plot is concerned. It's certainly a bit of an acquired taste. It has an arty feel to it, certainly. The main character has quite a caveman type look and feel to him and his background is very unclear for the most part, which is where the mystery mainly comes from. There's relatively little dialogue present at times but it doesn't suffer too much from it. This is a quirky watch but not a bad one.
Rated 09 Jul 2022
78
39th
For once Nicholas Cage's character makes singer sense, but then nothing else does.
Rated 17 Oct 2022
81
73rd
Cage shows his class, but he's also given a pretty well written role to work on. A pretty small movie about loss.
Rated 13 Oct 2022
30
6th
Not enough pig
Rated 11 Feb 2022
94
74th
Unusual but excellent film, with a great performance by Cage.
Rated 29 Jul 2022
70
56th
Mixed bag. Some clearly ridiculous ideas; like an underground fight club for Portland restaurant employees, mixed with some drama about loss and some melodrama/jerk-off fantasy about defying society's expectations and living alone in the woods. Best scene: shouting while stealing a bicycle. Great soundtrack.
Rated 29 Jul 2021
65
19th
w/ Gaye
Rated 24 Mar 2022
70
53rd
Rob: "We don't get a lot of things to really care about."
Rated 20 Mar 2022
85
86th
If you try hard, you’ll find some holes in this movie, sure. But please don’t. This is one of the most beautiful and concise movies I’ve ever seen. It flows and it has real emotion.
Rated 28 Mar 2022
50
9th
Hewasthechefthattheguy'srentsloved-madethemamealetc-pigdied
Rated 26 May 2022
93
79th
Really moving, emotionally charged flick anchored by Nicholas Cage. One of the year's best films.
Rated 11 Mar 2022
73
67th
Nicholas Cage'in iyi bir oyuncu olup olmadığı tartışmalarına noktayı koyabilecek olan bu performans filmi, gerilim dozajı yüksek bir seyir sunuyor.
Rated 12 Feb 2024
77
46th
Cage kills it. The story is alright. It's full of cliches, but not a bad time killer.
Rated 26 Jun 2023
7
44th
it starts by making you think it's going to be a thing, then it turns into something else and then something else again. you end up wondering what you've watched. still, it's well acted. great wig on Cage
Rated 27 Jan 2022
74
53rd
It does a good job of showing how disconnection can happen.
Rated 23 May 2022
77
75th
Brilliant homage to Ratatouille near the end
Rated 06 Aug 2021
75
59th
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Rated 17 Apr 2022
79
77th
This is not Cage’s JOHN WICK, no matter how much marketing or oneself wants it to be. Very well directed, written and acted, not going into this expecting action and badassness are setting themselves up for disappointment.
Rated 31 Jan 2022
90
75th
It is a really beautifully rendered, subtly observed story about loss and grief and like existence itself. The gradual reveal of who Robin is is handled quite well, because the character himself is in a way remembering who he was and the counterpoints Wolff and Arkin are perfectly chosen to illuminate him, to bring him back into existing.
Rated 06 Nov 2023
50
15th
Lame. Was interesting for the first 20 minutes.
Rated 19 Jul 2021
75
81st
Kainatın en iyi aktörü perperişan 2021 yılına renk katıyor, sinemaya yön veriyor.
Rated 02 Mar 2022
79
77th
Nicolas Cage is good in the lead role in this movie. The script is good and is not predictable. Overall I would recommend this movie.
Rated 23 Aug 2021
56
62nd
(BOARLOOS)
Rated 24 Aug 2021
91
96th
Cage is an instrument of vengeance and his only weapon is the TRUTH. A masterpiece.
Rated 20 Sep 2021
55
58th
okay movie
Rated 05 Aug 2021
83
78th
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Rated 05 Apr 2023
40
38th
Strange movie. I assumed it would be a "Taken"-esque revenge thriller.
Rated 28 Jul 2023
84
82nd
Nic Cage is well known for his over the top, unhinged performances. That's not so here. He is remarkably restrained playing a fascinating character we learn more about as the movie plays out. It's one of his finest performances, lending the role a quiet intensity that is palpable. I won't say much more, because I think the less one knows about this one going in the better.
Rated 12 Dec 2022
1
3rd
This would be interesting if it wasn't about a wonderful, magical animal.
Rated 02 Nov 2022
71
75th
This is my John Wick.

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