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  Review by James (Schaffrillas) ★★★★ 43

  Haven't felt this much tension during a dinner scene since Shrek 2 (2004)

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  Review by matt lynch ★★★★½

  A tremendous and weird story of the tangle and mystery of loss.

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  Review by Joe Lynch ★★★★ 15

  One of the quietest and most subtly beautiful “revenge” movies I think I’ve ever seen. 
  Still kinda shaking from watching it.
  Go in knowing nothing. 
  Cage needs his Oscar nom campaign NOW.

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  Review by SilentDawn ★★★★ 11

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  What Pig demonstrates is both a subversion of the revenge sub-genre and a deceptive layer of modern indie tropes. The first act is pure noxious set-up for our dismantled expectations in the remaining hour. Beginning as a blank slate for our preconceptions of what Rob (Nicolas Cage) is capable of, and the violence he might or should inflict, the film instead offers connection and empathy as ammunition rather than bloodshed. Our protagonist is just asking to be understood. For a film that keeps everything so close to the vest, the final thirty minutes are emotionally overwhelming. Scene after scene of puzzle pieces finding their place, the story gaining momentum in scale and detail. A simple conversation set in a…

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  Review by LetMeExplain ★★★★ 8

  Pigatouille

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  Review by elvisthealien ★★★★½ 9

  someone give Nicolas Cage a bath

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  Review by ˗ˏˋ suspirliam ˊˎ˗ ★★★½ 10

  maybe the real pig was the friends we made along the way

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  Review by davidehrlich ★★★★

  at the end of the day, there's really nothing more to this life than the love shared between a man and his pig.

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  Review by Jay ★★★★ 6

  babe 2: nick in the city

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  Review by Will Menaker ★★★½ 6

  Nicholas Cage shines in this indie gem about how everyone who works in the restaurant industry are sickos, criminals and degenerates. This is one pig you want on the big screen rather than a big plate!

  Joking aside, this whole movie is worth it for one scene of Nicholas Cage quietly demolishing the carefully constructed edifice of self worth of some trendy celebrity chef and their bullshit foam food.

  The more I think about this one, the more I like it. It takes place in the world of high end cuisine, but you could sub in any art form or craft here, and the basic point still stands: if you have talent of any kind, it is more and more…

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  Review by demi adejuyigbe 7

  made me very very hungry

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  Review by Jacob Knight ★★★★ 7

  "I remember every meal I ever cooked. I remember every person I ever served."

  Went in expecting some sort of artier "JOHN WICK with a pig" bullshit, came out chewing (no pun intended) on an existential rumination regarding how people find meaning in a mostly meaningless world (only to often have it stolen away) with Nic Cage again proving why he's the most beguilingly idiosyncratic actor of any generation. Adam Arkin is also lights out with pretty much a single scene. Watch this as cold as possible and then be ready for it to set up shop in your head rent free for the next month or so.