Disco Pigs

Disco Pigs (2001)

  • 20% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 73% of users liked it
    (5,257 ratings)

A friendship between two young people grows into a dangerous obsession in this drama based on the acclaimed stage play by Enda Walsh. Darren (Cillian Murphy) and Sinead (Elaine Cassidy) were born moments apart in the same hospital in a small Irish community. Nicknamed "Pig" and "Runt," Darren and… More

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Unrated, 1 hr. 33 min.
Directed By
Kirsten Sheridan
Genres
Art House & International, Drama
In Theaters
Apr 1, 2003 Wide
On DVD
Apr 29, 2003
Vanguard

Critic Reviews

  • Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

    Is there a point in this somewhere? No clue, honestly. No clue.

  • Harry Guerin, RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

    Deserves to be remembered long after the house lights have gone up.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Spencer S


    This movie was a strange jumble of awkward and "artistic" moments between Cassidy and Murphy, strange plot, and basically no reason. Mainly, I just wanted to know why Runt stuck with Pig so long.

  • Conner R


    Completely original. I loved the decline of sanity in Cillian Murphy throughout the film, great acting as always. The story is really intense, yet fun. You become so enthralled in the characters that you can't wait to see what happens when their world comes crashing down.… More

  • Bannan i


    There was just something about this story that was brought to my attention. Darren aka Pig [Murphy] and Sinead aka Runt [Cassidy] are two of a kind, born on the same day in the same hospital...just several minutes apart. Since birth they become friends, first by reaching their tiny… More

  • Marcus W


    This is a sweet, gritty, low budget, self-destructive, Irish love story. Brilliant performance from a young Cillian Murphy too.

  • Anastasia B


    I watched this in Dublin when it first came out in 2002, before it was released around the rest of Europe. It is Kirsten Sheridan's directorial debut (daughter of the great Jim Sheridan) and as such a first effort I thought it was breath-taking. Based on a play by Enda Walsh (who… More

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