Pig
critic Reviews
, 97% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- Like the animal itself, Pig defies the hogwash of expectations with a beautiful odyssey of loss and love anchored by Nicolas Cage's affectingly raw performance.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreWenlei MaNews.com.au
If you have an open mind, you will be rewarded with a melancholic and poignant story, and a superb, triumphant performance from Cage who has no trouble reminding audiences that he is an Oscar winner capable of incredible range and depth.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJake WilsonThe Age (Australia)
There are few actors who could pull off this tonal balancing act as successfully as Cage... Over the years, some have questioned how far he's in on his own joke -- but at this point, there's no doubting his finely tuned sense of the ridiculous.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAlexandra Heller-NicholasABC Radio (Australia)
A deeply moving film with twists and turns that few could see coming, Pig is - amongst other things - a timely reminder of just how good Nicolas Cage is at his job.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreSimran HansObserver (UK)
Though the film is teed up as a kind of John Wick-style revenge bender, Cage's star persona is soon smartly subverted.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreClarisse LoughreyIndependent (UK)
Pig shouldn't be a revelation to anyone who's been following these men's careers, but it's a perfect reminder of how easily we can underestimate people.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreLinda MarricThe Jewish Chronicle
Action-packed and yet gently meditative.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMarya E. GatesCool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)
Cage [gives] his best, most fully realized performance in decades.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreGrant WatsonFiction Machine
I missed seeing Pig on its original release, and that was my mistake. Do not make the same one. This is vital, unmissable cinema.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMo MuzammalVague Visages
Cage elevates Sarnoski’s visuals. The actor is a vortex of emotions that quietly burn beneath a lonely exterior.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreZach PopeZach Pope Reviews
PIG is ONE OF THE BEST FILMS OF 2021. It’s not Mandy, it’s not A John Wick Clone, it’s a somber, subdue, & profound film on the meaning in the meaningless of things to others & ourselves.
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