Culture Crash: Pig – Starring Nicholas Cage

When I first heard that Nicholas Cage was starring in a new movie, titled Pig, about a man who sets out to get to the bottom of who stole his truffle-hunter pet pig, I sort of a assumed it was going to be silly. Like maybe an in-on-the-joke remake of The Revenant or something. But then I kept hearing rave reviews pour in and decided I needed to check it out for myself.

And I have to be honest: I was blown away. Pig is not a revenge movie in the typical fashion. Cage’s character doesn’t go on a rampage. Instead, the movie moves at its own pace, and Cage’s character is less incensed than he is sad to have lost his pet.

The film also stars Alex Wolff of Hereditary fame as a sort of chauffeur to Cage’s character, and Wolff really shines in the role. His younger, more reactive energy offsets a lot of Cage’s more enigmatic character motivations, and the movie really shines when the two of them share the screen, which thankfully happens often.

While I went into it with relatively low expectations, I can honestly say Pig is the first true feature film of 2021 that I actually loved. If you like smaller, quieter movies that believe in the power of showing instead of telling, then you may feel similarly.

I’m Evan Rook.

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