Pig
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff, Adam Arkin
Director: Michael Sarnoski
Running Time: 92 Minutes
Rating: R
Release Date: July 16, 2021 (Theaters)
Alex Wolff is Salt Bae. That could be the entirety of my Pig review!
Oh, but Nic Cage is in this, too, so I think I might like to talk about that as well. (Erbviously.)
But back to Mr. Alex Wolff for a second. He wears these fantastic skinny round sunglasses that sure look like Salt Bae’s. And he’s already got the dark tuft of hair and olive skin to complete the Chef Nusret Gökçe resemblance. Not for nothing does much of this movie take place in the fancy-schmancy restaurant world.
Anyway, Cage plays a truffle hunter who really wants his pig back, as you can surely tell by the profoundly simple title. Considering the actor and the premise, you might think he spends the whole movie shouting at everyone all over everywhere, but instead he prefers much subtler tactics. He has an uncanny knack for peering into the souls of anyone he comes across. He knows how to conjure emotional memories that bring the universe back into equilibrium. He’s like a wizard that way, and it’s kind of breathtaking to witness.
Grade: 3 Tablespoons of Facial Scars, 5 Cups of Psychology
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