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Piggy

Piggy

Horror · Drama · 2022

A bullied overweight teenager sees a glimpse of hope when her tormentors are brutally abducted by a mesmerizing stranger.

Movie details

Piggy

“Adolescence can be brutal.”

2022 Horror · Drama 1h 39m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.5 / 10

Community rating

A bullied overweight teenager sees a glimpse of hope when her tormentors are brutally abducted by a mesmerizing stranger.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Piggy?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Carlota Pereda

Written by

Carlota Pereda

Laura Galán

Laura Galán

Sara

R

Richard Holmes

Desconocido

Carmen Machi

Carmen Machi

Madre de Sara

Irene Ferreiro

Irene Ferreiro

Claudia

Camille Aguilar

Camille Aguilar

Roci

Claudia Salas

Claudia Salas

Maca

J

José Pastor

Pedro

Court is in session

Put Piggy on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.