SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

SunnyHello Nice effects though.

Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

PeachHamBeach BEWARE...SPOILER! After a very long period in which I have't been well enough to watch and get absorbed into good art films, I am feeling better and having a very fun summer. I've only recently discovered the amazing beauty and talent that is Cillian Murphy, and am devouring his films as fast as I can get my hands on them.DISCO PIGS is a film that is as beautiful, tender, ardent and violent as the love that seems to surge between Pig and Runt (Murphy and Elaine Cassidy). Both of them give captivating performances. I must also add that the ethereal music score by Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer is intriguing and perfectly suited to the tone of this film.Born on the same day in the same Irish town, Pig and Runt are next door neighbors and grow up together as best friends. Their intense friendship reminds me of the one between Pauline and Juliet in HEAVENLY CREATURES. Like those two girls, Pig and Runt have created a fantasy world that they prefer to the boring, imperfect everyday world. They believe only in each other, and they are the willing outcasts, at their school, and everywhere else. They have a penchant for stealing liquor, bullying the boy who works in the liquor store and playing rather cruel pranks on any guy Runt dances with at clubs. The dean of the school is worried about this bizarre relationship, as are Runt's parents, and it is decided that Runt would benefit greatly if she were separated from Pig and sent to a trade school away from home. I found it sad that the adults seemed to care about Runt's future while they regarded Pig as a "lost cause". Both of these children should have been encouraged to develop properly many years before this.Everything changes the moment Runt shows Pig a new outfit she has made. They are fast approaching their seventeenth birthday, and neither of them are prepared when Pig suddenly sees Runt through a new set of eyes. Their perfect world is about to be shattered. When Pig impulsively kisses Runt, she is frightened and unsure of it, which hurts him deeply. The very next day, she is sent away, not even given an opportunity to say goodbye to her best friend. Though it's supremely hard at first, Runt starts to adapt to life without Pig in her very center. She begins to make new friends and find new interests.In contrast, Pig is miserable and on the verge of a psychotic break. Unable to interact with anyone aside from Runt, he is completely inconsolable, obsessed with the idea of waiting in his room until he can be reunited with the only friend, the only girl, the only anything, in his life. After a few days' search, Pig finds Runt and gets her out of the trade school and brings her home, hoping to resume their life as it was before she was sent away. But the damage has been done. The forced separation has caused a permanent and terrible change inside of Pig. And though she still loves Pig dearly, Runt has been exposed to new things. She's not the same person either, and Pig's pranks have become even more violent, and she is repulsed rather than right there with him. Pig comes to the unbearable realization that he is losing Runt in spite of his efforts to hold onto her, and ends up doing something unthinkable. Knowing that things are irreversibly changed between them, and knowing that his life is impossible without Runt, Pig decides to set his best friend free.In the end, it's true that Runt does love Pig as much as he loves her, but after all that has happened, there is no possibility. It's a very sexy, haunting and tragic story. I loved it!

Daniel S. Thrace This is one of those films that as you watch through it, you find yourself expecting a lot. It set's up a really powerful friendship, that has strong love connections between the two.The characters are strong, they have strange personalities that compliment each other. You do begin to feel the intense need for each other between the two, but for me that is when show it has no other real aspects of enjoyment.For me it felt like the emotion got to a level very fast in the film, the build up in this sense was very intense. The problem was i found that the story never really kept up with this. The characters grew, but without any real reason.I'd also like to pick up on pig's accent, which was a little confusing at time. I know Cillian Murphy is Irish, but honestly what was happening with the accent? he sounded Jamaican on numerous occasions. I guess it's just a regional accent thing.Finally, I have to comment on the end ending. What the hell was that? It made absolutely no sense whatsoever. Maybe i had drifted off at points in the film or something, but really, from what i saw it was an attempt at a powerful upsetting ending, but in my opinion it had no real substance.

ejwells-2 I guess like Jessica Lynch, Kirsten Sheridan figured she could ride daddy's coat tails to the status of instant-auteur. Well...not in my book. I'd be shocked if this massive dud gets any attention whatsoever, aside from the usual "we love anything that sucks" crowd of nose-in-the-air art-house frequenting naval-gazing clods, who wouldn't know quality cinema if it bit them on the arse. Runt and Pig. Pig and Runt. I love you Pig. Happy birthday Runt. Good God.The actors themselves do what they can with the crappy material, and are both fairly talented. But even GREATt actors couldn't come close to saving this terribly dull (and amateurishly lensed) bore-o-rama from it's current status...a film that gets rented maybe once a year from the maybe 10 video stores that actually have it, and only because the title itself would lead one to believe this film would have something going for it...like a small amount of humor amidst the meandering, pretentious, and boring goings on. No such luck. Do yourself a favor and skip it.

cheripeppa231 After seeing Cillian Murphy's excellent performances in several movies (Red Eye, Batman Begins, Girl With A Pearl Earring) I began to search for other movies, particularly ones that he plays a large role in. Disco Pigs was exactly the kind of movie I was looking for. The directing was excellent, along with the acting. Elaine Cassidy did a wonderful job portraying Runt. Never, at any point in the movie, did I lose attention or criticize the actors. The plot was brilliant and extremely creative. I mean, who ever thought of two people with a relationship bordering between intense sister-brother, and dangerous, obsessive love? From beginning to end, I remained entertained and interested. In short, Disco Pigs was great and I recommend seeing it.