Piggy is a drama-horror movie about Sara, a young overweight girl who gets heavily picked on by a trio of mean girls, one of which is an old friend of hers. She is also the laughing stock of her small village, and lives with her overprotective mother and nonchalant father and brother.
One day, after the mean girls bully her, steal all of her clothes and almost drown her at the pool, she witnesses the kidnapping and possibly killing of one of the girls. The kidnapper, a man she noticed earlier at the pool, poses a somewhat nice gesture towards her by giving her back a towel.
Later, she decides not to say anything to her parents or the police, even though all three girls are now considered missing, and keeps that secret to herself. We see the kidnapper and possible killer take a liking to her and follow her around. She eventually runs into him and for some reason, seems to fall for him.
Up until then, the movie is pretty good and sets the way for something very interesting, and I was ready to be rooting for the mistreated main character taking revenge on her bullies, even with the help of the bad guy. I wouldn't have minded a twisted love story between a killer and an outcast girl at all. I thought it was a nice, somewhat original plot. But that's not what I got.
Instead, the final act feels rushed and incomplete. There is absolutely no character development whatsoever. Why does she like the killer? Why does the killer like her? Why does she suddenly not like him anymore at the end? Why does she save the girls instead? Who is the killer, what's his story, his motive? We just don't know. There is almost no dialogue between Sara and the bad guy. We don't know what brought them together, and then not.
I felt like there was a huge chunk of the story missing from the movie. Some scenes between when she leaves her house, and the ending. Character development between the two runaways. What the heck just happened at the end? I have no idea.
The ending also doesn't feel satisfying, as the main bully lives. And yet this girl learns no lesson at all, as she still gets saved even though she keeps on insulting our main character even when she is the only one to save her. Pretty frustrating.
Overall, this was a decent movie with some potential, but the ending ruined a good opportunity to turn this story into something deeper. (PS: Do not watch the dubbed version of this film; it is terrible. Find the original with subtitles.)
One day, after the mean girls bully her, steal all of her clothes and almost drown her at the pool, she witnesses the kidnapping and possibly killing of one of the girls. The kidnapper, a man she noticed earlier at the pool, poses a somewhat nice gesture towards her by giving her back a towel.
Later, she decides not to say anything to her parents or the police, even though all three girls are now considered missing, and keeps that secret to herself. We see the kidnapper and possible killer take a liking to her and follow her around. She eventually runs into him and for some reason, seems to fall for him.
Up until then, the movie is pretty good and sets the way for something very interesting, and I was ready to be rooting for the mistreated main character taking revenge on her bullies, even with the help of the bad guy. I wouldn't have minded a twisted love story between a killer and an outcast girl at all. I thought it was a nice, somewhat original plot. But that's not what I got.
Instead, the final act feels rushed and incomplete. There is absolutely no character development whatsoever. Why does she like the killer? Why does the killer like her? Why does she suddenly not like him anymore at the end? Why does she save the girls instead? Who is the killer, what's his story, his motive? We just don't know. There is almost no dialogue between Sara and the bad guy. We don't know what brought them together, and then not.
I felt like there was a huge chunk of the story missing from the movie. Some scenes between when she leaves her house, and the ending. Character development between the two runaways. What the heck just happened at the end? I have no idea.
The ending also doesn't feel satisfying, as the main bully lives. And yet this girl learns no lesson at all, as she still gets saved even though she keeps on insulting our main character even when she is the only one to save her. Pretty frustrating.
Overall, this was a decent movie with some potential, but the ending ruined a good opportunity to turn this story into something deeper. (PS: Do not watch the dubbed version of this film; it is terrible. Find the original with subtitles.)