Published July 26, 2021, 6:56 AM
‘False Positive’
In today’s review, we tackle the new Nicolas Cage film, Pig; and False Positive, a maternity nightmare.
‘Pig’
Pig (Video on Demand) – The thing with Nicolas Cage is that while he’s an Oscar winner, it would seem that he’s ready to say Yes to any and every project that falls on his lap. The genres these film represents also scrapes the bottom of the barrel in many instances, and he’s constantly playing the role of deranged title character, hamming it up as that’s most likely what the director is asking of him. And that’s why Pig – which screened in Cannes earlier this year, and opens the Edinburgh Film Festival later this year, is such a charmer. It’s the directorial debut of writer Michael Sarnowski, and the actor and screenplay are well paired on this one. It’s open in the Oregon forests, where we meet Rob (Nicolas Cage). He lives off the grid, his only companion is a truffle pig. And that’s basically how he ekes out a living – with a youngish rare foods dealer who buys up the truffles Rob finds, his solitary outside world contact.