My Sister, The Pig Lady

If you're going to watch this, and I don't necessarily recommend it, it is a decent background movie. You don't need to see every single second to get what's happening, because it's all very haphazardly plotted anyways.

Had this movie stuck to the initial premise -- a small town with one marriageable man and three single women, vying for his affections -- it would have been solid if not actually good. It just needed focus, either on the plot OR on the characters! Everyone was underdeveloped and they could even have used tropes more effectively. I think the first act could have easily been extended into the whole film (minus the pregnancy, because that just makes for unsatisfying plotting).

I have no problem with many of the component parts (acting, setting, music, etc.) but the plot completely went off the rails. Also there are some odd time jumps, one of which has an intertitle/subtitle and the other times you just have to figure it out. If you're going to have a movie that's all over the place, at least make it competently so the audience can logically follow the timeline.

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Not a comedy or romance (not sure what to call it besides a dud)

Starring one of my least favorite female actresses, where do I begin to loathe ? The guys aren't good looking, infidelity, rude discussions abound. This is not only badly filmed, but it also looks like a much older film. Not a comedy, not a romance. Instead it's sad, depressing & heartbreaking.
When you see the old lady talking about how the main character's married mother shook her backside at a man & went off into the tall grass with him...that's how crude this movie is. When you see the pigs mating & the villagers cheering them on...that's as light hearted as it gets.
The only single guy on the island of marriageable age is a Lothario (man who behaves selfishly & irresponsibly in his sexual relationships with women.) whose kissing scene is gross, really disgusting. ( sloppy kisser!)

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