Hitpig!

A new animated movie has snuck into theaters called HITPIG!. Based on a children's book called Pete and Pickles by Berkeley Breathed, This is a story about Hitpig (Jason Sudeikis), a pig bounty hunter who returns escaped animals to their owners. Right off the bat, the title doesn't make sense, the pig doesn't kill anybody like a hitman. It probably should be called something like PETE THE BOUNTY HUNTER or just PETE AND PICKLES. He's literally named Hitpig. Moving on, he meets Pickles (Lilly Singh) the elephant who escaped from deviously arrogant Leapin' Lord of the Leotard (Rainn Wilson). They form a bond that makes Hitpig question his career and life. This movie is fine. I understand it wasn't made with me in mind. The humour is all over the place, sometimes aimed lower for kids, sometimes aimed a smidge higher. Lotta butt jokes. The story moves a mile a minute, sometimes literally, not letting you breathe. The characters are all talking fast, I did enjoy hearing Hannah Gadsby as a sassy koala though. The movie looks low budget, and I'm actually surprised it made it to the theater. There are a couple of good enough scenes about the family you choose. HITPIG! Is a fine movie I guess, but instantly forgettable and not worth spending money on, unless you have a young kid with ADHD who loves loud noises and bright colours.

This movie is a complete trainwreck. It's as if Tommy Wiseau decided to make an animated film, and the result is this! Where do I even begin? The humor is painfully lame-poop and fart jokes galore. Who finds this funny? Changing adult swear words into "safe" alternatives doesn't make it clever; it makes it cringe-worthy. And the constant, forced references to famous movies and characters? Another failed attempt at humor that falls flat every single time. Oh, and let's not forget the Gordon Hamsy joke... why? Just why?

The main character, the pig, is horrifying to look at. His face is an unsettling mix of human features slapped onto a pig, making him outright ugly and unlikeable. The supporting characters are just as ridiculous-there's a nuke-shooting cat and an angry koala, as if the writers were pulling random ideas out of a hat. And don't get me started on the music-it's atrocious, with laughably bad singing that's almost insulting to listen to.

The plot? Weak and nonsensical. It feels like a fever dream of bad ideas stitched together with no thought or care. The only remotely tolerable part was the one minute of backstory for the pig, but that's not enough to redeem this garbage.

What's worse is that this isn't just a failure for adults-it's an insult to children. Kids are way smarter than the people who wrote, directed, or designed this monstrosity. Children's movies don't have to be dumbed down to the lowest denominator! This film is a slap in the face to animation as an art form.

I usually go easy on animated films because I know how much effort they take, but damn, this one deserves all the hate it gets. I wish I had listened to the one-star reviews. Don't waste your time or money on this dumpster fire.

I can't really deside if it was my screening copy that was faulty.

Or if this film is released with an almost complete lack of folie audio.

The audiotrack seemed miss a whole portion of folie artistry. The voiceactors, the music track are present. But only 10% of audio special effect was present. Some folie audio track. But as if a folie department made the bare minimum of atmospheric audio.

Outdoor scenes, for example in the street, totally lacked any noises of a street enviroment. Only dialog, music track and a few folie sound effects. For example: as if a door closes. Or a car starts. But nothing else. Just flat and silent.

The animation isn't horrible. The story and general plot is okay. The voiceactors does their job. But either the mixing departement forgot to included most of the folie audio tracks. OR! My copy is a early edit.

First time for everything I guess.

While there are fart jokes, the fart jokes are woven into the plot. Which maybe sounds bad lol. It does have a better than average sense of humor though. Probably because the jokes often relate to characters rather than just put in randomly.

I enjoyed the chaotic, almost fever dream quality of the story. It helps the movie strike a good balance between lighthearted cartoon and heavier concepts like animals being mistreated. A lot of modern films are too serious, this isn't. Yet there is enough meat on the bones to care about the characters.

The biggest flaw of the movie is a very generic villain. At least his goal is fairly unique. He's also not the main focus. The heroes are much better.

I laughed a good amount of times, so the comedy was there for sure. That stuff was enjoyable but the overall plot was somewhat boring in my opinion. I felt like they stole from finding Nemo with the marlin and dory personalities. I couldn't shake some of the resemblance. Maybe its just me. Honestly not horrible and the comedy helped but somewhat uninteresting overall.

Watched on app with Heather on 8-15-2025.