Gordy

If you're looking for a very well done, deep movie, I would recommend you to look elsewhere.

I became curious about the movie when my family and I were headed to our vacation to Charleston, SC. This was just shortly before it came out in theaters; the pig playing Gordy was visiting North Carolina (Statesville, I believe) where we stayed overnight. I wanted to see him but the travelling schedule didn't allow it.

I was given Gordy on VHS for Christmas '95 and I've only watched it one other time since. The acting isn't anything to write for nor are the effects for the pig's talking. I have to say though, I thought it was neat seeing a pig swim.

While visiting family with my four year old daughter we found a video of "Gordy" and put it on for her. She loves movies, but after about a half-hour she turned to me and said "I don't like this pig movie". She loves "Babe". It's nice to know she has some taste. The only thing remotely good about this film is Kristy Young, the little girl C&W singer, and the trained piglet seemed like a pretty good swimmer. In the half-hour we watched, the animals never looked like they were talking, the plot was completely uninvolving, and the acting was mediocre at best. One nice thing was finding out the reason that Tom Lester (Eb from "Green Acres") never got anywhere with his career. He's a one-note performer. At least Eb had some decent writers. Now my daughter is happily watching "The Aristocats".

Gordy is a pretty cute little pig (that also talks, not too convincingly), I'll grant you that, but "he" is plugged into an uninvolving, cheerless, funless, far-fetched plot. Frankly, it's hard to believe that a pig's life could be so boring. The film too often seems like an excuse for some professional country singers to appear onstage and do their stuff; are there kids who are supposed to find those scenes entertaining? (*1/2)

Over the years I have watched many family films that can be just as entertaining for an adult as a child. The recent "Chicken Run" is one that comes to mind. "Gordy", however is not one of these films.

Its plot follows sappy, unentertaining, and stereotypical characters who make fun of a child's intelligence with cheesy humour and predictable actions that leaves out any chance for suspense or laughs.

The only thing this movie provoked me to think about was Gimme a break!"

This is one of those obvious el cheapo movies that they make quick when they know a bigger more expensive movie involving something similar is coming a couple months later (Babe) The same thing happened with Antz (a bugs life was made first but was more expensive and was released a couple months after Antz while Antz was cheap and quick)