It's hard to argue against starting a movie with Camille Saint-Saëns' energetic third symphony; it sets the stage perfectly for this enjoyable story, which brought to mind “Charlotte’s Web” with its depiction of life on a farm. The narrative centers around the smallest piglet, marked for the farmer’s table through a raffle, but Hoggett (James Cromwell) suspects that "Pig" could be more valuable alive than as food! This seems likely because the young animal is naturally good at making friends—conversing with geese, cows, horses, and even “Ma,” the headstrong sheep. It's this ability that ultimately alerts the farmer to some thieves and leads him to consider the possibility of a pig acting as a shepherd for his flock. With his wife (Magda Szubanski) about to leave on a Women’s Guild trip and the local sheepdog competition approaching, he might need to reconsider the rules—even if his own dog “Rex” thinks he's lost his mind. Those who tend toward cynicism will likely find the overt displays of emotion tiresome, but I didn’t have that problem and found it pleasant. The other animals on the farm, even the bothersome mice, all contribute to emphasizing the importance of helping one another. Though the threat of becoming bacon is always present, there's a subtle sense of danger now and then, but mostly this is just a happy and uplifting story that places a pig in a role that can represent whatever you want it to—an animal, a substitute child, a pet, or something else entirely. It’s an absorbing film that blends live action with animation effectively, and like many creature features, it might make you squirm occasionally, but overall, it's a joyous and delightful movie that’s difficult not to enjoy.

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