purplecoca Review of Leon the Pig Farmer

Leon the Pig Farmer (1992)

Low Budget, off-beat British comedy, with social commentary.

[8/10 · 23 May 2008]

This comedy is fast-paced and sometimes very well acted, and there's a warm human under-current to it all. Vadim Jean borrows , and expands upon, a device from Richard Lester's "The Knack-and How to Get it" by having passersby comment on the action, which is one of this films delights. Not a great movie, but a great example of British and Jewish comedy, and a type of film that could be made not that long ago, for about $300,000. It is low budget, off-beat British comedy with social commentary. The pig story revolves around Leon Geller, who has a endless capacity for guilt, finds that he is the product of a mix-up at the sperm bank. His real father turns out to be a pig farmer (Brian Glover). Leon decides to examine his roots as further complications arise, including his own artificial-insemination accident while trying to cross breed a pig and a sheep, forever smashing his hope of producing kosher bacon.