Piggy - Comentarios

Laura Galan shines as a bullied teen in Carlota Pereda's solo feature debut.

...writer/director Carlota Pereda’s piercing horror drama about a bullied teen with the revenge opportunity of a lifetime takes the genre in a surprisingly intimate direction.

Spanish filmmaker Carlota Pereda's daring debut about adolescent self-loathing is burnished by a powerhouse performance by Laura Galán.

...Laura Galán turns in an incredible performance as the bullied young teen...

Weaving together grindhouse thrills and adolescent dilemmas, Piggy has a dark humour that proves deliciously entertaining.

The film is clearly in conversation with Catherine Breillat’s Fat Girl, which contains nearly all of the themes Piggy tackles, but manages to feel much more rebellious and assertive in its thesis.

...invites us to reflect on the casual cruelty of bullying from the distance that the horror genre offers, and consider the price of revenge.