Food Film Episodes

In this episode of Bad Dads Film Review, Sidey, Dan, Reegs and Cris review Pig, Michael Sarnoski’s 2021 drama starring Nicolas Cage as Robin Feld, a reclusive Oregon truffle hunter searching for his stolen pig. They discuss the film’s misleading revenge-thriller premise, Cage’s restrained performance, Alex Wolff as Amir, the Portland food underworld, the underground restaurant-worker fight club, Robin’s past as a legendary chef, the Eurydice restaurant scene, fine-dining pretension, chef culture, the emotional meal cooked for Darius, the death of the pig, the ending with Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m On Fire,” and why the film becomes a story about grief, memory and letting go rather than revenge.