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Review: The Irresistible Piggies (2002)

Posted on November 25, 2005 by Ching Yee
From: Hong Kong
Directed by: Lo Kim Wa
Cast: Alex To, Jordan Chan, Karen Mok, Kelly Lin, Michelle Reis, Raymond Wong, Stephen Fung, Suki Kwan

Not available in Australia on DVD (to our knowledge)

The porcine connection in the title refers to “Porkchop”, a HK slang given to a someone deemed ugly or unattractive and is equally reviled by both sexes alike.

Mo (Michelle Reis) has a serious bald patch and permanently wears a hat to cover it up, So Mei (Karen Mok) is abnormally hairy due to a hormonal imbalance, Pao (Suki Kwan) has small eyes and buck teeth and Panda (Kelly Lin) has a birthmark on half her face.

Mo and her band of “porkchop” sisters, are given the sack from their company due to their lack of attractiveness. In true Wong Jing style, the girls get back their jobs, get the boys and get their revenge by becoming total babes. Right…

If you can get past this completely very contrived factor, the first 45 minutes of Piggies is very funny. Filled with gags, whacked out slapstick and frenetic pacing, the first half zips past with hilarity but again, in true Wong Jing style, he begins to run out of ideas and Piggies begins to unravel in the second half. The part where they girls go to Shenzhen to see some quack doctor who prescribes fear as his treatment — oh yes, scaring the shit out of Pao (Kwan) will enlarge her eyes, make Mo’s hair grow overnight etc. uh huh…

Yes, with this film, you don’t just have to leave your brain by the door, you have to fling it across the ocean (but not as far as what you have to for Wesley’s Mysterious Files, shudder). What does keep you interested is the performance of the ensemble cast who look like they’re having a lot of fun. Karen Mok is carving a niche for playing “porkchop” characters and she is very funny in this as the testosterone-charged So Mei. Another standout is Jordan Chan in a very stereotypical gay role. Stephen Fung gets the best lines, throwing out his wanton philosophy on how to get laid and how to get through life with minimal effort.

If you’re after a bit of funny fluff and you’re able to put up with some seriously unfathomable stuff and insensitive treatment of “porkchops” (which in this case, means anyone who doesn’t look like a model) then Irresistible Piggies is for you!

6.5 Half-Baked Pork Chops out of 10.
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