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\"\"Gordy <\/strong>(1995) \u00a0 \u00a0Miramax Family\/Comedy-Drama\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 90 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated G (some scary moments)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Mark Lewis\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Leslie Stevens\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: Charles Fox\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Richard Michalak\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: May 12, 1995 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Doug Stone, Kristy Young, Tom Lester, Deborah Hobart, Michael Roescher, James Donadio, Ted Manson, Tom Key, John Kohler, Afemo Omilami, Justin Garms (voice of Gordy).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Box Office: $3.9M (US)<\/p>\n

Rating<\/strong>: ***<\/p>\n

\u00a0When it comes to talking pigs, everybody remembers Babe, but almost nobody remembers that\u00a0Gordy<\/strong>\u00a0beat him into theaters by three months. It didn\u2019t do all that well at the box office; critics didn\u2019t much care for it either. Me, I liked it. It reminds me of the kinds of family-oriented movies that played only on weekend matinees in the 70s and early 80s.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Movies like\u00a0Gordy<\/strong>\u00a0are called family movies, but we all know they\u2019re really for the kids. Parents generally tolerate such movies. I guess it\u2019s because I\u2019m a kid at heart that I like\u00a0Gordy<\/strong>\u00a0as much as I do. It\u2019s a low-budget flick. It\u2019s not particularly well-made or well-acted. The very notion of a pig being named CEO of a major corporation is something only a 6YO might believe (notice I said \u201cmight\u201d). But you know what?\u00a0Gordy<\/strong>\u00a0has a lot of heart. It\u2019s a sweet, gentle movie that always makes me smile. It\u2019s so innocuous, I don\u2019t see how anybody can dislike it.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Gordy lives an idyllic life on Meadow Brook Farm with his family. That is, until men in trucks come and take them away, leaving little Gordy all alone. Although he\u2019s just a child and doesn\u2019t have much to go on- they\u2019ve been taken up north from whence there is no return- he sets out to find his father, mother and siblings. He first ends up in the care of young country singer Jinnie Sue McAllister (Young) who names him Pinky. She travels around the country with her father Luke (Stone), also a country singer, and their manager Cousin Jake (Lester, Green Acres). Jinnie meets a boy called Hanky (Roescher) at a party for the governor of Arkansas where her father is performing. Gordy becomes a national hero after saving Hanky\u2019s life when the boy falls into a pool. He also becomes Hanky\u2019s pet and later, the mascot of the Royce Company run by his grandfather (Manson, Talladega Nights). This doesn\u2019t set well at all with scheming company executive Gilbert Sipes (Donadio), also the fianc\u00e9 of Hanky\u2019s mother Jessica (Hobart, I Know What You Did Last Summer). Sipes\u2019 desire to remove Gordy from the picture increases when the pig is named CEO until Hanky comes of age.<\/p>\n

\u00a0So what does Gordy think of all this? He likes it, but he\u2019d much rather be reunited with his family. It\u2019s a good thing Hanky understands what he\u2019s saying. Apparently, only children (big and small) are capable of doing so. Once it\u2019s known what Gordy wants, Luke and Jake organize a country-wide search for his family who are on their way to a slaughterhouse in Omaha. Their efforts include a big country music concert in Branson, MO. The performers include Roy Clark, Jim Stafford, Moe Bandy, Boxcar Willie, Christy Lane, Buck Trent and Mickey Gilley. Pretty cool line-up for a low-budget kid\u2019s movie, yes? It all comes down to two things: (1) saving Gordy from the machinations of Sipes and his inept goons and (2) a race against time to save Gordy\u2019s family from certain doom at the slaughterhouse.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Since\u00a0Gordy<\/strong>\u00a0is a kid\u2019s movie, both outcomes are a foregone conclusion. Smaller children might be scared of the slaughterhouse; it does look rather foreboding. For the most part,\u00a0Gordy<\/strong>\u00a0is a sweet, charming little movie that doesn\u2019t rely on rude humor or fancy CGI effects to keep the little ones interested. But why wouldn\u2019t they like it anyway? I\u2019ve found that kids under 10 tend to stay occupied with movies that feature talking animals. The kid in me thinks\u00a0Gordy<\/strong>\u00a0is a lot of fun. It has a very warm feeling to it, kind of like home-cooking. The country music is quite good. The love story between Luke and Jessica could have been better developed. The two kids are cute and appealing without being cloying. Plus, they act like real kids, not miniature adults who sound like Don Rickles. It really does feel like a kid\u2019s movie from 1981. There\u2019s nothing wrong with that at all. Just because something\u2019s new doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s improved. There\u2019s something comforting about a kid\u2019s movie that\u2019s not an extended commercial for a video game or a line of toys.\u00a0Gordy<\/strong>\u00a0is a very nice movie to put on for the kids when it\u2019s raining outside.\"\"<\/p>\n

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