The Pig Who Cried Werewolf (2011) poster
2011 · animation · comedy · horror

The Pig Who Cried Werewolf

Directed by Gary Trousdale6m2011
ElsewhereIMDb5.9745
  • cosy
  • kinetic
  • gentle
  • redemptive
  • tender
  • intimate
Movie DNA

Cosy, breathless, gentle animation / comedy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Of the famous Three Little Pigs, Heimlich is the one porker who finds a conspiracy around every corner. When The Big Bad Wolf moves in next door, Heimlich tries to warn his piggy pals Horst and Dieter that this may not bring a fairy-tale ending. Tired of hearing him 'cry wolf,' they ignore Heimlich's warnings until it's almost too late for them to live happily ever after. The chase is on!

Our read · The Pig Who Cried Werewolf (2011) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive animation · comedy · horror entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a short silly Shrek-universe comedy with paranoid pig and wolf next door.

ends warmyou’ll be fine aftergrabs you earlygrips from the openattention 1/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightSkip if you want anything but quick cartoon animal hijinks.

If The Pig Who Cried Werewolf is your film
The Three Little Pigs (1933)
classic pigs and wolf fairy tale comedy
(if you want modern twist)
Shrek the Halls (2007)
quick Shrek holiday short with the gang
Far Far Away Idol (2004)
Shrek characters in short comedic musical bit
(if you want story)
DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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