Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby
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Common Sense says
Smart comedy flips the 3 pigs tale on its tail.
Why We Rated This
for Ages 7 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby was written by Nancy Davis Kho
Parents need to know that, despite its grounding in a well-known fairy tale, this movie is so smartly written that it may be a little intense for the usual fairy tale audience. An adopted baby grows into a typically rebellious teen, with all the normal familial tension of that stage heightened by the real predator/prey relationship of this particular son and his three fathers. There is real suspense in whether Lucky will be true to his family, or to his natural instincts. But the entire movie is leavened with sharp, funny visual humor and dialog.
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the atypical family structure of Lucky and the three pigs. Do their differences –- not just in appearance, but inward characteristics –- make it easier or harder for them to get along? Hamlet and Lucky come together in trying circumstances and stay loyal friends. Do you have friends in your life like that?
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What’s the Story?
Is It Any Good?
The sidebar stories are just as funny as the main event, like the ongoing saga of the straw-house living surfer pig (Steve Zahn) and the effeminate wood-house living pig (Jon Cryer) and their efforts to motivate a bovine construction crew, which is constantly on lunch break because of their multiple stomachs. Other members of the departed Big Bad Wolf's crew include Wide Eyed Pacifist Wolf and Death Metal Wolf. Tweens, teens, and parents will be as amused by the sly verbal humor as the elementary set will be by the storyline and excellent animation.
Movie Details
Run time: 76 minutes
Theatrical release: 03/03/2008, DVD release: 03/03/2008
MPAA Rating: PG for some mild rude humor

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