the first half hour of this film is very good if a bit slow, once the pig is taken away and our little heroine goes after her it all goes downhill, it then turns into a pretty standard Disney/kids film, the difference is the really bad dialogue, everything is overstated many times, this is a cultural thing as it is the style of films from the east, subtlety is not their thing. the acting by Tilda Swinton and Jake Gyllenhall is so over the top, that and they have to spout really bad clichéd dialogue, i don't understand the rave reviews here and by the critics, it is not original in any way, it is far too long and drawn out, shame as it started out quite well.
