Leon the Pig Farmer

This comedy is fast-paced and sometimes very well acted, and there's a warm human under-current to it all. Vadim Jean borrows , and expands upon, a device from Richard Lester's "The Knack-and How to Get it" by having passersby comment... Full review

You can leave the Church of England altogether; Catholics lapse, but remain in some senses Catholic; and you're always a Jew. On this basis, there may be thought be to some good ground for comedy in a film about a... Full review

Jewish guilt is not a topic that I see portrayed much in movies, but "Leon the Pig Farmer" does a good job with it. Leon Geller (Mark Frankel) is a Jewish estate agent in London who one day discovers that... Full review

Poor Leon discovers a past that goes against everything that is Jewish. It takes a while for the story to kick start but once you get going, you fall into the flamboyance of the humour, enjoying the belly laughs, and... Full review

Very Simply this is my candidate for "Worst film ever made". It even makes Magnolia vaguely palatable. Stay clear if you see this on a video store shelf. There are many better ways to lose 90 minutes of your life... Full review

Very enjoyable, funny, quirky and a little odd. All in all an entertaining way to waste an hour and a half or so. It's starting to look a little dated however, this does not detract from what is a very... Full review

When even Woody Allen seems to have given up making overtly Jewish movies, Leon is a novelty. OK, some of the comedy borders on stereotype, but, I can tell you from experience, it's still true. The confusions of identity, culture,... Full review

A young Jew, who was confused enough about what kind of person he was already, discovers that he is in fact the result of artificial insemination, and that his biological father is a Yorkshire pig farmer. So of course he... Full review

U.S. Distributor: Cinevista British humor is often at its peak when it mixes droll wit with Monty Python esque weirdness. This certainly isn't the perfect fare for mainstream America, but for those who enjoy a touch of the bizarre with... ... Full Article