While not a classic on the level of Tim Burton's EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, this fabulist fable about a privileged young woman born under a bizarre family curse -- she has a pig's snout for a nose -- is a sweet, unassuming surprise.
Ever since ancestor Ralph Wilhern (Nicholas Prideaux) was forced by his snobbish family to spurn his servant-girl lover in favor of a more suitable match, the Wilhern family has been shadowed by a curse thrown by the poor girl's witch mother (Michael Feast): The aristocratic clan's next daughter will have the nose of a hog, and the curse will be broken only when "one of their own" -- presumably a snob like the Wilherns themselves -- ac...
Released:
2007
Rated:
PG
Length:
101 mins