Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

A lot of fun.

A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Gordy (1995): Dir: Mark Lewis / Cast: Doug Stone, Deborah Hobart, Kristy Young, Tom Lester, Michael Roescher: Miserable family fare done to the lowest degree of intelligence. Gordy is a little pig setting out to rescue his family who are bound for the slaughterhouse. They can consider it a mercy killing as oppose to being part of this film. Along the way he is befriended by a young girl who is travelling with her father on a country music tour. He rescues a boy from drowning and discovers that his mother is in show business and hasn't time for her son. His mother is under the demands of her greedy manager. When Gordy gains spotlight her manager hires a couple henchmen to dispose of him. It is embarrassing to watch two grown men try to dispose of a pig and act this dumb. Ham handed bore aimed at families in the mood for the pathetically stupid. Obvious conclusion with uninspired directing by Mark Lewis. Dreadful acting by all involved including Deborah Hobart as the boy's mother whose show business spotlight is upstaged by the pig. Kristy Young plays the young country music starlet who leaves the pig with the boy. Doug Stone plays her father in a cardboard role. Tom Lester plays their manager. Michael Roescher plays the airhead kid whom Gordy rescues from drowning. As bad as family films can get. Watch Babe as oppose to this ham handed pile of dirt. Score: 1 / 10

I didn't like this. The story is so badly written, and makes the movie confusing. Babe has a sweet and simple story. Gordy has a story that leads to some stupid business plot about Gordy and a company. It's complex to young children and may even insult their intelligence about how confusing this is. The film is cheap and has aged poorly because it looks more like the 1980s and Gordy doesn't even have his mouth move to what he's really saying. The characters can be one dimensional business men, or kids, and also the acting for the characters is mediocre. Gordy may be cute, but his voice can be a little annoying. It's really a bad film that I would rather people watch Babe than this. Also, the film is just dull and predictable in the middle. I give this a 4/10. I doubt you'll really like this unless you're a huge fan of pigs.

After reading such negative reviews on here, I just had to step in and write a review! Gordy came out when I was 6, so it was prime time for me. Gordy became one of my favorite movies, along with "The Road To El Dorado" and "The Lion King" and many more. Granted "Babe" was a big hit and a family favorite for many, I would say Gordy is just as good, if not better than Babe. I admit it may be corny to those older than 10, but it definitely a good choice for a young one. The actors are a little cheesy, but the talking animals are too cute. The plot is interesting as the main character, Gordy, is trying to save his family, so of course the story is good for little ones to learn family values.

While visiting family with my four year old daughter we found a video of "Gordy" and put it on for her. She loves movies, but after about a half-hour she turned to me and said "I don't like this pig movie". She loves "Babe". It's nice to know she has some taste. The only thing remotely good about this film is Kristy Young, the little girl C&W singer, and the trained piglet seemed like a pretty good swimmer. In the half-hour we watched, the animals never looked like they were talking, the plot was completely uninvolving, and the acting was mediocre at best. One nice thing was finding out the reason that Tom Lester (Eb from "Green Acres") never got anywhere with his career. He's a one-note performer. At least Eb had some decent writers. Now my daughter is happily watching "The Aristocats".