Hitpig!

"When you’re on the lam, they call the ham."

2024 1h 25m EN

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 56

AnimationComedyAdventureFamily

Synopsis

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A porcine bounty hunter accepts his next hit: Pickles, a naive, ebullient elephant. Though he initially sets out to capture the perky pachyderm, the unlikely pair find themselves crisscrossing the globe on an adventure that brings out the best in both of them.

“When you’re on the lam, they call the ham.”

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Cast

Jason Sudeikis
Hitpig (voice)
Lilly Singh
Pickles (voice)
Rainn Wilson
Leapin' Lord of the Leotard (voice)
Anitta
Leticia dos Anjos (voice)
Hannah Gadsby
Koala (voice)
RuPaul
Polecat (voice)
Charlie Adler
Super Rooster / Lobster / Nuke Techs (voice)
Flavor Flav
Chef Emcee (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: David Feiss
Writers: Berkeley Breathed, Tyler Werrin, Dave Rosenbaum
Languages: English, Italian
Countries: Canada, United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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85 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Earned back only 5% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Italian.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Canada, United Kingdom.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by David Feiss, shot by Olaf Skjenna. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Isabella Summers. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Rob Neal shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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The take

David Feiss directs. Olaf Skjenna behind the camera. Isabella Summers scores. Rob Neal cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in Canada, United Kingdom. Dialogue in English, Italian.

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185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Earned back only 5% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
3Released 2 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Italian.
5International production across 2 countries: Canada, United Kingdom.
6Directed by David Feiss, shot by Olaf Skjenna. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Isabella Summers. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Rob Neal shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Jason Sudeikis and Lilly Singh and Rainn Wilson carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "When you’re on the lam, they call the ham.".
11IMDB entry: tt13176330 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Only 56 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
13Classified under 8 themes, including "friendship", "bounty hunter", "hitman", "animal species".

The technical file

Cinematography: Olaf Skjenna
Original score: Isabella Summers
Editing: Rob Neal
Production design: Sylvie Lacroix
VFX supervisor: Alex Parkinson
Sound: Liz Marston
Runtime: 85 min · 1h 25m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $45,000,000
Box office: $2,345,398
Return: 5% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Hitpig! (2024)

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CinemaSerf2026-05-01
★ 6/10
"Pickles" is a circus elephant who is neglected by his owner and left, caged, to survive on a diet of tinned dog food. Naturally, he's pretty unhappy with his lot so readily accepts the offer of freedom from "Leticia" - a woman famed for freeing animals from inhumane captivity. All "Pickles" wants to do it go home to India and so off via London (where we don't have yellow cabs!) he sets. His erstwhile owner "Leapin' Lord" wants his prize possession back, though, and so engages "Hit Pig" - the acclaimed bounty hunter - to get him back. There aren't that many elephants flying commercial, so tracking down his quarry isn't so difficult but when they meet, it soon becomes clear that nothing from now on is going to proceed as expected. Except, well it proceeds exactly as we expect it to but along the way the pair have some enjoyable enough escapades across the globe and even venture into outer space for some acrobatics that truly do defy gravity. The animation is all fairly standard, but the characterisations work well with plenty of action; some wit from the dialogue and it shines a spotlight a little onto issues of animal welfare as it rolls along. It's probably not a film you will recall for very long, but it's an effortless ninety minutes that combines a little bit of "Thunderbirds" with some "007" and "Dumbo", and I didn't mind it at all.

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