Hitpig | 2024 | PG | – 1.3.2

Why is “Hitpig” rated PG? The MPAA rating has been assigned for “action/peril, rude humor and some thematic elements.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes an elephant dancing with hip thrusting, a person eaten by a crocodile (off-screen), a person and a crocodile being burned up when they touch the sun, a near drowning, scenes of characters being pulled out of an airplane, bouncing across hot air balloons midair and floating in space, a character being exposed to radiation, discussions of animal cruelty, discussions of family and friendship, and some name-calling and insults. Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.

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Animated feature about a bounty hunter pig (voiced by Jason Sudeikis) accepting a job to retrieve a performing elephant (voiced by Lilly Singh) and return her to her abusive dance partner; what he doesn’t realize is that friendship might mean something more than money. Also with the voices of Andy Serkis, Rainn Wilson, Lorraine Ashbourne, Shelby Young, RuPaul, Anitta and Charlie Adler. Directed by Cinzia Angelini & David Feiss. [Running Time: 1:26]

Hitpig SEX/NUDITY 1

 – A rooster says that his wife left him for a penguin. An elephant and a possum throw kisses to each other.
► An elephant dances and gyrates her hips in a few scenes. A man wears a tight-fitting leotard that has low-cut sheer fabric in the front (we see the flesh tone of his chest and abdomen). A giant parachute in the shape of briefs is used to help a flying vessel land safely.

Hitpig VIOLENCE/GORE 3

 – A woman moves toward what she thinks is a tiny lizard to catch it and is surprised when it turns out to be a large crocodile that charges her and eats her (we hear a crunch as she runs behind a wall). A man and a crocodile floating in space complain of the heat as they approach the sun and we see them burn up in a flash when they touch it.
► A building fills with water, an elephant and a pig try to swim to the surface, the elephant puts the pig outside but is unable to get out and drifts underwater (seemingly drowning) until a window is broken, the water floods out to the street and the elephant revives.
► An elephant opens the exit door of an airplane and is sucked out followed by several others that cling to each other; the elephant and a pig fall through the air, the pig passes through a storm cloud and is struck by lightning (we see his jacket with flames briefly), and the pig makes a parachute out of a pair of pants and they float to the ground. A pig is pulled out of a space vessel and floats in space briefly before losing consciousness and an elephant breathes air into the pig’s snout through her trunk, and the pig floats away until a rooster snatches him and pulls him to safety. A man and a crocodile are sucked out of a space vessel and into space where they sprout protective helmets and float away. An elephant and a pig are launched in hot air balloons and they bounce across them midair, the pig pops one balloon and they descend quickly. Many people in an audience are locked into their seats and a countdown starts for a rocket to launch a building into space.
► A pig fires a weapon at a polecat that sprays goo on it to capture it. A man and a woman shoot tranquilizer darts at each other repeatedly and we see them lose control of their limbs and faces after being struck; they drool and collapse on the floor slurring their speech. Animals (an elephant and several dogs) are locked into trailers in a few scenes. A koala is shackled to a tree in a petting zoo where children surround it and pet it as it complains.
► A man grabs an elephant by the tail and calls a crocodile to help him get the elephant into a trailer; a pig protests and faints when he sees the crocodile and the elephant is taken away. A pig and a koala fight, punch, and throw each other. A cartoon rooster is thrown back and forth between cactuses a few times in a TV show. A man tries to pet a koala, it slams the man back and forth on the floor and then out of the building, and he slams onto a car outside (we do not see injuries). A koala and a crocodile fight and swing each other around midair. A woman slaps a pig across the face repeatedly to wake him after he faints. A pig carrying a gun walks toward a bar with a sign that reads, “No guns. No nuns”; a nun is thrown out of the bar and the pig gives her the gun. A koala arm-wrestles with a nun. A polecat is placed in a tube and told to go near a glowing rock that is emitting radiation and to come out so that two scientists can measure the radioactivity; the animal is told not to touch the rock, but it puts it in its mouth and comes out of the tube glowing and we later see a large glowing mushroom cloud over the area. A polecat is seen with a glowing abdomen and tail throughout the movie and when it flatulates it seems to expel nuclear blasts. An elephant bumps into a stage and the set falls causing people to scatter and a pig’s hand is caught under scaffolding (he is bruised, but OK). A pig shoots a “grabber” at an elephant as it is lifted into the air; the man is also lifted into the air and then falls back to the ground and the gun and the cable dangle from the elephant’s buttock and shoots the man several times when the elephant sits down. A man and an elephant slide off a roof and then swing from a cable before landing on the ground. A vehicle launches a missile that hits a car and blows it up.
► An elephant talks about being taken from her family when she was very young and that she has been locked in a cage ever since. A man tells an elephant and several dogs that they will not get food because of a bad performance. A rooster says that his suit is permanently attached to his body. An elephant says, “I gotta tinkle.”
► A pig with an injured hand cannot use his hand to cook for a cooking show and an elephant assists him; they argue and fight when the pig prepares to cook a live lobster, the elephant protests, the lobster nearly falls into a pot of boiling water, it falls back onto a cutting board and three knives land around it (the lobster is not cooked, nor poked with the knives). A pig prepares an omelet for a young boy and the child asks for pancetta; the pig declines the request. A woman hacks a computer and steals money from a pig’s accounts.
► A pig launches a vehicle into space and when it loses power, a polecat flatulates into a tube to expel glowing power and shoot them through the atmosphere. A pig and an elephant ride in a makeshift vehicle and the elephant presses buttons that cause the pig to be thrown out of the vehicle and sprayed with water. A pig drives in a modified van that can also fly. A man is lowered to the ground by a cable during a dance rehearsal, he runs across the floor toward an elephant and trips a couple of times before leaping into the air and crashing to the floor (we do not see any injuries). Cars swerve around an elephant walking through a city street. An elephant wears an “emotional support animal” vest and goes through airport security to board an airplane. A woman is tackled at airport security when a guard sees a “lip balm” in her bag and the guard yells “bomb.” A rooster defecates while flying and we see goop splatter on a boy’s face and head. A man makes reference to “elephant snot” when he touches an elephant’s snout and we see goo on his hand and as he smears it on a crocodile’s snout and the crocodile licks it.

Hitpig LANGUAGE 2

 – 3 scatological terms (2 mild), 2 mild anatomical terms, name-calling (stinky, cocktail frank, radiation bum, leaping lord of the lunatics, untalented filthy failure, toothy turd, Brazilian chicks are hot, porky mcpork face, devilish, alligator arms, filthy, slimy, baron of the boxer shorts, disgusting, son of a beechnut, one bad habit [to a nun], fuzz ball, Orion’s butt), exclamations (wakey wakey, nuts, what the elephant, ah shucks, oh thank goodness, when pigs fly, oh man, blast you, get real, oh no, hooray, shut-up), 1 religious exclamation (e.g. God dangit). | profanity glossary |

Hitpig SUBSTANCE USE

 – A pig drinks what looks like wine from a wine glass.

Hitpig DISCUSSION TOPICS

 – Celebrity, cruelty to animals, gravity, animal acts, destiny, family, freedom, happiness, friendship, forgiveness.

Hitpig MESSAGE

 – Friends are the family that we choose.