Oink Oink

Okay. I imagine there will be loads of women out there completely unmoved - and perhaps somewhat insulted - by the story of 3 Little Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons). But I'm not one of them!!! I found it charming and quite hilarious. If nothing else, it allowed me to see that the male "pigs" in my life are neither unique nor unusual; instead, they may just be an average sampling of their gender.
Remi, Mathieu, and Christian are three brothers, close in childhood, who still live near each other in Montreal. Their mother, living with the eldest, has been experiencing episodes of faintness, and finally takes a tumble that results in a complete loss of consciousness. The brothers are left to fend for themselves, sharing personal stories and taking ill advice on their marriages (and potential affairs) from each other.
I thought it fun deciding which brother is which "pig," though the eldest, Remi, lives in an actual house built of stone ("the chateau" as one sister-in-law snarks) and also appears to be the brother with the "strongest" life.* Christian (played by Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge who has to have the longest eyelashes in the northern hemisphere) is the youngest, most playful brother who owns a martial arts studio and lives vicariously through his middle brother, Mathieu (played deliciously by Claude Legault). Each of the brothers' wives is sexy, intelligent, and aware, leaving us in the audience to wonder how or why any of these three would consider adultery. But, while the big screen is fantasy, most of us can point to an example in our own lives of a "perfect love" gone wrong. Regardless, the charm of the characters and the humor of the story carry this farce to a satisfying ending and I look forward to finding these actors in other big screen stories.

*the end of the movie, however, gives a terrific twist to this assumption and made me sit in my chair with my hand over my gaping mouth.