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Magda Szubanski,
Magda Szubanski,
James Cromwell,
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George Miller,
George Miller
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: Universal Studios
: Kids, Live Action, Fantasy
: 95 min.
: English, French
: English
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The 1995 Academy award-winning film Babe was Australian-made and featured the latest in talking animal anima-tronics. It told the heart-warming story of a sheepherding pig named Babe and his rise to community fame. The film was a tremendous hit, both financially and critically. Babe: Pig in the City is the higher budgeted American-made sequel that picks up where the original left off. It was directed by George Miller (Mad Max trilogy) who produced the original Babe film, and received a lot of criticism for being much darker than the original. The story owes more to George Orwell's Animal Farm or Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist than the original film. Having triumphed at the National Sheepdog trials, Babe returns home a hero. But after farmer Hoggett (James Cromwell) suffers from a farming accident, Mrs. Hoggett, a naive portly woman, is left to work the ranch alone. It's not long before the bank comes knocking. Desperate to save her farm from foreclosure, she accepts an offer for Babe to perform his sheepherding abilities at an overseas state fair. Babe, Mrs. Hoggett, Ferdinand the duck, and the singing mice travel across the ocean to a surreal metropolis, where they suddenly become stranded and separated. Soon Babe is performing with circus apes, being chased by wild strays (sounding a lot like Marlon Brando in The Godfather), and making a new wheelchair-bound canine friend (voiced by Adam Goldberg). He also is anointed leader of the animal community. What Babe lacks in street smarts he makes up for in honest goodness as he teaches audiences yet again that "an unprejudiced heart can mend a broken world." ~ Arthur Borman, All Movie Guide
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| Babe: Pig In the City of Lost Children
by marleigh
March 29, 2005 - 5:57 PM PST
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0 out of 1 members found this review helpful
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So the first movie was a heartwarming family movie. And this is a heartwarming family movie... with a big dollup of the surreal. The set design and direction is over the top to more greatly contrast the country and the city, but the aesthetics are consistent such that the effect is otherworldly rather than campy. One of my favorite scenes of all time is the trial of the farmer's wife. The whole thing lasts about thirty seconds, but it's so carefully orchestrated and wacky that I immediately went back and watched it again.
Quirky. A cult classic. Made me wish orangutans could be nominated for oscars. |
| Doesn't quite cut the grease
by hneline1
April 12, 2002 - 11:52 AM PDT
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2 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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| Unlike the original Babe , this sequel never achieves the same sense of wonder and simple profundity. This sequel tries to compare the good country life with the badness of city life, filled with disillusionment, uncaring neighbors, death in the streets, and humans against homeless animals. Of course, Babe improves everyone's lives with his caring and loyalty. Well, besides the fact that the country/city contrast is waaaaay too shallow for me to swallow, none of the characters were well-developed and Babe's achievements were too random. There was no focus to the plot. The slapstick was out of place. This is a fun kids movie, but there isn't much for adults to bite into. |
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