When Babe is gratified with a prize and wins the rosette at the trials , he goes back to the farm , but the joy doesn't last long . Babe's secrete is politeness which gets better results than barking and raising lots of laughs . Meantime , the taciturn farmer Hoggett (James Cromwell) has an accident and before an imminent foreclosure Babe along with farmer's wife , Mrs Hoggett (Magda Szubanski) go to the city to participate at a contest in order to Babe's fame get a little cash . Along the way , they miss the connection flight in the city and are forced to bear some distresses . They eventually stay at a peculiar hotel , only one in town that accepts pets . There Babe befriends and learns about all the other animals (three chimpanzee partners , various dogs and cats) on the big town. Later on , neighbours send officials who catch all animals from the hotel, then Babe embarks on a career in saving his friends with some breathtaking and spectacular results .This little pig went to the city , there he learns that a pig can be anything that he wants to be ! . In the heart of the city, a pig with heart ! . A little pig goes a long way !.
In the enjoyable former part Piglet Babe beats the slaughterhouse and is adopted and raised by a matriarch sheepdog who coaches him in the art of rounding up or herding sheep along with his canine brothers , while he learns about all the other animals on the farm , in this sequel he goes to city where he becomes involved into multiple adventures . Charming eccentric and very amusing but being an inferior entry than the original first installment . Whimsy and agreeable that never crosses the line into treacle or bad taste . Degree difficulty apart , including difficulty involved making an entire farmyard of real animals talk , these merits of Babe are those of Dick King-Smith's classic ¨The Sheep-Pig¨ . The best scenes are those in which Babe uses all possible means to save the imprisoned cats, dogs, chimps and many others that had been taken by city officials . Various different special effects houses were used to make the surprising animals talk and walk . Shot on location in several locations in Australia , being colorfully photographed by Andrew Lesnie , adding a sensitive as well as emotive musical score by composer Nigel Westlake . Technically well done and sporting an imaginative story , but may be a little sinister and dark for the younger kiddies.
The first part ¨Babe¨(1995) Chris Noonan with voices from Christine Cavanaugh, Miriam Margolyes , Danny Mann , Hugo Weaving , this second outing ¨Babe : Pig in the city¨ (1998) with Magda Szubanski , James Cromwell, Mary Stein , Mickey Rooney in a creepy clown suit and voices from Elizabeth Daily , Danny Mann , Glenne Headly , Steven Wright, James Cosmo , being professionally directed and in similar style by George Miller , though with no originality . Miller takes over the filmmaker's chair for this trip and he brings more effects , more money, more animals and more unsettling frames than anyone saw the original would expect . Miller is author of the excellent post-apocalypse ¨Mad Max¨ trilogy along with the writer and producer Byron Kennedy. The first was ¨Mad Max¨ (1979) with Mel Gibson . Followed by a sequel titled ¨Mad Max 2, the Road warrior¨ with Gibson , Bruce Spence , Vernon Welles and Mike Preston . It's continued by ¨Mad Max beyond Thunderdome¨ with Gibson , Tina Turner, and finally ¨Max: Fury Road¨ (2015) with Tom Hardy , Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult. Rating : 6/10 . Decent but inferior follow-up .
In the enjoyable former part Piglet Babe beats the slaughterhouse and is adopted and raised by a matriarch sheepdog who coaches him in the art of rounding up or herding sheep along with his canine brothers , while he learns about all the other animals on the farm , in this sequel he goes to city where he becomes involved into multiple adventures . Charming eccentric and very amusing but being an inferior entry than the original first installment . Whimsy and agreeable that never crosses the line into treacle or bad taste . Degree difficulty apart , including difficulty involved making an entire farmyard of real animals talk , these merits of Babe are those of Dick King-Smith's classic ¨The Sheep-Pig¨ . The best scenes are those in which Babe uses all possible means to save the imprisoned cats, dogs, chimps and many others that had been taken by city officials . Various different special effects houses were used to make the surprising animals talk and walk . Shot on location in several locations in Australia , being colorfully photographed by Andrew Lesnie , adding a sensitive as well as emotive musical score by composer Nigel Westlake . Technically well done and sporting an imaginative story , but may be a little sinister and dark for the younger kiddies.
The first part ¨Babe¨(1995) Chris Noonan with voices from Christine Cavanaugh, Miriam Margolyes , Danny Mann , Hugo Weaving , this second outing ¨Babe : Pig in the city¨ (1998) with Magda Szubanski , James Cromwell, Mary Stein , Mickey Rooney in a creepy clown suit and voices from Elizabeth Daily , Danny Mann , Glenne Headly , Steven Wright, James Cosmo , being professionally directed and in similar style by George Miller , though with no originality . Miller takes over the filmmaker's chair for this trip and he brings more effects , more money, more animals and more unsettling frames than anyone saw the original would expect . Miller is author of the excellent post-apocalypse ¨Mad Max¨ trilogy along with the writer and producer Byron Kennedy. The first was ¨Mad Max¨ (1979) with Mel Gibson . Followed by a sequel titled ¨Mad Max 2, the Road warrior¨ with Gibson , Bruce Spence , Vernon Welles and Mike Preston . It's continued by ¨Mad Max beyond Thunderdome¨ with Gibson , Tina Turner, and finally ¨Max: Fury Road¨ (2015) with Tom Hardy , Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult. Rating : 6/10 . Decent but inferior follow-up .