Babe - Pig in the City

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Summary: A "PG" MOVIE THAT'S ACTUALLY FOR ADULTS!
Review: What a ride this one is! This is one of those movies that brings up extreme emotions at either end of the happiness scale depending how you view it.

If you're looking for a pablum-textured "the world is a wonderful place" children's film, then skip it. This is by no means a children's movie, despite the "PG" rating. This is a dark and frightful story. As I as watching it, I couldn't help but think that the filmmakers were taking glee, sometimes sadistically so, in setting up scene after scene in which animals were in danger. Fortunately for us, there are such modern technological gizmos as animatronics and computer graphics, so there is reassurance that not everything you see is real. It just seems real. Vividly real. (People who cry that animals were surely harmed during this movie need to read the end credits a little more closely. The magic of computers is everywhere.)

That out of the way, let's move on. If you look at "Babe: Pig In The City" as an adult adventure film, then it's a great edge-of-your-seat story. The set designs are elaborate, yet colorfully simple so they don't intrude and take over the acting. The script certainly packs a punch (repeatedly!), and is wonderful at quickly bringing up emotions within the viewer -- you love, you hate, and at times you absolutely loathe certain characters and situations. But you're never bored or uninterested. There are hundreds of cute touches in this film, from the cat chorus to the dog dream to the now-famous three singing mice.

I can see why it bombed commercially; this is not a film for everyone and the "PG" rating is slightly misleading. But it's a great film that deserves more praise than it's gotten. Parents, be warned: this isn't for kids. But it's still a fine movie that you deserve to see at least once.

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Summary: Edward Scissorpig?
Review: You were expecting something different from George Miller? - Mad Max had to come out sometime!

It's not a bad movie, just not what most people expect. It is visually impressive and the animals are wonderful.

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Summary: A Terrible Sequel to the Wonderful Movie Babe
Review: Hello, We really looked forward to the sequel to Babe - Babe was such a wonderful movie. This Pig in the City movie though did not have the charm the first movie did. The movie had many questionable scenes and at one point they had a dog being dunked under water and my daughter screamed in horror to turn it off - I wanted to give it a chance because the first movie was terrific. I can't believe they would follow up with a movie such as this one.

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Summary: One of the Best Movies Ever Made
Review: Forget what the naysayers whine about this movie being too dark and disturbing. It deserves to be owned and watched repeatedly. A touching, absurdly funny, important film that is pulled off with a master's touch. Anyone out there that REALLY loves animals will love this film.

However, if you're more worried about this movie upsetting your screaming five year old brat than you are about whether your dogs or cats run on the streets unleashed, you probably *will* be offended by this film.

This is simply the best animal movie (about and starring animals) I've ever seen, and many people just aren't able to stomach an animal story that doesn't hide behind a false curtain of cuteness and unreality.

Babe, Pig in the City is a sheer masterpiece because it doesn't pull any punches. Buy it!

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Summary: Babe- Pig in the City
Review: Dark, unsettling images of animals being mistreated, lost, and otherwise engaged in activities inappropriate for young viewers. My 2 year old loves the first Babe, but I will not allow him to watch the sequel. I would strongly urge parents to pre-screen this one.

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Summary: Give that monkey an Oscar!
Review: Babe: Pig in the City is an unforgettable classic. It is one of the most original, visually fantastic films I have ever seen. I love the original, but this one caught me by total surprise of how mature a concept of talking animals can be. The directing is amazing, and the "acting" of the animals is better than most of the acting done by people these days. You may think I'm kidding by saying that a talking monkey deserves an Oscar, but I'm not. We're talking the monkey DeNiro here. I have to compare human acting to talking monkeys now because of this film. I cannot acclaim this wonderful film enough. Imaginative to the highest degree, and while it's not as family friendly as the first film, it's nothing to keep your kids away from, because it's just about the most imaginative film you can find. A surreal masterpiece.

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Summary: The Citizen Kane of talking pig movies....
Review: This movie was foolishly released to compete with A Bug's Life and was summarily crushed, being left with nowhere near the amount of praise or box office the first Babe brought in. This is made all the worse due to the fact that this movie is 10 million times better than Babe, and may be the best talking pig movie ever made. EVER.

This movie is as much (if not moreso) for adults as it is for kids, and it's reflected in the genius of the script and the brilliance of the design. This movie is beautiful to look at, and so crammed with visual ideas that to watch it only once is to rob yourself of the dozens of small jokes stuck in the background.

This movie is, as others have said, also a much darker movie, dealing with death, persecution, bigotry, handicaps and animals in danger. But what's the point of putting your child in front of the TV to watch a movie if your child isn't going to LEARN anything except that autobots are good and decepticons are evil. This movie is rife with morality and heart and I can think of a million films that don't come close to the messages of this movie.

Not only have the animal effects gotten better and more seamless, but the animals are now the stars of the movie. In Babe, there was as much to do with the humans as with the animals, but here, the animals clearly take center stage. Monkeys, cats, dogs, fish....and each one is given a personality: either throughout the film or just in the one or two lines they give, you get the sense that if animals could talk, they'd be talking like this.

So, if you've seen Babe and you haven't seen this, see it. If you've never seen Babe, skip it and go right to this. This is George Miller's finest film since The Road Warrior, and don't let anyone tell you different. This...this is SPECIAL.

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Summary: Babe is a cute pig, but...
Review: Babe: Pig in the City is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I thought my 3 and 5 year old children would enjoy it based on the first "BABE" and the fact that it was given a "G" rating but could not have been more wrong. It is dark and depressing with horrible situations and images. Mickey Rooney, who usually plays very lovable characters is portraying a dishonest, drunk magician named Mr. Fugly. Not to mention the Scottish funeral music in the background while they show a fire in a children's hospital in slow motion. I suppose some may consider this movie a wonderful piece of "filmmaking" but it has absolutely no place in the homes of anyone with children. It's messages are disturbing and alarming. I also have to wonder how they could have possibly spared any harm to these animals during the making of this film. I'd like to know how you hang a pit bull over a bridge by a collar around his neck with only his head submerged in the water without some discomfort. I am shocked by the "G" rating and feel the makers of this movie owe everyone who purchased it an apology and explanation as to what they were thinking.

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Summary: Babe vs. Jesus Christ
Review: As reviewer #86, I don't imagine anything I have to say will have much impact, but I liked this movie a lot. I didn't find it that dark -- none of the animals actually dies. People who don't think it was like the first one apparently don't recall that the first one opened with Babe's mother being slaughtered and the general subtext of Babe's being prepared to be eaten. I also didn't find it too "artsy" to be accessible. The art direction made it interesting to look at, but did not overwhelm the story. I find it odd that people who don't mind their kids watching films in which Jesus Christ gets nails pounded through him or going to churches in which Christ's corpse hangs on the wall would have a probelm watching or letting their kids watch Babe: Pig in the City.

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Summary: Babe of Darkness
Review: I found the first Babe movie adorable, whereas Babe: Pig in the City somewhat lacking. The dog/street scene was enough for me to want to stop watching the movie. Expecting to be entertained by a "feel good" movie, I was grossly disappointed. I would not recommend this movie for any age.