Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Magda Szubanski | ... | Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett | |
James Cromwell | ... | Farmer Arthur Hoggett | |
Mary Stein | ... | The Landlady | |
Mickey Rooney | ... | Fugly Floom | |
Elizabeth Daily | ... | Babe (voice) (as E.G. Daily) | |
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Danny Mann | ... | Ferdinand / Tug (voice) |
Glenne Headly | ... | Zootie (voice) | |
Steven Wright | ... | Bob (voice) | |
James Cosmo | ... | Thelonius (voice) | |
Nathan Kress | ... | Easy / Tough Pup (voice) | |
Myles Jeffrey | ... | Easy (voice) | |
Stanley Ralph Ross | ... | The Bull Terrier / The Doberman (voice) | |
Russi Taylor | ... | The Pink Poodle / Choir Cat (voice) | |
Adam Goldberg | ... | Flealick (voice) | |
Eddie Barth | ... | Nigel / Alan (voice) |
After Babe's great victory in the shepherding contest, Farmer Arthur Hoggett turns down all offers to make money with his pig's talents. But when he gets hurt severely in the well, his wife has to take up farming. She does her best but cannot meet the bank's requirements, which results in the necessity of getting back to Babe. Soon, Esme Hoggett is sitting in a plane headed for "the" city. There, Babe unwillingly causes deep trouble. He has to stay with Mrs. Hoggett in the only hotel in town that accepts pets. Friendly neighbours send officials who catch all animals from the hotel: Cats, dogs, chimpanzees and many others. Babe, who managed to stay free, decides to help his new friends and gets unexpected help - not only by Ferdinand, who flew all the way to the city. Written by Julian Reischl <julianreischl@mac.com>
Yes, the animals are cute, Babe is a charming creation, and the movie looks like a million (or 90 million) bucks. As the saying goes, it's all up there on the screen. But what's also up there is a weird mean-spiritedness and a sense of frantic desperation. I wasn't hoping for a mere rehash of the first film (in fact, I was hoping it wouldn't spawn a sequel at all), but "Babe: Pig in the City" follows the standard blueprint for sequels: bigger, faster, louder, MORE! Not to mention unnecessary and utterly inferior.