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) | |
Danny Mann | ... | Ferdinand / Tug / Additional Voices (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 Pitbull / 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>
Many people just don't get it. They may tell you this movie is too dark for children. Don't believe them. This is a great movie for children. Didn't "Snow White" have an old hag try to kill her with a poison apple. Death is darker than any "dark tone" laid out in this gorgeous piece of cinema, but "Snow White" didn't get as many negative comments as this movie. The kids that watched the original "Babe" have grown up, and so did the franchise. Sure the movie may have a few adult moments than the original; for instance, most kids won't understand the whole Mrs. Hoggett cavity search incident. But overall this movie presents the great moral that everyone should be good to each other over everything else, even to someone who might have done something wrong to you. That is a message that everyone, adults and children, should hear and consider. In the end, "Babe" achieves respect and gains a whole new group of friends from his good deeds, and everyone is happy including the audience. I think this movie will be considered a classic sometime in the future, as it should be.