
Gentle farmer Arthur Hoggett wins a piglet named Babe at a county fair. Narrowly escaping his fate as Christmas dinner when Farmer Hoggett decides to show him at the next fair, Babe bonds with motherly border collie Fly and discovers that he can herd sheep too. But will the other farm animals, including Fly's jealous husband, Rex, accept a pig who doesn't conform to the farm's social hierarchy?... (Full plot summary below)
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Gentle farmer Arthur Hoggett wins a piglet named Babe at a county fair. Narrowly escaping his fate as Christmas dinner when Farmer Hoggett decides to show him at the next fair, Babe bonds with motherly border collie Fly and discovers that he can herd sheep too. But will the other farm animals, including Fly's jealous husband, Rex, accept a pig who doesn't conform to the farm's social hierarchy?
Leave your thoughts about Babe.
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumA witty, stylish, beautifully made charmer of a family picture. |
| San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackThe all-time great talking-pig movie, a lovely, intelligent gem of G-rated entertainment that is also rib-tickling funny. |
| USA TodaySusan WloszczynaBabe, a live-action fable about a valiant pig who conquers prejudice like a barnyard Jackie Robinson, is in a league of its own when it comes to enchantment. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonA hilarious fantasy, about a plucky piglet that learns how to tend sheep, Babe is a barnyard charmer. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranThat rare movie that completely fulfills its admittedly modest aims. |
| Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovPerhaps one of the cutest children's films ever made. |
| San Francisco ExaminerWalter AddiegoA film that can be enjoyed by all ages and that insults no one's intelligence. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliThrough a mixture of imaginative storytelling, impressive animatronics, and irresistible cuteness, Babe casts a spell over all viewers -- young, old, or somewhere in between. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA movie made with charm and wit, and unlike some family movies it does not condescend, not for a second. |
| The New YorkerTerrence RaffertyA lovely, stubbornly idiosyncratic fable of aspiration and survival. |