Synopsis
Babe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but after Farmer Hoggett is injured and unable to work, Babe has to go to the big city to save the farm.
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Cast
- Magda SzubanskiMrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett
- James CromwellFarmer Arthur Hoggett
- Mickey RooneyFugly Floom, the Speechless Man in Hotel
- Mary SteinMiss Floom
- Julie GodfreyHortense
- Janet FoyeMrs. Hoggett's Friend
- Pamela HawkinsMiss Hogget's friend
- Paul LivingstonChef
- Kim StoryJudge
- John UptonBoy
Recommendations
- 100
Chicago Sun-Times
It is more of a wonderment, lolling in its enchanting images--original, delightful and funny. - 91
Entertainment Weekly
Don’t miss this astonishingly bleak, inventive, funny, sumptuously designed film. - 75
ReelViews
Pig in the City has been designed with the goal of recapturing the enchanting feel of the original while taking the story in new and different directions. It succeeds at both aims, standing as a worthy sequel to one of the decade's most innovative family features. - 75
ReelViews
Pig in the City has been designed with the goal of recapturing the enchanting feel of the original while taking the story in new and different directions. It succeeds at both aims, standing as a worthy sequel to one of the decade's most innovative family features. - 70
Washington Post
This is hardly your same old trough of slop. Babe nonetheless prevails, demonstrating once again "how a kind and steady heart can heal a sorry world." - 67
Austin Chronicle
You couldn't have gotten a more pleasantly bizarre film if Salvador Dali himself had directed, which says a lot for Miller's rabid talents. - 60
Los Angeles Times
Undeniably clever and inventive, Babe: Pig in the City has nevertheless sacrificed part of the freshness and buoyancy that made the original "Babe" so luminous. This sequel is more elaborate, more calculated and more self-consciously dark than its deservedly beloved predecessor. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
While appealing as a pet show, as a movie, "Babe" is penned in by the lackadaisical story line and the film's grimy sensibilities. Despite the funny flourishes of the costumes and some sprightly animated figures and spunky effects, "Babe" is a pretty oppressive-feeling production. [25 Nov 1998]
