Babe: Critic Reviews

Australian director Chris Noonan and producer George Miller show what real talent and imagination can do, even without big-name humans as costars.

A silk purse among children's entertainment.

A hilarious fantasy, about a plucky piglet that learns how to tend sheep, Babe is a barnyard charmer.

The underlying tricks are never allowed to upstage the story in all its humble sweetness.

Babe is a movie made with charm and wit, and unlike some family movies it does not condescend, not for a second.

The characters (both animal and human) are solidly conceived, and the storytelling and visuals are expertly fashioned.

A dazzling family entertainment with enormous charm that utilizes breathtaking technical innovation.

Through a mixture of imaginative storytelling, impressive animatronics, and irresistible cuteness, Babe casts a spell over all viewers -- young, old, or somewhere in between.

If only people would be more like these animals, the world, though hardly saner, would certainly be a lot more fun.

Heartwarming farm story touching and a bit scary.

Every movie for children should be made with this much care, expressing this much unparalleled richness and beauty

This reviewer for one, hasn't been able to face a pork chop in the months since, and is still laughing at the vibrant joyousness of this delicious comic fable.

Babe provides a stunning revisionist take on barnyard politics, and may change the whole way we view pigs politically.

It's enough to turn you vegetarian.

It has a surprising charm.

This Australian-made movie has a darker edge than most American kiddie films, but a perfectly contrived happy ending should soothe juvenile sensibilities. Adults, meanwhile, may find themselves enthralled.

Its seemingly effortless synthesis of humor and pathos [is] almost as wonderful as is its ability to capture the sense of awe and fear that attends youth's initial exposure to the big wide world.

This enchanting, cleverly made fable, brings freshness and charm to the premise of talking animals. A sleeper, the picture was nominated for 7 Oscars, including Best Picture, winning one for Visual Effects.

This flick brings home the bacon

Charming, eccentric and very amusing.

One of the five greatest family films ever made. Possibly the best. Pure magic.

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