Babe Reviews

Babe is such a charming and enchanting film, that even the fussiest adult can't help finding it easy to like. Babe himself, voiced by Christine Cavanaugh(Darkwing Duck and Dexter's Laboratory) is an adorable character, and one scene in particular when his mother is taken away is a genuine tearjerker. The other animals are also just as engaging, including Ferdinand, and are well voiced by the likes of Miriam Margoyles and Hugo Weaving. The human characters were very warm and likable, and James Cromwell and Magda Szubanski were both wonderful. The film looks lovely, there is a nice story and the music is just superb, with Saint Saens' Organ Symphony and Delibes' Pizzicato. And I loved the singing mice, they were really sweet and funny. All in all, a true classic. 10/10 Bethnay Cox

Amazing film that provides lots of life lessons. It's a touching film for the whole family. Great visuals.

Nowadays, this movie is pretty much forgotten but when it was released, it was a smash hit and it is still one of the most successful movies coming from Australia, if I’m not mistaken. Anyway, even though the whole thing was directed by Chris Noonan, apparently, this movie was a ten-year labor of love for George Miller who wrote and produced this flick. That was rather unexpected. I mean, who would have thought that the guy behind Mad Max would come up with a family feature with a talking pig as a main character? Anyway, like I said before, it was back then a box-office success and I think it really deserved all this praise. I mean, 10 years later, the Americans came up with a similar movie called ‘Charlotte’s web’ which was also an adaptation of a very popular book but guess what? It was terribly underwhelming. Not this one though. Indeed, I thought it was really cute, sweet and worked like a charm. Of course, at the end, it remains a kid feature with some talking animals but I still enjoyed it. To conclude, even though I don’t think it was really that amazing, for a family feature, it was pretty solid and definitely entertaining, especially if you want to see a quality picture with your kids.