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Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
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Reviews Counted:56
Fresh:34
Rotten:22
Average Rating:6.2/10
Consensus: Not quite as good as the original and has some dark subject material that might not be appropriate for children.
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Childrens
Synopsis: This sequel to the critically acclaimed original picture might not have been quite the pig at the box office that its predecessor was, but it was one of 1998's most charming, entertaining works.... [More]
Starring: Magda Szubanski, James Cromwell, Mickey Rooney, Stephen Wright
Director: George Miller
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Reviews for Babe: Pig in the City
Most definitely not a movie for young children
01/01/00
Universal should have left well enough alone, heeding the immortal closing words of Farmer Hoggett in the original.
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Sumptuous!
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More magical than the original!
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Top CriticEven more fun than the original!
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Top CriticSequel isn't quite hog heaven, but it's meaty enough.
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Would anyone go for a sequel to The Wizard of Oz that catapulted Dorothy and Toto into the world of Once Were Warriors or Escape From New York?
05/08/02
Laden with more useless pork than a congressional bill.
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Top CriticThis dark sequel to the 1995 hit has virtually none of the bucolic charm displayed in the original.
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We found the conflict of the film's lighthearted fun and its dark and menacing danger too incongruous for its own good!
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Darkly funny!
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Top Critic...a completely new experience for the audience and the film's characters, and virtually, one of the best sequels that has ever come along in the past decade.
01/01/00
Grounding all the mayhem in emotional priority is the little pig that could.
01/01/00
BABE has all but lost its bearings.
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Top CriticSo distressingly dark, grim, and cynical it’s likely to make kids cry!
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Top CriticThis film may scar impressionable children for life!
01/01/00
...Paints a bleak picture of humanity. Not to mention, shall we say, animality.
02/08/03
(Imagine the mouse chorus) "A Disappointing Nightmare"
06/14/01
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