Babe: A Pig in the City (1998): Dir: George Miller / Cast: Magda Szubanski, James Cromwell, Mary Stein, Mickey Rooney, Paul Livingston: Misguided sequel about being out of your element. After the celebration concluding Babe, Mr. Hoggett is injured with the farm under threat of being sold. With an offer on Babe Mrs. Hoggett flies to the city with the pig and settle into a hotel. Soon she is arrested leaving Babe with new animal companions. Similar plotting but parents be warned of dark images including a dog dangling by its collar that Babe saves. Inventive job by director George Miller as a far different film from what he is often tagged with. He previously made Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. James Cromwell received Academy Award recognition for his role in Babe, so how unfortunate that his role is so reduced here. Magda Szubanski embraces her role as Mrs. Hoggett with hilarity within every bizarre situation she encounters. Mickey Rooney makes an appearance as a clown but more would have been great. Mary Stein is flat as the landlady whom assists Mrs. Hoggett. Paul Livingston plays an angry chef whose disappointment likely stems from the idea that Babe needed a sequel to begin with. The originality is lacking and the story is standard fare. Triumphant production as expected but parents may exit children from this city when dark themes set in. Score: 5 ½ / 10

Sequel to "Babe" picks up after the first one ends, with a triumphant babe returning home to Hoggett farm, but disaster awaits as farmer Hoggett(played by a sidelined James Cromwell) is injured in a freak accident, forcing his wife to take babe on a trip to the city to make money, only to be separated in an increasingly tragic set of circumstances, as neither of them may make it home again...Disastrous sequel is a complete botch from top to bottom, containing none of the charm and warmth of the first, instead contains an unappealing, unbelievably contrived story that goes nowhere, and an ending that is nothing but a bloated cartoon-like slapstick fiasco. Utterly pointless film is best ignored, as it can only mar an otherwise classic original.

I really liked the original Babe but for some reason I thought BABE: Pig in the City was a much better take on.It's a bit better than the first because it's set outside the farm, there's new characters which a massively good change and there is more action and commotion to handle in this film.When the farm's underway of getting destroyed or something like that, something negative happening to the farm, the farmer's wife and Babe go along across the country and end up in a large city that they have never been used to. Babe also has to try and make piece with many new comers of the film.For a great story, excellent acting and some better characters, BABE 2 gets an 8/10.Hope this review was good. :)

I'd hate to say it but I didn't find Babe: Pig in the City to be as good as the first movie. The plot was okay but it just didn't seem to live up to the original. Mrs. Hoggett and Babe go off to the city to rescue the farm. I was rather disappointed that Babe wasn't accompanied by Rex and Fly in this one and that they're roles were shorter than in the first. I sorta found the whole thing with the animals in the hotel kinda funny but weird. The whole movie just seemed kinda childish and not as good as the first. It just doesn't live up to the first one. If you were a fan of the first movie like me I suggest that you don't watch this movie! It's just not as good as the first movie! I give it a 1 out of 10.