BABE
 All Critics (71) | Top Critics (27) | Fresh (69) | Rotten (2)
 Much to my surprise, I found Babe charming in an eccentric, oddly tough-minded sort of way. And if it isn’t quite good enough to change my mind about the entire critter-chat genre, it is certainly good enough to recommend.
 
 June 16, 2015
 
 Jay Boyar
 Orlando Sentinel
 TOP CRITIC
 He’s brave and bright, good-natured and ambitious, naive and vulnerable. All in all, he’s probably the most winsome orphan to appear on the screen since Freddie Bartholomew impersonated David Copperfield 60 years ago.
 
 August 19, 2014
 
 Richard Schickel
 TIME Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 Thanks to well-trained live animals, clever voice characterizations and a big dash of muppetry from Henson’s Creature Shop, Babe and his barnyard friends not only walk the walk and trot the trot, they also talk the talk.
 
 August 19, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
 Jami Bernard
 New York Daily News
 TOP CRITIC
 Here’s the summer’s sleeper for kids and their parents, a terrific picture that takes a lot of risks and makes them all pay off in a charming story about a pig who fancies himself a sheepdog — or sheep-pig.
 
 August 19, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
 Gene Siskel
 Chicago Tribune
 TOP CRITIC
 Babe is not, strictly speaking, a kid’s movie. It is a preposterously funny fable that strikes a chord with adults, too.
 
 July 30, 2013 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Carrie Rickey
 Philadelphia Inquirer
 TOP CRITIC
 For children, the movie will play like a storybook come to life. Adults, at first, will marvel at the special effects and puppetry. But ultimately, they’ll be won over by the nuances of a story that finds a fresh way to deliver a timeless message.
 
 July 30, 2013 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
 Gary Dretzka
 Chicago Tribune
 TOP CRITIC
 Over 25 years later, Babe remains one of 1995’s best pictures of the year.
 
 April 11, 2022 | Rating: 5/5
 
 Danielle Solzman
 Solzy at the Movies
 Wise, captivating and thoroughly loony, this artful little farm fable is one of those rare films that works for all age levels.
 
 June 16, 2015 | Rating: 3/4
 
 Dennis King
 Tulsa World
 The hero of the children’s movie Babe is probably the summer’s most likable character — a pig so appealing he may have your family swearing off hot dogs.
 
 July 30, 2013 | Rating: 4/4
 
 Gary Thompson
 Philadelphia Daily News
 The plot provides a worthy lesson for kids, but it plays out like George Orwell’s Animal Farm as retold by Barney. Kinda weird.
 
 July 30, 2013
 
 Tom Gliatto
 People Magazine
 It’s a delight from start to finish that will captivate children and melt the heart of even the grumpiest adult.
 
 July 30, 2013 | Rating: 4/5
 
 John Ferguson
 Radio Times
 The movie is at times raucous, but its spirits couldn’t be higher, and the tale teaches a good-natured lesson about why cooperation is better than coercion.
 
 July 30, 2013 | Rating: 3/4
 
 David Sterritt
 Christian Science Monitor…