Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Babe: Pig in the City is a 1998 comedy-drama film, and the sequel to the 1995 film Babe. It is co-written, produced and directed by George Miller, who co-wrote and produced the original film. Most of the actors from the first film reappeared as their respective roles, including James Cromwell, Miriam Margolyes, Hugo Weaving, Danny Mann, and Magda Szubanski. However, most of them have only brief appearances, as the story focuses on the journey of Babe (now voiced by Elizabeth Daily) and the farmer's wife Esme (Szubanski) in the fictional city of Metropolis.Despite being a sequel to a highly acclaimed children's film which, for the most part, had a charming and light-hearted atmosphere, Pig in the City had an unexpected darker tone and contained more mature subject matter. As a result of its dark tone, Pig in the City was a flop at the box office and received mixed reviews from critics, although the late Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert highly praised the film, with Ebert calling it better than the first one and Siskel later naming it the Best Movie of 1998. However, over the years, the film became seen as a very underrated sequel.. }
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- Babe:_Pig_in_the_City abstract "Babe: Pig in the City is a 1998 comedy-drama film, and the sequel to the 1995 film Babe. It is co-written, produced and directed by George Miller, who co-wrote and produced the original film. Most of the actors from the first film reappeared as their respective roles, including James Cromwell, Miriam Margolyes, Hugo Weaving, Danny Mann, and Magda Szubanski. However, most of them have only brief appearances, as the story focuses on the journey of Babe (now voiced by Elizabeth Daily) and the farmer's wife Esme (Szubanski) in the fictional city of Metropolis.Despite being a sequel to a highly acclaimed children's film which, for the most part, had a charming and light-hearted atmosphere, Pig in the City had an unexpected darker tone and contained more mature subject matter. As a result of its dark tone, Pig in the City was a flop at the box office and received mixed reviews from critics, although the late Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert highly praised the film, with Ebert calling it better than the first one and Siskel later naming it the Best Movie of 1998. However, over the years, the film became seen as a very underrated sequel.".