Reception
The film has received mixed to positive reviews from critics. The movie has a 60% "Fresh" rating from Rotten Tomatoes. Most of the negative reviews came from people who enjoyed the first Babe, as well as those who were expecting a more family-oriented film, like the first installment. However, the movie has developed a cult following, and film critic Gene Siskel named it as his choice for the best movie of 1998 and claimed it to be better than its original. Roger Ebert also praised the movie, giving it a perfect four stars and saying it was "more magical than the original Babe." The film was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1998. Tom Waits is apparently a fan of the film, as he expressed in a recent feature in Mojo Magazine.
The film was a box office failure. It grossed only $69 million worldwide from a $90 million budget, compared to the first movie's $254 million globally.
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