Product: Bebe, Un Coninito Va Muy Lejos (Babe -- Spanish edition) [VHS] (1995)
Rating: 5.0
NOT just another cute talking animal pic
A friend of mine told me, "See this movie. It's about a talking pig." I said, "You have GOT to be kidding." But on his continued urging, I saw it (in the theatre, no less) because this particular friend isn't really the kind to be moved by just another cute talking animal movie.I was just flatly blown away, in tears many times, left the theatre singing the beautiful hymnic song set to the Saint-Saens melody, replaying my favorite scenes over and over in my head ... I bought the VHS the instant it came out, and the DVD the instant /it/ came out. And like my friend, I say to you: see this movie. Then see it again, for all the details you missed the first time (there're lots). Then see it again.You can watch this movie on all kinds of different levels -- yes, including the "cute talking animal" level, and probably even the animal-rights-activist approach given by an earlier reviewer. But to do so does BABE a disservice; this is neither a simple kiddie movie, nor is it a moralistic PETA-informed fable. It's actually deeply mythic -- Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey set in the beautiful archetypical rolling green countryside and James-Herriot-esque farmyard, right down to the intervention of the wise mentor, the adventures and misadventures, rescues and failures, the dark night of the soul, and the ultimate triumph of the one who dares to "follow his bliss".Would we could all be so authentic and filled with the power of certainty. BABE inspires me anew every time I watch it.