Also worthy of notice is the implied suggestion that Hollywood's fascination with the mob has finally bored the American public. One of the following will win. It is wise, witty, and wonderfully sophisticated. Babe's transformation from self-effacing victim to the shepherd who leads with kindness is both an elegant metaphor and a lesson for mortal men. As humans and animals exchange places with great subtlety, we learn a lot about how to do the impossible.
Poetry becomes the connection between a simple postman and a renowned poet.
The friendship of the unlikely pair is alive with the sights and sounds of emotional discovery. If either the film or the actor wins an Oscar, it will not be merely a gesture to Massimo Troisi who died at age 41, one day after filming ended, but a richly deserved tribute to a fine actor and a beautiful movie. Jane Austen, Emma Thompson, and director Ang Lee. In a world where a mother's sole mission is to marry off her daughters to respectable men, where young women can only wait and hope that life will come to them, the follies and foibles of the players unfold in a marvelous dance of goodness, snobbery, and articulate cruelty. Emma Thompson's script is inspired.