Just watched this movie again, on one of the Starz channels. Many people seem to fault it for being an offbeat family film, but why? Because it is sometimes creepy? Some psychological bruises are part of growing up, every bit as much as that bump from falling off the monkey bars at school, and that is one reason why youngsters tell ghost stories or play football (both of which I find considerably more disturbing than Babe: Pig in the City). Is it because the film treats characters in a mature fashion? Children that find certain sequences upsetting probably already know why they disturb them, and would receive more protection through acknowledgment and discussion of those issues than through denial.
Count me among those who rank this sequel right alongside the original. It is dark, delightful, provocative, uplifting, a sugar rush of imagination, and a film for families that assumes its viewers are aware of their world deserves such praise.
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