There is a common reaction that you would get if you talked about director Chris Noonan's Babe. Your friend will look at you as if you were crazy for suggesting that a film about talking animals could be anything more than family fodder. The film remains the last G-rated live action film to be nominated for Best Picture, and thusly will earn your friends, no matter how skeptical, a rowdy round of laughter. However, 20 years later, there's still some magic to the story about a pig who found that differences weren't always a bad thing and that following your dreams against adversity could pay off. Babe is a film that set the bar for talking animal films, and hasn't really been topped since.
