Babe at 30: the piglet star is back in cinemas

Why this much-loved film is one of the best cinematic translations of a children’s book by Kiera Vaclavik

April 7, 2025| Times2|01 min read
Photo by Christopher Carson on Unsplash & The Sheep-Pig (Puffin)Photo by Christopher Carson on Unsplash & The Sheep-Pig (Puffin)

This spring, Babe is returning to cinemas to mark the 30th anniversary of its release in 1995. The much-loved family film tells the deceptively simple but emotionally powerful story of a piglet who saves his bacon through intelligence, kindness and hard work.

 Babe becomes the trusted ally of both farmer and farmyard animals and, like so many Hollywood heroes before and since, he refuses to stay in his lane.

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