Should I sit with them?

We would not put this on for a child under 5 and leave the room. Plan to sit with them at least until 8. After that, many families can watch with a grown-up nearby rather than on the couch. The notes above say what happens. You know your child. This is not medical advice.

Movie -- 1995 -- Netflix

Babe

Babe is a piglet taken from his mother, who wins a guess-the-weight stall and lands on Hoggett Farm among dogs Rex and Fly. He learns farm rules, that pigs are food, and how to herd sheep. Gentle talking-animal pictures with a hard opening goodbye and a 'pork' threat, even at G.

Notes are based on public reviews and published descriptions.

Age

Not suitable
Parental guidance
Ok

GentleGuide scale for sensitive kids. Not an ACCM or Classification Board rating.

About this title

Classification: G
Length: 91 minutes
Consumer advice: Very mild themes

What to watch for

Separation: Men take Babe's mother from the pen onto a lorry marked for meat
Relational Conflict: On Hoggett Farm, Rex stands over the barn like law
Sadness: Fly's puppies are penned and sold
Sadness: Chapter title: 'Pork is a nice sweet meat.' Christmas guests talk roast pork
Violence: Rex sees Babe herding as an insult
Peril: Feral dogs hit the flock
Sadness: Maa tells Babe she will not make it, and dies
Peril: Hoggett loads a shotgun
Sadness: The cat, paying Babe back, tells him the purpose of pigs is to be eaten, and that Hoggett will eat him one day
Separation: Babe runs away and is found cold in a cemetery

Timestamps

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00:02:49Separationmoderate

Men take Babe's mother from the pen onto a lorry marked for meat. Babe says goodbye. An artificial feeder drops in. He is later grabbed, bagged, and carried away squealing to a fair. Quiet, and it is still a mother gone and a baby taken.

Theme. Opening with a piglet taken from his mum is a hard start, before the farm is kind. Sensitive children may not recover just because Fly is warm later.

What to say. You might say: 'They take his mum, and then they take him. That is a hard start. We can sit close, or skip to the farm if the lorry is too much.'

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Babe

Notes are based on public reviews and published descriptions.

What to watch for

Separation: Men take Babe's mother from the pen onto a lorry marked for meat

Relational Conflict: On Hoggett Farm, Rex stands over the barn like law

Sadness: Fly's puppies are penned and sold

Sadness: Chapter title: 'Pork is a nice sweet meat.' Christmas guests talk roast pork

Violence: Rex sees Babe herding as an insult

Peril: Feral dogs hit the flock

Sadness: Maa tells Babe she will not make it, and dies

Peril: Hoggett loads a shotgun

Sadness: The cat, paying Babe back, tells him the purpose of pigs is to be eaten, and that Hoggett will eat him one day

Separation: Babe runs away and is found cold in a cemetery

Timestamps

Timestamps are approximate. Cuts can differ. First one is free; the rest are in GentleGuide Pro.

00:02:49Separationmoderate

Theme. Opening with a piglet taken from his mum is a hard start, before the farm is kind. Sensitive children may not recover just because Fly is warm later.

What to say. You might say: 'They take his mum, and then they take him. That is a hard start. We can sit close, or skip to the farm if the lorry is too much.'