Reviews

Charlie Wooster is such a great character and Frank McGrath plays him in such a wonderful way it is hard to imagine any actor fulfilling a roll more completely. The pathos of a man who occupies a place in life so often taken for granted, and left to tend to the small menial duties that seldom get the esteem given to others is not to be underrated. So glad that Charlie/Frank got to stand up in an episode so admirably. Also, the face of Jocely Brando and her acting ability are very memorable.

I don't usually cry at an episode of Wagon Train, but...

I'm surprised that none of the reviews I read of Babe (there are 146 of them) mentioned the music. How can you watch this and not be moved by the terrific use of music? Well, quite simply, you can't I think. Still it seems that no one is consciously aware enough of the music to even mention in their reviews. Just today, I heard the 4th movement of Camille Saen Sans 3rd Symphony, the "organ symphony", and immediately I was reminded of the movie.

Yes, the movie was very good. Good story, good actors, great use of animals to portray the main characters. But if you look at the IMDb listing for the movie, way, way, down at the very bottom, there's a link to the "soundtrack". I suggest you check it out to see what else makes this movie so good. They didn't have to hire John Williams to compose great new music. They were smart enough to intelligently use some great old music.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112431/soundtrack