Babar: The Movie
Time Out says
Initial delight that Laurent de Brunhoff's elegant, courtly and very European cartoons have been rescued from the elephants' graveyard soon turns to horror: this Americanises both characters and setting beyond recognition. The premise is a staple of successful kids' movies from Bambi to ET: separation from Mommy. Babar, boy king of the elephants, must help Celeste rescue mother from the evil rhinoceros Rataxas, picking up help on the way: Zephir the monkey and a vegetarian crocodile. Somehow the precocious pachyderm overcomes all odds, indulges in some Indiana Jones-style swashbuckling, and single-handedly defeats the rhino army before his decadent and bureaucratic generals can muster so much as one soldier. Hooray! The odd good wisecrack and a cracking pace help gloss over flat and unimaginative animation, and teeny tots will adore it.Author: DW
Release details
UK release:
1989
Duration:
76 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Cast:
Chris Wiggins, Gavin Magrath, Sarah Polley, Elizabeth Hanna, Gordon Pinsent, Stephen Ouimette
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Screenwriter:
Alan Bunce, Raymond Jaffelice, John De Klein, JD Smith, Peter Sauder
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