Babar: The Movie
Seen it?1989 | 70 min | Adventure, Animation, Family
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a box office flop and mixed reviews, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for adventure fans and families. If you loved The Jungle Book or Horton Hears a Who!, start here.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 10 min.
- What might put you off
- Nothing much for most grown-ups.
Children's book authors Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff's most beloved elephant comes to the big screen in this animated family tale. Elephant monarch King Babar tells the tale, that unfolds via flashback, of how a much-younger Barbar and his girlfriend Celeste save her village from the pugnacious rhinoceroses that have come to raid it.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
Mixed reviews
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerWeak
$1 million worldwide
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 26K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Alan Bunce
- Gordon PinsentKing Babar
- Elizabeth HannaQueen Celeste / The Lady
- Lisa YamanakaIsabelle
- Marsha MoreauFlora
- Bobby BeckenPom
- Amos CrawleyAlexander
- Gavin MagrathBoy Babar
- Sarah PolleyYoung Celeste
- Charles KerrRataxes / Rhino Guards
- Ray LandryCroc