Babe: Pig in the city is the 1998 sequel to the film Babe. It occurs in the fictional city of Metropolis. Due to the unexpecte darker and more mature subject matter (the film includes a scene in which a dog almost drowns while hanging from a bridge), the film was not received as well critically as the first Babe movie was, but reviews were generally positive, and the film has developed a cult following. Film critic Gene Siskel named it as his choice for the best movie of 1998 and claimed it to be better than its original. This film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Music Song in 1998.