Babar is a young elephant in the great forest. Whilst out with his mother a hunter kills his mother and he flees to escape the same fate. He eventually finds himself in a human city and experiences the many differences between city and forest life. Treated as an outsider he is taken in by an elderly woman, dressed in fancy suits, taught to write and count and is brought up in human culture.
Babar: King of the Elephants has generally received mixed reviews.
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Babar: King of the Elephants was released in 1999 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 35 reviews, giving Babar: King of the Elephants (1999) an average rating of 58%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 72%.
With a score of 58%, Babar: King of the Elephants is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1999, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1999 with similar scores include films like American Pie, Idle Hands and Godzilla 2000: Millennium.
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