The amazing and hilarious achievement of director Chris Noonan and his team of animal trainers and CGI whizzes in the 1995 hit film "Babe" becomes more apparent every time someone else attempts a sequel or knockoff. "Racing Stripes," directed by Frederik Du Chau, copies the formula of a farm animal unaware of its own identity. [...] the results don't come close to duplicating Noonan's charming and gentle barnyard fable.

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