When the pets accidentally get separated from their vacationing owners, Chance, Shadow, and Sassy navigate the mean streets of San Francisco, trying to find their home across the Golden Gate Bridge. But the road is blocked by a series of hazards, both man and beast.
Taken on its own entirely hokey terms, Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco is a charming romp of a talking animal movie.
– Peter Stack,
San Francisco Chronicle,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
It does a better job than most family films in projecting a child's-eye view of a world where siblings and pets are equally cherished members of the family.
– Stephen Holden,
New York Times,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
The first movie was good-hearted and I liked it, but since then Babe has raised the bar, with animals that not only talk more realistically, but say things that are wittier and more pungent.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Wee urbanites might find Disney's scorn for city life a shade offputting, but if preview audiences are any indication, little ones will laugh their tiny heinies off at the humor herein.
– Rita Kempley,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
The tone is ideal for a family audience. The length is perfect. And the sequence of last-minute surprises elicits tears and laughter in just the right proportions.