Babel

 (2006)


  • User Rating 640 votes
  • Critics Rating 79 critics
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User Reviews

It's okay
Jan 29, 2009
arster_o - yahoo.com
SToryline is good but then it's kinda unorganized in a way. the actors weren't given chances to show off. I don't quite understand why the director has to add in the japam scene.... Full review
Brad Pitt is the man...
Jan 16, 2009
darryl_mendoza - yahoo.com
To defend the movie from its harsh criticism, if it weren't for crash coming out a year before it, this movie would have been considered groundbreaking. It has all the makings for a twist that'll shock you. My only criticism with... Full review
A chain of events in one story!
Dec 12, 2008
neccie_09 - yahoo.com
It can't get no better than this: four situations in one story in one simple place. a married couple trying to survive, two boys involved in a accidental crime, a nanny illgally crossin into Mexico and a Japanesse teen gettin away... Full review
What was everybody raving about?
Dec 06, 2008
emi_yoshida - yahoo.com
I don't understand why Babel got such acclaim. I liked the way the story spans 3 different countries, and the casting and acting were fine, but only just fine. There were way too many holes in the plot for me to... Full review
babel
Oct 22, 2008
saad20051989 - yahoo.com
Alejandro and the cast were the best thing in the movie despite the movie style was kind of mimic to (21 grams) style also the scenario was long more than it has to be but overall it's one of the best... Full review
"Babel"
Sep 14, 2008
cosmeo77 - yahoo.com
This was truly a genuine masterpiece..two thumbs way up!!!!!! I liked this film because at the same time it was drama and felt like a documentary. The film was great for me i loved it of course i rather think that... Full review
One of the worst movies ever!
Aug 22, 2008
jnt123abc - yahoo.com
This movie was terrible! One of the worst movies I have ever seen. A total and complete waste of time. A very poor job of story development and time shifting. The only reason it was given good reviews by the critics... Full review
Good not great
Aug 08, 2008
whateverbecks - yahoo.com
My wife and I watched this movie and it immediately reminded us of Crash (same director?? I'm not sure.) It started off like a very unique movie with a lot of potential, but when it was over my wife and I... Full review
it's at best a wanna be crash.
Aug 08, 2008
jhaveymoviereviews - yahoo.com
Besides the acting by Brad Pitt and Kate Blanchet, this movie is really bad. The type of movie that it is is on the same lines of Crash but it is horrible. Some of the stuff is disqusting and if it's... Full review
Babel.. well, that's no s***!!!!!!
Jul 27, 2008
filmchic13 - yahoo.com
Worst movie that I purchased EVER. If I would of saw Babel in the theatre, I certainly would of walked out! Boring, self-indulgent & lacking in sense & symmetry. The "story" jumps from place to place & person to person hoping... Full review

Critics Reviews

| Apr 23, 2008
TheHDRoom
s best movies at home, you might as well watch the edition with the best picture and sound transfer.....s nephew Santiago and Koji Yakusho as Yasujiro are both terrific, Adriana Barraza gives a sympathetic, moving performance as Amelia....s right, if you want to see what Babel might be like with a full-blown 5.1 surround track, this is your one and only chance.....s Labyrinth and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu gave us this haunting, remarkable drama.....Their performances are quite good.... ... Full Review
| Feb 07, 2008
Three Movie Buffs
It's a depressing film with hardly any likable characters, so maybe its real point is that there are idiots around the globe. The mistake Babel makes is trying to be a big important movie, but while it's good at showing the foibles of different cultures clashing, and how the breakdown of communication can adversely affect us all, it does it in a muddled, heavy-handed manner that offers no solutions or real resolutions. ... Full Review
| Nov 18, 2007
commonsensemedia.org
It is filmmaking at its very best. This film cleverly, carefully and artfully paints a dramatic landscape filled with emotional hotbuttons: racism, fear, childhood, adolescence, parenthood, love, law, lawlessness. ... Full Review
| Oct 01, 2007
DVD MovieGuide
Because of the movie's deftly interlocking stories and its understated approach, Babel succeeds. Some light stylized grain appeared, but otherwise the movie lacked any source concerns. This was a satisfying visual presentation. ... Full Review
| Sep 22, 2007
Chicago Sun-Times
Everything finally fit together, in a very good film....we were more disoriented than the film really wanted us to be.....Babel" could have been a routine recital of man's inhumanity to man.... ... Full Review

News

TOKYO - " Babel " director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is back in Japan , a nation he says has long fascinated him - this time, as head of the jury of the Tokyo International Film Festival . ... Full Article

HONG KONG - "Babel" director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu will head the competition jury at the Tokyo International Film Festival in October. Organizers named the Mexican filmmaker the jury president in a statement on their official Web site. ... Full Article

Several Latinos, including some working behind the scenes, are the creative forces behind this year's summer movie fare. From blockbusters to indie flicks, we give you the rundown on who to watch and whose work to look for this summer. ... Full Article

Karl Urban and Adriana Barraza ("Babel") have been cast in a remake of the 1970 thriller "And Soon the Darkness" for Abandon Pictures and StudioCanal says The Hollywood Reporter . ... Full Article

There are six actresses competing for five slots here.So who gets left out?I think it will be Taraji P.Henson who plays Brad Pitt's caretaker in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." ... Full Article

Blanchett appeared just days after receiving her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and direct from the Los Angeles premiere on Monday night, fresh faced in an iridescent dress. ... Full Article

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