Babel

2006 "If You Want to be Understood... Listen."

Babel

7.5 | 2h23m | R | en | Drama

In Babel, a tragic incident involving an American couple in Morocco sparks a chain of events for four families in different countries throughout the world.

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7.5 | 2h23m | R | en | Drama | More Info

Released: October. 27,2006 | Released Producted By: Anonymous Content , Central Films Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

Synopsis

In Babel, a tragic incident involving an American couple in Morocco sparks a chain of events for four families in different countries throughout the world.

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Cast

Brad Pitt , Cate Blanchett , Gael García Bernal

Director

Rika Nakanishi

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Anonymous Content , Central Films

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Reviews

beardblack Everything about this movie was contrived, gratuitous and small minded. Never having viewed a Alejandro González Iñárritu film before, there will be no wasted time on one again.

deickos The idea and the title are good - what one could do with such a theme! Unfortunately the execution of the idea is mediocre and superficial. Mr Inaritu bypasses a real opportunity to say something true and deep here. Instead, he stays on stereotypes for the sake of the striking and shocking impression, that is it is shallow. Am I the only one that thinks this film is racist, or better plays with racism as a means of impression? The same that does with sexism etc. A lost opportunity not just to impress but to shake people out of their seats.

adamcarter-63372 Babel is a flat out bad movie. The movie's main message is that pain is universal. We all suffer and we all go through hardships no matter who were are or where we come from but outside of that it has nothing else to say. The film poorly tries to weave four stories together of people that are suffering. However, we cannot truly connect with any of these people because we are not given time to get to know them. The characters themselves are as thin as a bed sheet. There is nothing else interesting about them outside of their main conflict. The movie came off incredibly pointless. Think of it this way. Imagine walking out onto your driveway and finding a bleeding cat dying right in front of you. Now imagine in a faraway place some unknown strangers starving to death. The bleeding cat is going to be more relevant to you even though several people starving to death is much worse. Why? Because it is something you can see and feel right in front of you. It is something you can have an impact on. The movie is more like the starving people than it is the bleeding cat. Babel comes off as misery porn. Simple as that. We watch a woman shot through the neck and bleed out, a child die in front of his father, and a young girl almost rape a man because she could never get a sexual release. If you are going to make me watch this kind of material, you need a strong and powerful payoff. This movie has none. Babel could have been a stronger movie if it had only focused on two stories and had given more time to develop stronger characters. This idea could work for a TV show, but not for a feature film. The only idea this film has is that pain is universal. But guess what? I didn't need Babel to tell me that.

anonymouse9999 Babel is essentially one condescending scene after another. In theory it sounds ideal; there are many characters all intertwined by the same depressing event. But the film does nothing to justify any of this. In the world of Babel parents lack any common sense and give loaded weapons and ammunition to their children to go play without supervision. Lets suspend our disbelief that the children are stupid enough to shoot at a bus for target practice. So the police are immediately searching for the shooters and one cop picks up some pebbles on the ground so they know they are from the middle of nowhere. The cops don't hesitate to assault civilians while interrogating them. They also think its OK to kick someone hard enough to break the persons ribs to extract some information. But when they see our child shooters they tell them not to walk between the graves. Apparently they only care about the people they are sworn to serve and protect if they freaking die!! Then they roll up on some unarmed civilians and right away they start shooting at them without even knowing who they really are and kill a boy in the process. But its alright they can simply explain later that it was a big misunderstanding! Our beautiful American tourist is shot and its all over the international news despite the fact that they are in a remote village with no members of the press to be seen. And the anxious husband decides to pull in to a village because he thinks there is a good doctor only to find a veterinarian with dirty hands attempting to stick a rusty needle in his wife's bloody arm. He is not compelled to get back on the bus but instead enables the torment and then acts like a maniac when the passengers curse him and threaten to leave him! Need i say more? I think you get the idea!