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Babel (2006)

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Reviews Counted:192

Fresh:132

Rotten:60

Average Rating:6.7/10

Consensus: In Babel, there are no villains, only victims of fate and circumstance. Director Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu weaves four of their woeful stories into this mature and multidimensional film.

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Rated: R [See Full Rating] for violence, some graphic nudity, sexual conent, language and some drug use

Runtime: 2 hr. 22 min.

Genre: Drama

Theatrical Release: Oct 27, 2006 Wide

Box Office: $34.2M

Synopsis: Armed with a Winchester rifle, two Morrocan boys set out to look after their family's herd of goats. In the silent echoes of the desert, they decide... Armed with a Winchester rifle, two Morrocan boys set out to look after their family's herd of goats. In the silent echoes of the desert, they decide to test the rifle… but the bullet goes farther than they thought it would. In an instant, the lives of four separate groups of strangers on three different continents collide. Caught up in the rising tide of an accident that escalates beyond anyone's control are a vacationing American couple, a rebellious deaf Japanese teenager and her father, and a Mexican nanny who, without permission, takes two American children across the border. None of these strangers will ever meet; in spite of the sudden, unlikely connection between them, they will all remain isolated due to their own inability to communicate meaningfully with anyone around them. [More]

Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, Rinko Kikuchi

Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, Rinko Kikuchi, Adriana Barraza, Koji Yakusho, Said Tarchani, Boubker Ait El Caid, Elle Fanning, Nathan Gamble, Mohamed Akhzam, Peter Wight, Abdelkader Bara, Mustapha Rachidi, Driss Roukhe, Clifton Collins Jr., Robert Esquivel, Michael Pena, Yuko Murata, Satoshi Nikaido

Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu

Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Screenwriter: Guillermo Arriaga Jordan
Producer: Jon Kilik, Steve Golin
Distributor: Paramount Classics

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Full Review Source: Future Movies UK | comment Comment
Jul 6, 2010
Coco Forsythe
Coco Forsythe
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Full Review Source: Movies.com | comment Comment
Jul 6, 2010
Dave White
Dave White
Movies.com

The gimmick-machinery whirrs, but the human beings in it can't breath

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment Comment
Aug 28, 2009
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

Director Alejandro González Iñárritu and writer Guillermo Arriaga have fashioned their ideas with conviction and obvious care.

Full Review Source: JWR | comment Comment
Jun 30, 2009
S. James Wegg
S. James Wegg
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Apr 29, 2009
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
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Apr 23, 2009
Peter Keough
Peter Keough
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Feb 27, 2009
Devin Faraci
Devin Faraci
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Nov 20, 2008
Brian Marder
Brian Marder
Hollywood.com
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Oct 18, 2008
Bob Mondello
Bob Mondello
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Aug 7, 2008
Jonathan Kiefer
Jonathan Kiefer
Sacramento News & Review

Babel...belongs to an unfortunately proliferating genre that might be called the higher kitsch.

Full Review Source: Style Weekly (Richmond, VA) | comment 3 Comments
Jun 1, 2008
Thomas Peyser
Thomas Peyser
Style Weekly (Richmond, VA)

...language acts more as a means to distance and isolate us than aid in our understanding of one another.

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Feb 28, 2008
Brandon Fibbs
Brandon Fibbs
BrandonFibbs.com

A lumbering, stitched-together mess.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment 2 Comments
Jul 23, 2007
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

Babel directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is one of the most compelling films to date.

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Jul 22, 2007
Moira Sullivan
Moira Sullivan
Movie Magazine International

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Jul 14, 2007
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

an affecting examination of disconnected lives in an interconnected world.

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Jul 2, 2007
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Eye for Film
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Jun 29, 2007
David Edelstein
David Edelstein
New York Magazine
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Smart, interesting to look at, and courageous, this is one of the best films of 2006.

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May 2, 2007
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

There is some hope, in Iñárritu's world, each of the characters may have a family and love, but this is shown to be, at best, a diversion against the real world, which is a much more intolerable, incomprehensive place.

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Mar 27, 2007
Michael Wade Simpson
Michael Wade Simpson
culturevulture.net

The kind of film that will echo deep in your soul.

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Mar 24, 2007
Brian Tallerico
Brian Tallerico
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