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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.
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... [More]
Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, Rinko Kikuchi
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
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Jul 6, 2010
The gimmick-machinery whirrs, but the human beings in it can't breath
Aug 28, 2009
Director Alejandro González Iñárritu and writer Guillermo Arriaga have fashioned their ideas with conviction and obvious care.
Jun 30, 2009
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Feb 27, 2009
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Nov 20, 2008
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Oct 18, 2008
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Aug 7, 2008
Babel...belongs to an unfortunately proliferating genre that might be called the higher kitsch.
Jun 1, 2008
...language acts more as a means to distance and isolate us than aid in our understanding of one another.
Feb 28, 2008
A lumbering, stitched-together mess.
Jul 23, 2007
Babel directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is one of the most compelling films to date.
Jul 22, 2007
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Jul 14, 2007
an affecting examination of disconnected lives in an interconnected world.
Jul 2, 2007
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Jun 29, 2007
Top CriticSmart, interesting to look at, and courageous, this is one of the best films of 2006.
May 2, 2007
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.
Mar 27, 2007
The kind of film that will echo deep in your soul.
Mar 24, 2007
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