Babel (2006)
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Reviews Counted: 194
Fresh: 134 | Rotten: 60
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.
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Critic Reviews: 47
Fresh: 30 | Rotten: 17
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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The tragic aftermath of human carelessness travels around the world in this multi-narrative drama from filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu. Richard (Brad Pitt) and Susan (Cate Blanchett) are a couple from the United States who have traveled to Morocco in Northern Africa on a vacation after the death of one of their children has sent Susan into a deep depression. Richard and Susan's other two children have been left in the care of Amelia (Adriana Barraza), their housekeeper. Amelia is
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Cast
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Brad Pitt
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Cate Blanchett
Susan -
Gael García Bernal
Santiago -
Rinko Kikuchi
Chieko -
Adriana Barraza
Amelia -
Koji Yakusho
Yasujiro -
Said Tarchani
Ahmed -
Boubker Ait El Caid
Yussef -
Elle Fanning
Debbie -
Nathan Gamble
Mike -
Mohamed Akhzam
Anwar -
Peter Wight
Tom -
Abdelkader Bara
Hassan -
Mustapha Rachidi
Abdullah -
Driss Roukhe
Alarid -
Clifton Collins Jr.
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Robert Esquivel
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Michael Peña
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Yuko Murata
Mitsu -
Satoshi Nikaido
Kenji -
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All Critics (203) | Top Critics (50) | Fresh (140) | Rotten (61) | DVD (34)
Alejandro González Iñárritu's latest sprawling, dispersed art-film blockbuster prompts a question: Does he just not know how to tell a story?
Top CriticIf misery is your pornography, Babel is your holy grail.
It's a great film made with style and heart and hope, a cautionary parable and an almost certain Oscar contender.
The experience of watching Babel is undeniably riveting: Even if the film doesn't really lead anywhere, you still can't take your eyes off it.
[Iñárritu] remains as entranced as ever by fate, loss and the interconnectedness of humankind, and I admire him for it. But Babel isn't the last or best word on that subject. It's just a lot of talk.
True to its title, Babel hinges on missed and faulty communications of both the personal and the cultural variety. It's a sweeping movie about characters who often suffer from tunnel vision.
Babel is a beautifully depressing film about responsibility, redemption, and ultimately that there are consequences to people's actions, regardless of who they are and where they live.
The gimmick-machinery whirrs, but the human beings in it can't breath
Director Alejandro González Iñárritu and writer Guillermo Arriaga have fashioned their ideas with conviction and obvious care.
I can understand why Babel is up for so many Oscars (R)--it is elegantly written and shot, and harrowing to watch. The suffering each character experiences is palpable, gritty, and realistic.
Mature themes mark stories about communication.
Babel...belongs to an unfortunately proliferating genre that might be called the higher kitsch.
...language acts more as a means to distance and isolate us than aid in our understanding of one another.
A lumbering, stitched-together mess.
Babel directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is one of the most compelling films to date.
an affecting examination of disconnected lives in an interconnected world.
Audience Reviews for Babel
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- Richard: What about you? How many wives do you have?
- Anwar: I can only afford one.
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- Yussef: I killed the American, I was the only one who shot at you. They did nothing... nothing. Kill me, but save my brother, he did nothing... nothing. Save my brother... he did nothing.
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