Babel

2006 Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu

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Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.

Brad Pitt Cate Blanchett Gael García Bernal Peter Wight Harriet Walter Michael Maloney Dermot Crowley Rinko Kikuchi Elle Fanning Trevor Martin Adriana Barraza Alex Jennings Mohamed Akhzam Matyelok Gibbs Claudine Acs Michael Peña Jamie McBride Clifton Collins Jr. Aaron D. Spears Koji Yakusho Mónica del Carmen Nathan Gamble André Oumansky Wendy Nottingham Linda Broughton Lynsey Beauchamp Aline Mowat Michel Dubois Shirley Dixon Show All…

Alternative Titles

Вавилон, 巴别塔, 바벨, 火線交錯

drama

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Review by Lucy ★★★★ 4

one gun... really fucked everything up and made everyone sad
Review by brat pitt ★★★★½ 1

me before watching babel (2006): can't wait to see brad pitt & cate blanchett as a couple! love them :)
me after watching babel (2006): ple a s e... kill me , i beg
Review by CinemaClown ★★★½ 4

From the director of Amores Perros & 21 Grams, Babel is the third & final chapter of Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu's Trilogy of Death which once again employs the multiple-narratives structure interconnected by a single event, further explores the prevalent themes of the last two chapters while adding a few more & features captivating performances from its much more diverse cast to finish the trilogy on an admirable note.
Set in 3 different countries & interweaving 4 distinct plot lines, the story of Babel is triggered by a rifle bought by a Moroccan herder whose sons, while testing it, end up wounding an American woman who was vacationing there with her husband. When the two are unable to return home on time, their children's caretaker…
Review by DirkH ★★½ 3

A film about language and communication would normally grab my interest immediately. For the better part of this film the sheer quality and topics of most of the separate stories managed to do just that. There is enough to enjoy here, with strong performances and interesting subjects.
It is, however, also infuriatingly moronic in its contrived and forced narrative link. It makes a capital mistake in that it feels the incessant need to 'mean something'. It does so by force feeding us a link that is supposed to give the separate stories a common meaning/purpose. What it fails to recognise is that the stories by themselves manage to bring across the commonality just fine, keeping the uniqueness of their narrative and clearly distinct feel.
It is extremely annoying that in its attempt to please its audience and naive need to tie up loose ends it fails to see the quality that is already there.
Review by feedingbrett ★★★★ 8

Very few climbed up the cinematic ladder as swiftly Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu did, with three remarkable films by 2006, starting with Amores Perros and ending with Babel, it paved the way of a beautiful future for the director, with notable actors keen to collaborate with him and studios wanting to tap onto his creative resources, knowing that this is a man who possesses a passion and skill of storytelling, knowing that under his guidance, they are in safe hands.
Inarritu’s third, and hopefully not final, collaboration with Guillermo Arriaga returns to the loose and unstructured narrative format, assembling multiple characters and multiple dramatic instances, as the connecting threads slowly surface, sourced from a singular event that would either directly or…
Review by lucy ★★★ 1

i still stand by the fact that brad pitt is an underrated actor.

Recent reviews

Review by ShakeTheFilmGeek ★½ 1

if a film makes u feel not at all attracted towards brad pitt, then it is awful
Review by DoodleBunny64 ½ 4

I thought I'll never hate a film more than Gravity but Babel exists so rip Gravity this is my new least favourite/most hated of all time
Review by sergiocinephile ★★★★

Iñarritu is one of the greatest directors working today.
Review by Clapman ★★★★½

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Je sais pas pourquoi mais le plan de Brad Pitt qui donne de l'argent au gars qui l'a aidé lui et sa femme et où il refuse m'a marqué. Il y a quelque chose dans le regard de Brad Pitt que je revois encore bien après l'avoir regardé pour la première fois.
Ha et l'arc de la japonaise est pas ouf.
Review by Atlas_Nebula ★★★½

Low-key ass in parts, but who can resist that nightclub scene?
Review by georgia✨ ★★★★

This was so intense, I don't know what I was thinking putting it on before bed. The tangled web of storylines was amazing (although I think the Japanese one was maybe slightly tenuous despite being entertaining), plus the title is so perfect. Even though I adore Birdman, I've put off fully going into Iñárritu's filmography because of The Revenant, a decision I now kind of wish I'd changed my mind about earlier.
Review by Nico, the Analyst ★★★★½

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Review by Mohamed Walid ★★★★★

حقيقى الفيلم ماستربيس بقالى فتره كبيره مشوفتش فيلم بالجمال ده السيناريو جامد نيك والربط بين ال3 تايم لاينز كان معمول حلو نيك والساوند تراك عظيم
من اجمل الافلام الى شوفتها واحسن فيلم لاليخاندرو من رأيى
Review by noahd ★★★★

Thanks to the opening scene having so much tension and raw consequences, I was instantly really into it and it reminded me why Alejandro G Iñárritu is one of my favourite filmmakers.