Mark
Well made &
well acted.
Pretentious &
pointless? You
bet.
Nick
Some good
performances,
but overall I
wondered what
was the point
of it all...
Steve Maloney
Watchable but
massively
disappointing.
Overblown with
not much of a
story to tell,
and taking a
long time to
tell it.
stuart
This is a
strange film
and doesn't
really develop
the stories
enough too
slow and
guarantee if
no brad pitt
no one would
watch it!
Hayden
Watched this
in NZ. Dull.
Tries to be
Crash but
nowhere near
as good. No
surprises, no
thought. You
just sit and
watch it for 2
hours and at
the end
think "well
that was
obvious". No
idea what all
the fuss is
about with
this one
Ian Sanders.
Considerably
better than
most Hollywood
pap, but
disappointing
from the
director of 21
Grams, who may
have read too
many of his
own reviews
and be now
comencing that
long, slow
ascent of his
own nether
orifice that
is so often
the lot of the
auteur-wannabe.
Leo
This is a very
moving film,
the stories
are strong and
Alejandro
Gonzalez did a
great job in
presenting
them! We are
part of a
global world,
and this film
remind us that
communication
among cultures
is extremely
important.
Those who
compare babel
with Crash,
have no clue
of other
cultures, the
films are
completely
different and
suely Babel
gives us a
wider view of
the world.
Martin
I want two
hours of my
life back,
this film is
so dull. It
tries to cash
in on other
film ideas but
the plot is so
thin, infact I
don't think it
had a plot!!!
Avoid it at
all costs.
john
Tries to
replicate what
Tarantino did
with 4 Rooms,
and Crash,but
is rather
unconvincing.We
can all no
doubt relate
to the
frustrations
stemming from
the
bureaucracy
prevalent in
each of the
stories,
however, the
common thread
was
inconsequential
. None of the
stories merit
being told on
their own
right, and
linking them
just created
one very long,
only mildly
interesting
movie. One to
avoid.
Darren
Wonderfully
acted by all,
not least by
mr. pitt
himself, as
usual. He is
by no means a
domanant
character
within the
film however,
as the action
constantly
flicks between
the three
stoies being
told, the link
between which
is, to be
honest, weak,
and almost
incidental.
The biggest
disappointment
about this
film is the
lack of an
ending as
such, no real
twist or
exciting
crescendo here.
Roy Batty
In Iñárritu's best
movie yet we have his
trademark linked
storyline (though
thankfully this link
isn't the elephant in
the room lesser
directors may
overplay). Instead we
get four credible
stories, each with
their own emotion
and intrigue. Overlaid
with a superb
soundtrack and set
against the best
cinematography this
side of Chris Doyle,
it's already movie of
the year. Sublime.
Marilyn Anderson
The mélange of
Babel, with
breathtaking
switches
between
cultures and
time, pivots
on a biblical
theme as the
title
suggests, a
mix of chaotic
voices, and on
a
Shakespearean
one (also of
biblical
origin) that
the sins of
the father
will be
visited upon
sons and
daughters.
Three fathers-
Moroccan,
Japanese,
America–make
decisions that
impact their
children’s
fates
catastrophicall
y.
Magnifique.