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Storyline
TAGLINES
If You Want to be Understood...Listen
Tragedy is universal
A global disaster.
A single gunshot heard around the world.
Pain is universal... But so is hope.
One shot, many kills.
Richard and Susan are a couple from San Diego, California who are vacationing in Morocco while their two children are at home with their Mexican housekeeper, Amelia. A rifle finds its way into the hands of a local herdsman's young sons, who recklessly take a shot at a tour bus and hit Susan in the shoulder, causing her severe injury. The distraught Richard calls home to tell Amelia of the situation, who shortly departs for Mexico to attend her son's wedding, with Richard and Susan's children in tow. Disaster thus multiplies, with the situation in Morocco ascribed to terrorists in the media, while Amelia meets with trouble at the Mexican border when she attempts to return to San Diego with Richard and Susan's children. Meanwhile, in Tokyo, a widower tied to the rifle in question, a complex shift of ownership to which the audience is privy, attempts to deal with the memories of his recently deceased wife and his strained relationship with his deaf teenage daughter.
| Brad Pitt | Richard |
| Cate Blanchett | Susan |
| Mohamed Akhzam | Anwar |
| Peter Wight | Tom |
| Harriet Walter | Lilly |
| Trevor Martin | Douglas |
| Matyelok Gibbs | Elyse |
| Georges Bousquet | Robert |
| Claudine Acs | Jane |
| André Oumansky | Walter |
| Michael Maloney | James |
| Dermot Crowley | Barth |
| Wendy Nottingham | Tourist #1 |
| Henry Maratray | Tourist #2 |
| Linda Broughton | Tourist #3 |
| Alejandro González Iñárritu |
7.70 out of 10 (36257 votes)
Visitor Reviews
A story about people locked in miscommunication.
posted on 30 Aug 2009This is an interesting commentary on the interplay of characters supposedly surrounding a focal point. I think it was an anti-gun attempt, and underlying advocacy film for illegal aliens, but the plot does exactly the opposite of what it intended. If the film was supposed to appeal to our sympathy for the illegal alien, it certainly was amusing in the way the story line reversed that intent. When the Mexican nanny decides to travel to Mexico to attend her son's wedding, she abandons her responsibility to care for the American children in her care. The decision to relinquish her responsibility and place her charges at grave risk is a poor advertisement for hiring a nanny in the first place. If we view some of the decisions made in Mexico, we see a social class distinction somewhat different than middle class, or even general American values. This might be a good example of how ethnocentrism causes judgements based on one's values. The American couple is also a poor excuse for parents. They are too busy with their own self-pity and selfish needs to worry about their children who they leave with the illegal alien nanny. This is a good film for my sociology classes to watch because it shows the true nature of the illegal alien problem. You will have to watch the film to make up your mind what I mean by that. In any event, I am certainly not an advocate for illegal immigration. Part of this film supports my view. Aside from immigration issues, the movie also is a vague commentary on youth issues, so may also apply to juvenile justice as well. As with most films, there are many other references to basic sociological concepts.
What a pompous, self-important, load of crap
posted on 28 Aug 2009Every so often a movie comes along that has a great director and a star-studded cast, so much so that critics and movie-goers are afraid to call it what it is, absolute garbage. This movie is one of the best examples of this in recent years. I was wondering as I exited the theater whether the theme of the movie was that since it was so pointless, that maybe that was the point. I also wonder if this director made this movie to impress his other director friends. Either way, it was terrible. The moral of the film? Guns are bad, really? That's a revelation. How about, bad things happen to good people, wow, amazing news. Or, and this one would prove it to be the smug crap it is, that a bad decision can come back to haunt you. Amazing, the depth of this movie is truly amazing. Don't see it, you won't be missing a thing.
Crapel
posted on 28 Aug 2009This is the best example of an overrated "movie" from an overrated director. Despite its hype, it will eventually go down in history as one of the worst films ever. Really painful to watch and the opposite of what a movie should be. Boring, contrived and meaningless in spite of whatever unjustified praising you hear about it. Maybe a joke. I wonder why Brad Pitt was involved is such an awful project and therefore losing some of his well deserved credibility. This self indulgent drivel which last for some 143 minutes leaves its director as someone who obviously has lost his edge entirely if he ever has one. This is not art, this mess is to be avoided. Don't say you have not been warned!
awful
posted on 27 Aug 2009It may be me but I don't find story lines ( three seperate ones) about kids under stress to be entertaining. Particulalry when the story lines are so far fetched. Pitt doesn't have to 'act' much, Kate Blanchett must have been hard up for work and I would recommend watching something else.
How do you say "2006's Worst Film" in Arabic? or Japanese? or ...
posted on 26 Aug 2009When the Screen Actor's Guild invite to see this film arrived, my intuition said "Don't bother", but on the other hand it earned the most Golden Globe noms, so I went. My intuition was right! Like film critic Eleanor Ringel Gillespie wrote "Well-meaning twaddle", and movie reviewer Luke Y. Thompson said "...a towering bore", this mess is the worst film of 2006.Considering the pedigree: Blanchett, Pitt, Garcia Bernal and pseudo-avant-garde-director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, it is indicative of the failure of this garbage that at the theater half the attendees were exhaling or yawning at any given moment as they struggled to fight off the numbing wave of boredom this film generates.I met Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu while he was promoting this debacle and he sure thinks high of himself as I listened to his self-promoting answers to audience questions about this dreck. Well, let's see he does get to direct in three languages and sets his film in four countries no less, but all for what? To hear the worst film soundtrack of the year? To watch Blanchett go on and on about her self-absorbed self-importance until a kid shoots her and then that doesn't even silence her whining. To watch Pitt give the worst "ugly-American" performance to come along in a while. Pitt plays his role like he's channeling George Clooney. Terrible! The actress who plays the Mexican nanny and the actress who plays the Japanese mute deserve much better material than the embarrassing stuff Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu wrote. Then there's Garcia Bernal w/ his refined European looks playing a relative of a decidedly peasant-looking Mexican family. It doesn't sell! Nothing sells in this boring and totally unsatisfying experience.
What a disappointment!
posted on 26 Aug 2009This film tells four somewhat interrelated stories in its 138 minutes. Many other movies have tried similar. Viewers who do not like films of that type bemoan oversymplistic plots, or banal dialogue or contrived story lines. This movie fails not just because of those faults, but because it tries so unsuccessfully to avoid them. It aspires to a type of visual literature without enough substance in its construction. In so doing it gives us characters who are not endearing, a complete lack of resolution of its story and an overwhelming feeling of "So What?" at its completion. Babel indeed - many many words, but little meaning or value. Yes there are good points, but the game is not worth the candle.
The Tower of Babel
posted on 24 Aug 2009According to the Bible, the Tower of Babel was a tower built by a united humanity to try to reach the heavens, but as the mythology goes, God was angered by this attempt by humans to think they could reach heaven, and the whole incident somehow led to the development of different races and languages. Certainly, "Babel" has numerous races and languages in it, as it jumps back in forth (and not always chronologically, so watch out for that!) between scenes in Morocco, America, Mexico, and Japan, but why the director Inarritu chose to title his movie "Babel" has never been fully explained to me.Unlike "21 Grams", which I found to be extremely choppy and self-indulgent, I actually thought that elements of "Babel" worked and were weaved together in a more cohesive fashion. For me, the most interesting storyline was that involving the character, Chieko, the Japanese deaf-mute teenager, who although her character was never fully developed, was quite fascinating. The camera-work and sound editing in her sections were outstanding, especially the scene in the Japanese disco.It was a shame that Cate Blanchett's role was so small--she seems almost wasted in her role. Brad Pitt's performance is one of his best--he really looked older and gritty. The only storyline which seemed a little unnecessary was the one involving Brad and Cate's children and their Mexican nanny--some of the things that happened in that storyline seemed over the top and not really connected to the rest of the story lines, except to show that Mexican wedding receptions can be just as cheesy as American wedding receptions.Overall, I enjoyed the movie more than I expected to and did make it all the way until the closing credits, unlike "21 Grams", which my husband and I walked out of when we saw it at the theater a few years ago.
What a disaster
posted on 24 Aug 2009There's only one sin in cinema. It's not making a bad movie---it's making a boring one. There's little to find redeeming in this movie. The plot is plodding, the cinematography is generic, even the music is barely noteworthy. A thin and less-than-intriguing connection to all the characters involved makes this less a movie than an exercise in patience. The unanswered questions (What was the difficulty in the marriage? What was in the note?) are hardly thought-provoking. It seems more of a pretentious affectation. There's no real payoff in this tripe, no real twist that makes it all seem worth the time you'll commit to this film. At the two hour mark, I was begging for an ending or death. I got neither.
Babel
posted on 21 Aug 2009Babel is bound to be one of the most devisive films this year. Its a really made film with excellent performances from the actors involved in it and a complex storyline that didn't feel too melodramatic to hamper its impact. Its also so convoluted that its point will be lost to a lot of people who get bored and give up.
In Morocco a couple with they're marriage in trouble are vacationing when the wife is hit by a stray bullet while riding a tour bus. The shooters are two children gaurding their fathers herd of goat who while bored shoot the rifle their father bartered for from another man. In America the couples nurse maid takes their two children to Mexico in order to attend her son's wedding and end up finding it harder to get back into America carrying someone else's children. And finally in Japan the deaf daughter of the man who owned the gun goes in search of some kind of connection, outcast in her country due to her inability to communicate with others.
Thats a basic plot description. With movies like this unless the writer director spells it out deciphering what the plot can be complicated and usually would be interepreted several different ways so in honor of fairness I'll leave that to those who watch the film. I will admit there are several times in this film that my attention was riveted by great filmmaking. Inarittu is an excellent director who gives even the smaller moments of the film power. He's helped by four excellent performances from Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Adrianna Barza and Rinko Kikuchi who adds the most ammount of weight as the deaf girl. She's the powerhouse of the film who definitely deserves the acclaim and accolades she's reaping.
In the end the films pace will turn a lot people off. There was one scene with the Moroccan children that I personally could have done without. But the film is worth seeing. You might not like it but its better to try an art film than to waste time with a mindless entertainment.
Great film best that Brad Pitt has possibly done
posted on 20 Aug 2009I was luck to see the film at the San Sebastian film festival.It was only after I had attended the press conference for Babel, and heard the comments from members of the press, that I decided to stay up to midnight to watch the next performance of what I can only say was a breathtaking film. I have not been a huge Brad Pitt fan, I do enjoy his movies but they tend to be superficial. Now after Babel I cant wait to see what he will do next. Four stories linked by a Winchester rifle and a single incident on three continents.Brad played a fifty year old man and trying to address problems in his marriage gave a performance that must make him think about becoming more of a serious actor. I would have to say that Yuriko Kikuchi's as a deaf Japanese teenager was stunning.Go see this film it is definitely worth it.
Beautiful.
posted on 20 Aug 2009I tried to find an adjective to describe "Babel" that I could put in my Summary heading, and I came up with 'beautiful' - because I think that that word can sum up what a powerful, gripping, well made, and moving film this is.Let me say first of all what I think most people like to hear about movies - this film is by no means boring AT ALL. It grips you from the first scene to the last.Furthermore, "Babel" is well made. I don't know where to start. The cinematography, the direction, the acting, the editing - are all wonderful. However, if there are two things that really shined for me in this movie it was...1. The performance by Adriana Barraza. How many films has she been in? 6 or 7? All I can say is wow. Amazing. If she does not win best supporting actress I will be very upset.2. The music. The music is incredible. The music almost made me cry...and I don't cry that often. That isn't to say it is sad...it is just...Wow."Babel" is beautiful. It is moving. It is not moving like a sports movie...it is moving in its own, subtle but deep way.The cast and crew have said that there isn't really a correct way to pronounce "Babel" and as someone said on the message board - that is the point.10/10.
There is a benefit for those who watched it!
posted on 19 Aug 2009For those of you who made the mistake of watching the movie, the benefit is a sincere appreciation for the great 1-star reviews. The effect of reading these reviews after watching the entire movie, almost made the movie worth watching :)
I am very forgiving when watching movies, because I want some entertainment. I can usually force myself to ignore Hollywood's political and social propaganda, dumb love stories and unrealistic plots, along with the typical immorality that seams to be a pre-requisite in anything out of Hollywood.
That being said, if you take away the joy of reading the 1-star reviews, after watching the movie, then Babel is an utter waste :(
If only Inárittu had kept his own message simple!
posted on 18 Aug 2009A grieving American couple (Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett) are holidaying in Morocco when their coach is hit by a stray bullet fired from a rifle belonging to the teenage son (Boubker Ait El Caid) of a local farmer. Meanwhile an immigrant nanny (Adriana Barraza) makes a return to Mexico for her sons wedding with her two young charges illegally in tow. And in Japan, a disturbed deaf-mute adolescent girl (Rinko Kikuchi) trawls the streets and clubs of Tokyo awkwardly seeking a fervent sexual awakening. Alejandro González Inárritu's Oscar contender Babel is a strange work. A multi-stranded contemplation on language barriers and cultural prejudices set audaciously across three continents. Four far-reaching tales spun (somewhat haphazardly) around a single gunshot. Mechanics-wise, Babel is almost flawless; a better edited film has not been seen all year and the photography is stunning. From the unforgiving plains of Morocco through the tawdry, tequila fuelled wedding party in Guadalupe to the neon emblazoned city-scape of Tokyo, cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto captures both mankind and nature at its most beautiful and its most desolate. Similarly, the use of sound is almost as pristine. On top of this, the acting is exemplary from a wide ranging ensemble cast. Pitt, in the grips of despair, displays a gravitas that has only been hinted at in the past. El Caid shows a maturity way beyond his years. Barraza cuts a tragic figure as the nanny whose conflicted maternal instincts (and a bitingly loco Gael Garcia Bernal) drive her towards her fate. As the isolated teen grasping for male attention through increasingly self-degrading acts of exposure, Kikuchi is nothing short of a revelation. So where does it all go wrong? Lacking the startling vibrancy of Amores Perros and the gut-wrenching emotional body-blows of 21 Grams, Babel is modern cinema of biblical pretensions rendered partially impotent by an infuriatingly detached script that piles contrivance upon ludicrous contrivance until it buckles under its own self-important weight. As the stories continue to run parallel, the tenuous point of contact between the stories lends a jarringly absurd tone to the weighty proceedings. An unnecessary and slightly burdensome link. Inárittu's determination to illicit a dramatic kick in the last third also backfires. Irrationality and melodrama threaten to overwhelm as the director attempts to slot his pieces into place for their final revelations. The previously restrained, character motivated film lurches in an unwelcome tangent as if all before it were a charade. A sense of desperation enters proceedings and, although somewhat rescued by the touching closing scene, the damage is unfortunately done. What is left is a jigsaw that doesn't quite fit. Or rather three jigsaws that simply do not go together. Each strand engages on their own specific terms yet the cohesion between them is simply lacking and feels forced and ultimately diminishes from the whole. Which is a shame as Babel clearly had a lot to say both on international barriers/relations and upon our isolation and lack of understanding in a World of technology and, ironically, communication. If only Inárittu had just kept his own message simple!
Forced and Underwhelming
posted on 16 Aug 2009I had heard mixed reviews on this film, but I figured I would enjoy it. I expected to find it at least emotionally exhausting, with maybe some interesting points of view for discussion. I also really liked the director's other films, "21 Grams," and "Amores Perros." But "Babel" never amounts to much. It gives us random stories, with supposedly interesting characters, that have forced histories and conclusions.We have the Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett couple, traveling in Morocco. Blanchett explains that the couple had a newborn die recently, probably of SIDS. This doesn't appear heartbreaking or real--it's just another back-story, a "so this baggage explains our current mood and want to escape" revelation. I never felt like I knew much about the couple at all. They're just another plot device with a back-story. Why do people think this is Pitt's best performance ever? The couple's story involves Blanchett getting shot at random in Morocco, yet still the movie never feels urgent. We know too little about this couple to care whether or not she'll make it.Then there is the couple's illegal alien maid back at home, watching over their children. The character is a saint, and so are the children. That's all she is, a saint, another by-the-numbers character.The young Japanese girl has a more involving story, but it doesn't feel any less contrived. She's deaf, mute, has an attitude, her mother died, she has a strained and distant relationship with her father and she's sexually frustrated. I don't understand why the makers of this movie thought the character's sexual frustration made her more complex, interesting, or unique--she's not much different from any other (somewhat exhibitionist) girl her age. And I can't believe that young males would shun her because she's deaf, when she's cute and obviously willing. When we learn about the true reason behind her mother's death, the movie starts to feel like we're watching "Lost" episode flashbacks. The film is a group of stories that have back-stories we've seen in movies and on television more often than they happen in real life. The director seems to love the idea of having the audience wonder how these random stories could be related. When we do find out how, with a photograph, even the photo appears to have been doctored.The film's political messages are underwhelming. They aren't completely clear and don't have much fire to them. We are supposed to feel for the couple's maid, as she is stopped at the border by immigration officials. I didn't see any reason why her nephew would step on the gas and try to flee--it felt very forced. This leads to the tragedy of her spending the night with the kids in the desert and walking around for an hour or so the next morning--big deal. We later learn that she is illegal and will be deported. This is really only an afterthought, which has nothing to do with the movie (oh, BTW--she's ILLEGAL. And she loves the children. And she will be deported--how tragic!) The rest of the other political messages are unconvincing. Terrorism is just American paranoia? Moroccans and the Moroccan government care deeply about punishing their own who hurt Americans? Director Alejandro González Iñárritu seems to have been in a rush to make this film with gimmicky plots, back-stories, and irrelevant political messages. Grade: C+
Copycats in Hollywood
posted on 16 Aug 2009I'll start off by admitting that this movie has some sort of entertaining value. But still, we've seen it before.So, if you haven't seen Traffic and Crash you won't agree with - go see Traffic and Crash. The plot in these three movies are not equal, but the concept is. That's what makes me sick; Hollywood keeps re-running a winning strategy and this is one of many examples that this is true.But still, this film is not Bad. My low grade on this is based on the deja vú feeling it gave me when watching. You'll definitely find it amusing in case you haven't seen the ones above.So my conclusion is that this film is not necessary to see nor discussing just to warn about. Go see Traffic or / and Crash instead. Same same, but different!
Six degrees
posted on 15 Aug 2009Babel is a `six degrees of separation' film in which a single, small event in Morocco touches lives not only in Morocco but as far away as Japan, Mexico and America. The traumatic stories unfolding at each location are otherwise unrelated to each other and are depicted in the very different styles of film-makers in those locations. The result is like seeing three different, interleaved foreign movies based on the same theme--that horrendous events anywhere have the effect of stripping back the layers of falseness and irrelevance we build into our lives, leaving us with what is true and real. I loved the multi-national backgrounds and thought the acting and direction were superb. However, it's not a film for those looking for an uncomplicated story told in a familiar idiom. It's demanding on several levels--a sophisticated, contemporary movie.
ambitious and filled with dramatic power, and if only it could all come together as a whole
posted on 14 Aug 2009Alejandro Gonzalez-Inarritu is a gifted filmmaker, and I will continue to look for what he has to offer as a director for years to come. Then again such a big-time adulatory declaration could have also been made after seeing his first film, Amores Perros (which, for my money, is still my favorite). I mention this though because him and his writer Giullermo Arriaga are worthy of their films being dissected and criticized as art and not just throwaway dramatic pieces. In the case of Babel, there was a good deal I did like and get engrossed by, while at the same time not finding it to be completely satisfying. The very over-used statement 'the parts are greater than the whole' is sort of an understatement in the case of Babel. Here, four stories interlock (not confusingly this time and without a real emotional connection like 21 Grams) with the sort of running vein of children and parents (sometimes parents anyway), and how all end up in downward spirals in one way or another. The stories are set in Mexico, Japan, and Morocco- two of them there, where they most connect involving a goat herder's two sons who accidentally shoot at a bus, striking a woman played by Cate Blanchett. As her husband (Brad Pitt) frantically tries to find help in a small village, Inarritu cuts between that and the story of the daughter of the man who originally gave into possession the gun to the Moroccan (Japan), and with the story of Pitt/Blanchett's character's kids, who are taken under no alternative down to Mexico for a wedding.All of this has potential, and a lot of it is tapped. There is only some bits I could complain regarding the Cannes-winning direction (mostly in the over-use of montage, and a particularly tedious and flawed scene in a dance-club that the character in Japan goes in), yet that to me is probably the overall strongest part of what makes Babel watchable and somewhat remarkable. In fact, there are at least a few, if not several, single shots and scenes via the camera-work that are very close to stunning. The acting is something else that comes to mind as being noteworthy, with Pitt not letting his face look as dashing and usually-Hollywood handsome as usual, and going into a fully focused turn as a man in total panic that wipes away anything uneasy he had with his wife. There's even a great scene between the two of them that involves many a tear shed, but it never feels false. And the actress who played the Japanese girl, albeit in a sort of constricted role (we get it, she's blind and a bit nuts), is very able to fill the character with a good deal of sympathy from the audience. There's a real good sense of the ensemble working well off each other too. Its in the storytelling, and the unevenness of the stories, that end up making Babel as frustrating as it is fascinating. On the one hand, one could say that the Japanese story is only loosely and superficially connected with the Moroccan goat-herder storyline, however with some of the very best scenes in the film, like with the detective and the girl in the apartment (the story has its ups and down, but felt possibly like it could be a superb short film if on its own). But on the other hand, a story that seems like it would make much more sense to have it connected with the rest of the picture- the Mexican babysitter's crisis with the children following the wedding- comes off more contrived and too illogical for disbelief. Unlike with another recent film with a kind of spider-web of story lines and characters, Crash, there isn't the sense that the filmmakers are beating you over the head with a particular message- aside from, possibly, to take care of your children and each other, which is a little too sappy to think of. But the same sense that there's something messy to the structure is felt as well, at least for me. Many times I did feel an emotional connection to the characters, and the actors playing them, but with such a loose organizing principle, and other minor liabilities in the direction and musical score, it felt a little overwhelming. Come awards time I wouldn't be surprised if it garnered up a good load of nominations, and on some fronts its worthy. And if once the film gets played on TV I would love to check out certain scenes and moments again. That I wouldn't feel too much of a desire to sit through it again too soon from start to finish though is an unfortunate feeling I got once leaving the theater, seeing a powerhouse almost overwork itself with narrative lapses of reason. I recommend it, but not as strongly as I wish I could.
Babel is a good movie but something is missing.
posted on 13 Aug 2009Babel is a movie based on a series of misunderstandings, and links the unfortunate circumstances of a Moroccan, an American, a Mexican and a Japanese family all through a rifle. A Moroccan family gets a rifle to protect their goats. The father lets his 2 sons use it while he runs errands. They want to see if the rifle can really shoot as far as they were told. They practice by shooting at the tiny cars below the hill that they are on. The youngest brother ends up hitting an American woman, on a bus tour with her husband. By the time the press gets a hold of the story they label the incident as a "terrorist attack". The same couple's children are being taken care of by their caretaker. The caretaker decides to take the kids to Mexico to attend her son's wedding. On their way back in to the U.S they face a few problems when it is discovered the women has been living in the U.S. as an illegal alien. A Japanese father is having trouble communicating with his deaf teenage daughter. The girl has been craving human affection ever since the death of her mother. All the stories are linked by the rifle. All this probably sounds confusing but in the end it will all make sense. Brad Pitt and Rinko Kikuchi who plays the Japanese girl give great performances. BRAD PITT gives his best performance only after FIGHT CLUB. The only thing I did not like about this movie was the ending, which left me wanting to know more. This is a great film but not an amazing one. Babel is up against The Departed for this years Best Picture Awards at the Oscars. I enjoyed this film but to me The Departed was a better movie and will most likely take home Best Picture Oscar.
Rubbish, boring, and culturally ignorant too
posted on 12 Aug 2009I was expecting good things from this movie given the reviews I had read, however, this film was terrible in my opinion. Not only was it extremely slow and boring, but I found it completely degrading towards non-Americans. Who on earth researched for this movie??? Have they any idea what life is like outside North America?? Typical Hollywood ignorance and racial stereotyping...Most of the scenes and content in this movie were completely unnecessary, and the movie was far too long and drawn out as result. As for the soundtrack - I have never heard a more depressing suicidal theme.You can tell that the director thinks he is clever, but really the movie fails to impress on all levels.
babel
posted on 31 Aug 2009Yet another excellent movie!! This movie is unusual because not only does the action take place overseas, there is a sub-plot that starts in the US and ends in Mexico. Really gritty, lots of action.