Babel

Audience Reviews

View All (1000+) audience reviews

Torin F BABEL is a critically-acclaimed film of interconnection, skillfully portraying four disparate storylines with interest, sensitivity and consistent character-driven engagement. All storylines dissolve in overt tragedy and/or sadness, however, which fulfills the expected cinematic "resolution" of the film's "ending," but leaves lingering "so what?" questions about the point of it all, and thereby carries at least a faint whiff of emotional manipulation. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 12/01/24 Full Review Audience Member This is unquestionably an art film, but I hesitate to call it entertainment. It is akin to a composer using 12-tone dissonance to prove his understanding of music theory. The alleged intent of the movie is to create empathy for culture clashes and communication failures and the human lives caught in between. As much as I really wanted to see this film, I just felt myself growing angrier and angrier at the contrivance and lack of purpose and balance in the plot. It simply wasn't fair. So many negatives were stacked together to make the unthinkable sequence of events and consequences, it simply felt academic and false. Life isn't this bleak, hopeless, and dark. Nothing good happens in the story. Nothing. No one ends up with anything but desolation and ruins of what had been happy lives. This is the high brow version of Eric Cartman crapping in the porta-toilet on the girls hiding there, and then reporting that they were hiding in there. Don't watch this movie. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/31/24 Full Review KB B This was such a compelling film that was so sad at times. I watched it many years ago and couldn't remember very much so I gave it another view. I really liked how the 3 stories slightly intertwined. It's definitely worth the watch. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/19/24 Full Review Erin C Full of stereotypes, unrealistic and unanswered connections, and an unnecessarily (uncomfortable) amount of lewd scenes with minors. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/27/24 Full Review Shioka O Decent film. Rethinking the way we live in the global society. Maybe these linking fates are unrealistic and overwhelming, but it's gripping from start to end because acting and filming direction are over the top. It's from 2006, I realised that how much technology and ways of communication have been developed since then! Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/23/24 Full Review Miguel F - el inicio y presentacion no me transmite, hasta que disparan a la mujer - incio calmado no se si bueno o malo - sin mas, explica historias cruzadas pero nada del otro mundo - que se iba a liar con la mejicana y los niños se iban a quedar tirados estaba cantado, no impacta - la historia de la japo la mas intrigante - no entiendo a la policia acribillando a los chavales y el padre, es muy random motivando que ellos disparen - muy forzado que el mejicano huya, no escondia nada, solo estaba algo borracho, pero no como para tener que huir - lo unico que impacta es los niños desaparecidos en el desierto, que luego aparecen sin que ni te lo enseñen y asi como si nada Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/24 Full Review Read all reviews

Babel

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Most Popular at Home Now