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Babel

Play trailer 2:22 Poster for Babel R Released Nov 10, 2006 2h 22m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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An accident connects four groups of people on three different continents: two young Moroccan goatherds, a vacationing American couple (Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett), a deaf Japanese teen and her father, and a Mexican nanny who takes her young charges across a border without parental permission.
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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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Namrata Joshi Outlook There are moments when a lot is left unsaid. There's a remarkable stillness and delicacy as the music and images interplay and do all the talking. Rated: 3/4 Jan 23, 2019 Full Review Brian Tallerico UGO The kind of film that will echo deep in your soul. Mar 24, 2007 Full Review Mark Holcomb Time Out Alejandro González Iñárritu's latest sprawling, dispersed art-film blockbuster prompts a question: Does he just not know how to tell a story? Rated: 2/6 Feb 3, 2007 Full Review Josh Slater-Williams Vague Visages Babel is Crash with delusions of global grandeur; a film that masquerades as a sweeping, humanistic epic, but is instead an ultimately hammy, superficial and miserablist game of connect-the-dots. Nov 14, 2023 Full Review Murtada Elfadl Sundays with Cate Blanchett and Pitt are playing a version of the "ugly Americans abroad" trope. The film does not shy away from presenting them as entitled despite the circumstances that they are in. Rated: B Mar 4, 2022 Full Review Catherine Springer CathsFilmForum.com Unlike Crash, where the characters felt like cartoons and stereotypes, these characters are fleshed out and real, and the performances are first-rate, with a performance from Brad Pitt that is his most mature work. Jul 11, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Nicola R Absolutely hated this movie. Saw it in theaters and walked out about half an hour in. Tried it again at home, still despised it. Don't bother. Just don't. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/19/25 Full Review thiago s Filme mais ou menos, o roteiro é fraco, o filme tem cenas mais ou menos, a história é fraca, o elenco é mais ou menos e ninguém melhora o filme, os personagens sao fracos, e faltou muitas cenas para o filme ser bom. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/27/25 Full Review Agnes K Słaby… mało zajmujące historie. Tylko tych biednych chłopców żal… Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/20/25 Full Review Zuri sadai L De las mejores películas al nivel de y tú mamá también Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/26/25 Full Review Audience Member Felt horrible. My gen-z brain was waiting for a happy end but no. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/25 Full Review 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 out of 5 stars 12/01/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Alejandro González Iñárritu

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Brad Pitt

Richard

Cate Blanchett

Susan

Gael García Bernal

Santiago

Kôji Yakusho

Yasujiro

Adriana Barraza

Amelia

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Synopsis An accident connects four groups of people on three different continents: two young Moroccan goatherds, a vacationing American couple (Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett), a deaf Japanese teen and her father, and a Mexican nanny who takes her young charges across a border without parental permission.
Director
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Producer
Steve Golin, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik
Screenwriter
Guillermo Arriaga
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Paramount Vantage, Zeta Film, Central Films, Paramount Pictures, Media Rights Capital (MRC), Dune, StudioCanal, Anonymous Content
Rating
R (Sexual Content|Language|Some Drug Use|Some Graphic Nudity|Violence)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Arabic
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 10, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 15, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA)
$34.3M
Runtime
2h 22m
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