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May 27, 2008
Babel (2006)
Should I see it?
No.
Short Review: C'mon, who doesn't love a bunch of millionaires telling us how crappy the world is? Sounds like fun.



The film opens with a boy masturbating after seeing his sister naked and then the piece actually manages goes south from there. Alejandro González Iñárritu's smug and unpleasant work proves that being critically acclaimed doesn't necessarily mean you've made something worth seeing. Much like his previous film 21 Grams, which I recommend, this effort weaves a chain of seemingly unrelated events into one narrative mash. Also like 21 Grams, this film seems completely unaware how self-important it is. This feels less like a movie and more like a rambling lecture where the speaker isn't making any sense but darn it, when they find a point, they mean it!


Related Reviews:
Other self-important movies
North Country (2005)
The Constant Gardner (2005)


Other Critic's Reviews:
In Film Australia
Cinema without Borders


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posted by Michelle Obama's Left Nut at 6:43 PM




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2 Comments:

Anonymous pgepps said...

yeah, I wanted to like this movie, wanted to like the good things it was doing, had to admit it pulled off some good scenework, but ...

I mean, ...

I just ...

What were they thinking?

Bear in mind, I taught in a Japanese girl's school for 2yrs.

May 28, 2008 at 3:44 AM  
Anonymous Scott Nehring said...

You must have been driven crazy by this film.

I knew the thing was in trouble with the opening with the brother and sister. Just because things happen in this world doesn't mean they need to be documented on film and just because one shows them doesn't make them meaningful or artistic.

May 28, 2008 at 7:48 AM  

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