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By James O'ehley (345) for SA Movie & DVD Magazine (28) on 08 Jan 2007

When bad things happen to stupid people, are we supposed to care…

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By Jordan Hiller (219) for Bangitout.com (219) on 31 Dec 2006

The fact that someone was so inspired by our pathetic and pitiable inability to communicate with our fellow man to craft a film with that message…

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By David N. Butterworth (570) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 30 Dec 2006

Babel is a well-intentioned -- and finely acted -- tower of power that might have worked better had its theme of universal communication difficulties…

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By Kam Williams (1,272) for BlackFilm.com (211) on 28 Dec 2006

Feelbad experiences abound in modern morality play…

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By Urban Cinefile Critics (1,069) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 14 Dec 2006

Actions, reactions and consequences are the themes of Babel, an intense and gripping drama that explores the closely connected chain of humanity…

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By Lisa Johnson (11) for FilmStew.com (638) on 08 Dec 2006

Iñárritu not only tries to pull the heart strings with children weeping; there's also the completely gratuitous side story about Asian teens…

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By Gina Carbone (187) for Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) (187) on 02 Dec 2006

Looking back, there are so many moments of beauty in Babel, mostly born of frustration and empathy with these characters. So why doesn't it connect…

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By Rex Roberts (125) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 01 Dec 2006

Earnest to a fault and depressing beyond reason, the film is unrelenting in its attempts to wrap the world in a shroud of fatalism…

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By Forrest Hartman (372) for Reno Gazette-Journal (441) on 30 Nov 2006

Babel is arresting thanks to the complexities of the storytelling and Inarritu's deft ability to massage the audience…

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By Mark R. Leeper (892) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 29 Nov 2006

This is a moving but very downbeat film. The stories do not add up to much other than to say that bad things happen…

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By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 21 Nov 2006

A collection of often powerful scenes in search of something grand to say…

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By Christopher Smith (624) for Bangor Daily News (Maine) (624) on 20 Nov 2006

If you know and love the work of Mexican-born director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, you understand going into his films that you must do so…

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By Ross Anthony (612) for Hollywood Report Card (612) on 20 Nov 2006

Bleak, edgy, hyper-real. Purposely depleted of warm colors. Pitt and Blanchett only appear intermittently (and not terribly dynamically)…

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By Susan Tavernetti (105) for Palo Alto Weekly (965) on 18 Nov 2006

Babel doesn't snap pieces of a plot puzzle together to satisfy a viewer. It's not that kind of a film…

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By Donald Munro (227) for Fresno Bee (603) on 16 Nov 2006

Riveting and eloquent. One of the year's best…

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By Robert Roten (1,865) for Laramie Movie Scope (1,865) on 15 Nov 2006

Similar in tone to Iñárritu's earlier film, 21 Grams, but not as effective…

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By Ken Hanke (2,234) for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (2,247) on 15 Nov 2006

A film that's more to be admired than liked, more to be thought about than felt…

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By Steven Snyder (233) for Zertinet Movies (219) on 15 Nov 2006

It's a complicated film, and at times a convoluted story, which is held together by its impressive array of performances…

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By Steve Rhodes (1,488) for Internet Reviews (1,487) on 14 Nov 2006

The lethargically paced Babel alternates between being kind of boring to being mildly interesting…

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By Thomas Delapa (487) for Boulder Weekly (487) on 14 Nov 2006

If Crash drove you to distraction, then thou best stay away from Babel, this year's towering exercise in socio-political-psycho babble…

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