In review: Babel
November 10, 2006 by Joanne Brokaw
Babel
(Paramount Vantage)
Starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, Kôji Yakusho, Rinko Kikuchi, Adriana Barraza, Boubker Aït el Caïd, Said Tarchani, Elle Fanning
Rated R for violence, some graphic nudity, sexual content, language and some drug use
Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga
Reviewed by Joanne Brokaw
In “Babel”, an American woman on vacation with her husband is shot by a Moroccan teenage boy using a gun previously owned by a Japanese businessman with a deaf and sexually frustrated daughter, leaving the American’s Mexican nanny with no choice but to take their kids to Mexico for the day so she can attend her son’s wedding. While the stories of all of these people are all connected, there isn’t really a point to telling any of them. Each on its own could have been developed nicely, but together it’s a mish mash of confusion, which I suppose might be the point, given the title. But if the point is to just make a pointless, confusing mess then why even bother? Recommendation: skip this one altogether.
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