
Four interlocking stories connected by a single gun converge at the end to reveal a complex and tragic story of the lives of humanity around the world and how we truly aren't all that different. In Morocco, a troubled married couple are on vacation trying to work out their differences. Meanwhile, a Moroccan herder buys a rifle for his sons so they can keep the jackals away from his herd. A girl in Japan dealing with rejection, the death of her mother, the emotional distance o... (Full plot summary below)
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Four interlocking stories connected by a single gun converge at the end to reveal a complex and tragic story of the lives of humanity around the world and how we truly aren't all that different. In Morocco, a troubled married couple are on vacation trying to work out their differences. Meanwhile, a Moroccan herder buys a rifle for his sons so they can keep the jackals away from his herd. A girl in Japan dealing with rejection, the death of her mother, the emotional distance of her father, her own self-consciousness, and a disability among many other issues, deals with modern life in the enormous metropolis of Tokyo, Japan. Then, on the opposite side of the world the married couple's Mexican nanny takes the couple's two children with her to her son's wedding in Mexico, only to come into trouble on the return trip. Combined, it provides a powerful story and an equally powerful looking glass into the lives of seemingly random people around the world and it shows just how connected we really are.
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| CinenganosLuis MartinezBabel es más que eso, es contradicción y antítesis, es la obra cumbre y gloriosa de un visionario en un retrato triste y dramático de nuestro mundo. |
| Reno Gazette-JournalForrest HartmanBabel is arresting thanks to the complexities of the storytelling and Inarritu's deft ability to massage the audience. |
| Film Journal InternationalRex RobertsEarnest to a fault and depressing beyond reason, the film is unrelenting in its attempts to wrap the world in a shroud of fatalism. |
| NewsdayJan StuartIf Babel falls an inch or three short of greatness, it's always a great ride. |
| Zertinet MoviesSteven SnyderIt's a complicated film, and at times a convoluted story, which is held together by its impressive array of performances. |
| WaffleMovies.comWillie Waffleone of the most dramatic, exciting and moving films of the year. |
| San Diego Union-TribuneDavid ElliottLong, belabored, terminally solemn despite some vigor, and numbingly sentimental under a tough surface, this is a serpentine coiling of three modestly connected and episodic stories. |
| About.comMarcy DermanskyUnrelentingly, unremittingly sad, excruciatingly painful, all for no valid reason, Alejandro González Iñárritu's Babel is a movie to avoid at all costs. |
| www.susangranger.comSusan GrangerTension-filled and compelling - it's one of the best pictures of 2006! |
| New York PostLou LumenickThis is a serious movie overflowing with memorable acting, unforgettable images, searing tragedy, unexpected humor and an eloquent plea for international understanding. And while it's by no stretch of imagination light entertainment, it's fundamentally a more optimistic work than either "Amores Perros" or "21 Grams." |