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All rights reserved.Babel (2007, HD DVD)
| Movie Description BABEL is the crowning achievement in the trilogy from the unstoppable creative pairing of screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga and director Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu, which also includes AMORES PERROS (2000) and 21 GRAMS (2003). Building upon its predecessors' method of weaving together disparate storylines, BABEL reaches new heights of ambition with a tale that, in the absence of traditional narrative and protagonist, relies on numerous incredible performances to evoke an affecting relevance by framing contemporary issues in very human struggles and mistakes. Richard and Susan (Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett) are a wealthy couple from San Diego who are vacationing in Morocco in order to heal after the death of their young child; their other two children are at home with their Mexican maid, Amelia (Adriana Barraza). In a complex shift of ownership to which the audience is privy, a rifle finds its way into the hands of a local herdsman's young sons (Said Tarchani and Boubker Ait El Caid), who recklessly take a shot at a tour bus and catch Susan in the shoulder, causing her to nearly lose her life. The distraught Richard calls home to tell Amelia of the situation, who promptly departs for Mexico to attend her child's wedding, with Richard and Susan's children in tow. Disaster thus multiplies, with the situation in Morocco ascribed to terrorists in the media, while Amelia meets with the harsh immigration policies of the Bush administration. Meanwhile, in Tokyo, a widower (Koji Yakusho) tied to the rifle in question attempts to deal with his memories and his raucous, promiscuous, deaf daughter (Rinko Kikuchi). Nearly every performance of the film is devastating, offering an intimate, emotional experience that would approach melodrama if it weren't rendered so realistically. Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto's color palette masterfully captures the muted tones of the harsh natural landscapes of Morocco and the Mexican border, as well as the fluorescent lights of Tokyo that denote another, though equally barren, end of the spectrum. The misunderstandings born of cultural, language, and class barriers are on par with those that occur between family members, depicting a world that, while connected in the least expected of ways, is also faced with a deep-seated crisis that threatens to alienate humanity from itself.
Editorial Reviews Box Office - Richard Mowe (07/01/2006) Rolling Stone - Peter Travers (09/07/2006) New York Times - A. O. Scott (10/27/2006) Entertainment Weekly - Lisa Schwarzbaum (11/03/2006) Rolling Stone - Peter Travers (11/02/2006) Total Film - Neil Smith (02/01/2007) Rolling Stone - Peter Travers (12/28/2006) Uncut - Chris Roberts (02/01/2007) Movieline's Hollywood Life - Stephen Farber (11/01/2006) Ultimate DVD - David Richardson (03/01/2007) Awards 2006Academy AwardsBest Original ScoreGustavo Santaolalla | Find errors in the product description? Submit a catalog update request now. | ||||||
Reviews  disapointedReview created: 07/07/08 by: dustymike10 ( 3 )  i really wanted this movie, placed the order and over a week later received a notice that the seller didnt have the product. a refund was issued. Review ID: 10000000007862996 Was this review helpful? Report this review  great sellerI recieved my item fast and it was just like described. The item was new like he/she had said. Thank you Review ID: 10000000007558364 Was this review helpful? Report this review  very goodItem works well. I will buy again from this seller. I received this item in a timely manner and the price was great. Review ID: 10000000007230202 Was this review helpful? Report this review babelReview created: 05/07/08 by: shipped fast !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Review ID: 10000000007053754 Was this review helpful? Report this review SPOILER ALERT2 of 3 people found this review helpful. OK, I slept on this one and overnight it lost a star. I can only give this two stars at the most. My biggest problem is that it is very hard to like anybody in the film. The only people I felt sorry for were the little kids and maybe the deaf mute Japanese girl but even she was annoying. I had no sympathy for the parents whatsoever. They are sitting there whining about losing a baby to SIDS and yet you find out that their kids were raised all the way through by their illegal nanny. So, they lose a kid and instead of getting closer to the two kids they do have they head to Africa? Idiotic. They deserved every little bit of suffering they got. What about the kids with the gun? Should I feel sorry for them and their parents? Not really. I don't care what culture you live in, if you have two crazy kids without brains (and the warning signs should have been obvious) you should NOT give them a gun. No sympathy here. The Nanny? Oh, come on. No sympathy whatsoever. She's lived in the United States for 13 years and she doesn't have enough cultural common sense to know that you don't take American kids across the border without permission. I disliked the parents even more after I found that they left their kids not only with a nanny...but an idiot nanny. I really gave this one a chance but after digesting it I realize that it doesn't deserve one Review ID: 10000000003554492 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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