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Babel

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An accident connects four groups of people on three different continents: two young Moroccan goatherds, a vacationing American couple (Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett), a deaf Japanese teen and her father, and a Mexican nanny who takes her young charges across a border without parental permission.
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Critics Consensus

In Babel, there are no villains, only victims of fate and circumstance. Director Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu weaves four of their woeful stories into this mature and multidimensional film.

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Namrata Joshi Outlook Jan 23, 2019
3/4
There are moments when a lot is left unsaid. There's a remarkable stillness and delicacy as the music and images interplay and do all the talking. Go to Full Review Brian Tallerico UGO Mar 24, 2007
The kind of film that will echo deep in your soul. Go to Full Review Mark Holcomb Time Out Feb 3, 2007
2/6
Alejandro González Iñárritu's latest sprawling, dispersed art-film blockbuster prompts a question: Does he just not know how to tell a story? Go to Full Review Josh Slater-Williams Vague Visages Nov 14, 2023
Babel is Crash with delusions of global grandeur; a film that masquerades as a sweeping, humanistic epic, but is instead an ultimately hammy, superficial and miserablist game of connect-the-dots. Go to Full Review Murtada Elfadl Sundays with Cate Mar 4, 2022
B
Blanchett and Pitt are playing a version of the "ugly Americans abroad" trope. The film does not shy away from presenting them as entitled despite the circumstances that they are in. Go to Full Review Catherine Springer CathsFilmForum.com Jul 11, 2021
Unlike Crash, where the characters felt like cartoons and stereotypes, these characters are fleshed out and real, and the performances are first-rate, with a performance from Brad Pitt that is his most mature work. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Mickey B @Mickerdoo Sep 5, 2026 What an interestingly woven mess. Three very magnetic stories pulled together by common threads. A lot of baggage being managed. See more michael C @MichaelC2 Aug 16, 2026 Was really thought provoking. Babel is an excellent film. See more Fran F @RT88516516 May 26, 2026 I watched it because I love cate blanchett but it was overall too graphic violently for me and just sad. It's a part of the world that I never want to visit and breaks my heart to see such poverty and despair. Little kids running around with guns and it just was not a feel good movie. I had the feeling it was going to be like that but again I love cate blanchett. I recently saw her in Missing with Tommy Lee Jones as well because I also love him! The same thing. But she is one tough actress!! See more Andrea S @dreaaaaa Feb 25, 2026 Got Brad Pitt to get views, unnecessary sex scenes and it only has some meaning if you create it yourself. Basically soft porn trying to be deep See more Anderson A @Anderson47474 Feb 13, 2026 Dos melhores filmes do Brad Pitt apesar da atuação da japonesa e a mexicana ofuscarem dele, filme todo interligado através de um rifle e mostra como cada cultura trata as situações, cena na menina e o pai na varanda é a mais emocionante. 8.7 See more Pamela C. @pamakarma Jan 11, 2026 Great movie...how we are all connected, but at the same time we are all apart, separated by language and distance. This shows humans at their best...and their worst. See more Read all reviews
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Alejandro González Iñárritu

Director

Brad Pitt

Richard

Cate Blanchett

Susan

Gael García Bernal

Santiago

Kôji Yakusho

Yasujiro

Adriana Barraza

Amelia

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Synopsis An accident connects four groups of people on three different continents: two young Moroccan goatherds, a vacationing American couple (Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett), a deaf Japanese teen and her father, and a Mexican nanny who takes her young charges across a border without parental permission.
Director
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Producer
Steve Golin, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik
Screenwriter
Guillermo Arriaga
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Paramount Vantage, Zeta Film, Central Films, Paramount Pictures, Media Rights Capital (MRC), Dune, StudioCanal, Anonymous Content
Rating
R (Sexual Content|Language|Some Drug Use|Some Graphic Nudity|Violence)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 10, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 15, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA)
$34.3M
Runtime
2h 22m
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