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Babel (2006)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   B Source Brief Review Grade* Atlanta Journal-Constitution Eleanor Ringel Gillespie "Well-meaning twaddle." more... C   Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington "...it sweeps you along in a tide of cinematic energy and high-voltage drama." more... A- E! Online Luke Y. Thompson "...a towering bore." more... C   Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum "Measured in anything other than biblical cubits, the sum of Babel's many parts turns out to be a picture that suggests Americans ought to stay home and treat their nannies better." more... B- filmcritic.com Chris Barsanti "In striving to recreate the chaotic din of a God-cursed global humanity, it succeeds only in making noise." more... C- Hollywood Reporter Ray Bennett "...an emotionally shattering drama..." more... A   New York Post Lou Lumenick "...towering dramatic achievement..." more... A   New York Times A. O. Scott "The sheer sensory exuberance of the film at once subverts the fatalism of its story and lends it whatever credibility it has." more... B- ReelViews James Berardinelli "It's a compelling tale, one that delineates how small mistakes and lapses in judgment can have tragic consequences." more... A- Rolling Stone Peter Travers "Pitt, raw and emotionally bruised, gives his most mature and moving performance to date." more... A   San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle "...an experiment that fizzles." more... C   Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold "...only a moderate success." more... B- USA Today Claudia Puig "...may be the most ambitious movie of the year..." more... A- * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)