Initially intending to watch something else, we ended up deciding to watch Babel. It won Golden Globe and Cannes awards, so it was a natural choice to view on the big screen.
The film revolves around 4 separate storylines. For Brad Pitt’s story, he and his wife are on a vacation in Morocco when an accident happens with the tourists. There is also a story about a Moroccan family (revolving around the kids) who recently purchased a gun to aid in goat herding, some American children under the care of a Mexican helper, and a deaf/mute Japanese girl. Somehow, the different stories are related, similar to how the different stories of Crash are related.
Actually, the whole thing feels like Crash, the tone and mood is like Crash, and so is the level of seriousness. It shows a lot of reality of how things can go wrong in different cultures, and yet how they are all interrelated (not exactly in the same way as how they are interrelated in the storylines, but more of how they are interrelated because of their common relationships with certain cultures). It does a pretty good job in showing what could happen given the situations they got themselves into.
It’s good watch, but personally I can’t say that it was fantastic. If you liked Crash, you’ll most likely like Babel.
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