Babylon

Paramount Pictures | Release Date: December 23, 2022

7.0	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 222 Ratings

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PyrateJul 13, 2023

It has some nice moments here and there, but by God, in a three hours movie those scenes are short and scattered. The whole experience is like watching a party you're not invited to. Neat party tho.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

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fishuFeb 10, 2023

This movie has some good scenes that are amazing on their own but the entirety does not form a cohesive story. You get a sneak peek into 1920's movie industry but that is not enough to keep me glued to the screen for 3 hours. Even Brad PittThis movie has some good scenes that are amazing on their own but the entirety does not form a cohesive story. You get a sneak peek into 1920's movie industry but that is not enough to keep me glued to the screen for 3 hours. Even Brad Pitt can't save this movie and Margot Robbie is playing herself again.… Expand

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GLADIADORJan 21, 2023

Esquisito, estranho, cansativo e com algumas pitadas de humor, babilonia é um filme esquecivel que pode tirar algumas risadas do espectador

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tonysaidFeb 3, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This film had too many gross out scenes for me. The Tobey shock scenes were too much I had to fast forward through those. I did like the plot when it focused on the magic of movies and the Hollywood scene 100 years ago.… Expand

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CarlElmoreJan 3, 2023

If Damien Chazelle hadn't made the masterpieces that are Whiplash and La La Land then I probably would have liked this more but as is, it's kind of disappointing.

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bertobellamyJan 20, 2023

You gotta accept that Damien Chazelle went all the way with this ambitious film. 'Babylon' has big ideas, and it doesn't care if they're uncomfortable, which I appreciate. My problem with it it's that the film gets lost within them. TheYou gotta accept that Damien Chazelle went all the way with this ambitious film. 'Babylon' has big ideas, and it doesn't care if they're uncomfortable, which I appreciate. My problem with it it's that the film gets lost within them. The runtime is also an issue; all the Tobey Maguire stuff is weird and messy. Margot Robbie becomes annoying by the end, and Diego Calva is good, but he can't carry the movie by himself. All in all, a project with some good moments, but not enough to be more engaging.… Expand

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arostislavnaMar 2, 2023

A degenerative film with Margot "flexing her acting chops" by acting like Harleen Quinzel throughout the film.

Some good scenes, fantastic look into how actors can struggle with a scene and the payoff for finally getting it right, and theA degenerative film with Margot "flexing her acting chops" by acting like Harleen Quinzel throughout the film.

Some good scenes, fantastic look into how actors can struggle with a scene and the payoff for finally getting it right, and the costumes & early Hollywood setting pays off.

I have mixed feelings and somehow the current Hollywood has made me dislike film.… Expand

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royalguy07Jan 2, 2023

It had a top level soundtrack and some really great and memorable sequences. That movie montage though near the end that was a big time yikes.

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jamessMar 22, 2023

Let's start by saying Damien Chazelle loves movies. It's apparent in the care and craft in recreating 1920's Hollywood and the fact that he created a three hour long rambling, yet entertaining epic all about the dreamers and schemers of theLet's start by saying Damien Chazelle loves movies. It's apparent in the care and craft in recreating 1920's Hollywood and the fact that he created a three hour long rambling, yet entertaining epic all about the dreamers and schemers of the early days of Hollywood. Diego Calva is our wide-eyed surrogate, who within minutes is covered in elephant dung while delivering the animal to a wild Hollywood orgy/party. Margot Robbie is the wild child willing to do what she can for stardom, and Brad Pitt is the matinee idol leading man. Chazelle is definitely influenced by Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon, a mid-sixties book about scandals of early Hollywood, as the opening party displays. Two sequences stand out, and they both rely on Robbie going all out. Not surprising they are both about the pain and pleasure of movie making. The saloon scene and the scene involving their first sound recording are brilliant scenes, because you get a sense of Chazelle loving the actual work it takes to make a movie. It's Bogdonavich's Nickelodeon mixed with Boogie Nights with a heaping of Singin In The Rain. The fact that the film ends with a montage of clips from Raiders, Tron, Jurassic Park, Terminator 2, which I'm sure Chazelle adored growing up watching (the magic of) movies. He even has a split second shot of a "BABYLON " clapboard to make it more personal. So the movies can ruin the lives of those who make them, but the magic of the movies themselves lives on. Ok Damien, I guess.… Expand

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RalfbergsMar 23, 2023

First 2/3 of this movie for me was quite interesting and then came the last 1/3 when it got quite boring and story went away from its grandness to becoming more different. I think they should've made it a bit less long and also changed theFirst 2/3 of this movie for me was quite interesting and then came the last 1/3 when it got quite boring and story went away from its grandness to becoming more different. I think they should've made it a bit less long and also changed the end part a bit.… Expand

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Onlyclassicvg1Apr 20, 2023

Starring: Brad Pitt, Diego Calva, Eric Roberts, J.C. Currais, Jean Smart, Jimmy Ortega, Katherine Waterston, Li Jun Li, Marcos A. Ferraez, Margot Robbie, Max Minghella, Olivia Wilde, Phoebe Tonkin, Samara Weaving, Shane Powers, Spike Jonze,Starring: Brad Pitt, Diego Calva, Eric Roberts, J.C. Currais, Jean Smart, Jimmy Ortega, Katherine Waterston, Li Jun Li, Marcos A. Ferraez, Margot Robbie, Max Minghella, Olivia Wilde, Phoebe Tonkin, Samara Weaving, Shane Powers, Spike Jonze, Tobey Maguire… Expand

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MetacriticOnurJan 31, 2023

admirable
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adjective
worthy of admiration; inspiring approval, reverence, or affection.

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GemsicleDec 23, 2022

A long, sexual, and offensive flick that I was hoping to be another gem from Damien Chazelle that at least has substance.

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dundoJun 11, 2023

6 stars
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EdgarpovesAug 13, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Spain is not in Mexico is in Europe... Manny said that he immigrated with his family ath the age of twelve from Mexico and after he said that is from Madrid, Spain.. F in Geography… Expand

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Mauro_LanariMar 9, 2023

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The elephant was already placed at the symbolic center of Hollywood in "Good Morning Babilonia", Taviani brothers '87, one of their least successful films. I have no idea how Chazelle could believe himself captivating with the(Mauro Lanari)
The elephant was already placed at the symbolic center of Hollywood in "Good Morning Babilonia", Taviani brothers '87, one of their least successful films. I have no idea how Chazelle could believe himself captivating with the drama of a handful of protagonists and a historical period after havin' portayed them for the first half of the 189 minutes as "putrid and putrescent" (Roberto Manassero). Nostalgic coprophilia and urophilia? Did he want to evoke the unstoppable decline of a depraved and outrageous age by bypassing the magic of identification with anyone who took part in it? Reassuring monologue: "Art is forever". So why get involved in the tragic fate of the actors? Bouncing between immortality and twilight, eternity and transience, he passes from one contradiction to another in an unresolved ambivalence. A virtuosic ode to cinema in theaters as much as the directors mentioned (Kubrick, Spielberg, Cameron, etc.), and if he has resoundingly flopped in his intent, there will be a reason and I hypothesize that the self-referential metacinematographic indulgence attracts yes and no some cinephiles, the "how" will also be amazing while the "what" leaves indifferent and exhausting.… Expand

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