Berlin Babylon
Media Luna Entertainment | Release Date: October 17, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
Babylon is about architecture as a balm, and this is a particularly good time for such a film. Read full review
80
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
To many eyes, Berlin was the saddest city in 20th-century Europe, divided and lost, and as city symphonies go, Siegert's is pragmatic and optimistic. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneJohn Petrakis
This film would be an excellent companion piece to Wim Wenders' "Wings of Desire," which deals with angels looking down on this scarred city. Berlin Babylon isn't nearly as lush, but in its own curious way, it's every bit as spiritual. Read full review
63
New York PostJonathan Foreman
Moves at a leisurely pace, and it cries out for a narrator or even just an organizing principle. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
The voices of the architects, developers, public officials and contractors here discussing the specifics of particular sites, we're hearing the voices of a conflicted nation as it considers how to handle its tumultuous past while defining itself for future generations. Read full review
60
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
The film's deep, precise colors, which look like they belong in a Peter Greenaway movie, are Berlin Babylon's first major surprise. The second is how watchable it is, given its obsessive focus on buildings. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Unfortunately the film never establishes either a perspective of its own or a coherent geography of the city, so the politicians pontificating at ceremonies and architects commiserating at building sites become deadly dull long before the the film exhausts its 88 minutes. Read full review
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