Babylon (2022) | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

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A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, Babylon traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.

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Babylon's overwhelming muchness is exhausting, but much like the industry it honors, its well-acted, well-crafted glitz and glamour can often be an effective distraction.

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Babylon has some entertaining moments and its ambition is impressive, but the movie's chaotic and disjointed execution makes it difficult to really enjoy.

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David Stratton

The Australian

Attempts to out-Fellini Fellini are regrettable and for much of its length Babylon is an unsubtle and indigestible mess so that despite all the talent involved and the fascinating subject matter, it must be seen as something of a disaster.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jan 27, 2023

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

Subtle it is not. Nor is it good.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 23, 2023

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

Chazelle’s film commemorates the era’s hubris as it indulges in a bit of its own. This is how a world ends. Not with a whimper but a great deal of banging, baby. And vomiting. And snorting.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 21, 2023

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

Ultimately a condemnation of the Hollywood machine that crushes everyone with equitable cruelty and an ode to the innovative artistry and ineffable magic of the movies, whose siren call continues to lure audiences & filmmakers alike towards its warm glow.

Feb 13, 2024

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Manik Sharma

Firstpost

Babylon isn't all bust, or even unwatchable, it is just overlong, overindulgent with nary a care...

Jan 25, 2024

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Nicolás Medina

Montevideo Portal / Latido Beat

Babylon is provocative, but, at the same time, it highlights what almost serves as a thematic watermark in Chazelle's filmography: choosing success often means choosing suffering or torture. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 7/10

Dec 19, 2023

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First name L I counted five people walking out; my patience was abused by this one. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/05/24 Full Review Aaron This movie held my attention the whole entire time. I did not look at my phone once nor leave for a bathroom break. The movie was just too good Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Michael Inside Babylon exists a wonderful and illuminating story about the dawn of modern filmmaking and its transition from talkies. Unfortunately, the writer and director (Damien Sayre Chazelle) never got or heeded the memo about killing darlings through bold editing. His insistence on adding gratuitous scenes that stray from the central theme, trying to out-Tarantino Tarantino with distractions about the depraved underbelly of the times, taints what otherwise could have been a pretty damn good film. The storyline deserved better (and less than three hours and nine minutes on the screen). Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Pamila Great performances, Especially Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, and Brad Pitt. Good story, a bit tragic. Cinematography is amazing. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Dont Waster Your Time Terrible. There was no story and its three and a half hours long. Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Darin L I loved it. Robbie was perfect, Pitt is always 100% right for his part. I loved 20’s Hollywood. Well made. I hate DC and Marvel, finally something for the adults at the movies… Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Damien Chazelle Director Brad Pitt Jack Conrad Margot Robbie Nellie LaRoy Diego Calva Manny Torres Jean Smart Elinor St. John Jovan Adepo Sidney Palmer

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Babylon: Official Clip - Fighting on Set