PETER BRADSHAW reviews BABYLON

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[stephenphillips]

The odd thing about Babylon is that both the praise and the criticisms are all correct. The performances are often remarkable, the set pieces are wild and brilliantly done...and yet (as Peter says) it claims to pull back the curtain on Hollywood but pulls its punches over anything really nasty. It shows how tough movie making can be, either side of the camera; it is is wild, funny and melancholy; there are spectacular images and...well not a lot more. The story doesn't amount to a hill of beans, and I put all that aside when I left the theatre. A missed opportunity.

[GordonKegg]

I had a blast, because it was fun! Over the top trash, was great!

[DSQueenie]

Great review. I think you should find a chair though! 😂

[richardfarland]

As per your lukewarm review, I'll possibly watch this in the background while I'm doing my end of year accounts. I did watch Banshees... and thought it should have been called "In Inisherin" as it was basically his Bruges film transposed to Ireland. Not a bad movie, but plagued by the intrusive deja vu that I'd been on this emotional journey before with the exact same faces. More distracting was the finger cutting as it jarred with the timbre set by the rest of the film. If he wanted to infuse an element of absurdist/black comedy should have found another plot device (or at least interweaved surrealism more deftly in the rest of the story). So maybe 3 stars, not 4 (but if you're going to give Glass Onion 4, then this gets 8!)

[rishwiz]

Black belt movie stars😂😂 Why is that so funny??

[tyrantofmiletus]

I was hoping this would be akin to Hail Caesar! in tone, but it doesn't seem like it

[andrewturley]

Just left the cinema after watching it, good performances & beautiful to look at but i found it a sprawling chaotic mess, predictable and so slight on actual story, we have been here so many times it doesn't do anything new or interesting

[ConradToledo]

Waiting for avatar: the way of the water review....