Meandering script lets Babel down

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu made his name with 21 Grams, and in Babel (Paramount, €24.99) he teams up with screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga to produce a heady and somewhat baffling work.

Fri, 18 May, 2007 - 20:57

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu made his name with 21 Grams, and in Babel (Paramount, €24.99) he teams up with screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga to produce a heady and somewhat baffling work.

Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Gael Garcia Bernal head a large cast which seeks to connect four events (in four languages) around the world with a gun.

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