BABEL Film Review - 21/1/07

I don't know what is more depressing? Watching this awful depressing film or it's vile subject matter. Not only is it an unrepentant bitter film about people making wrong choices and decisions it actually seems to wallow in it's despondency. Incredibly dull and slow with no redeeming points this dire mish-mash of time delayed film sequences flits from scene to scene in no order and is excruciating to watch. I sat there cringing as things got worst and the tales that were intertwined just dragged on and on. People being brutal to each other (in different ways) seems to be what this tale of miscommunication and misunderstanding is about hence the title "Babel" where instead of listening; people seem to jump at any slight, in atrocious ways. Horrible film - Horrible. I was expecting an intelligent drama and some entertainment - Not so with this dire film.