Film: Babel

Inarritu does it again: a movie with inter-linked stories that come together in tragic yet meaningful ways.

So what's new?

Not much and that's the problem. Mind you, the movie is beautiful, some of the interpretations like that of the Morrocan peasant and his children are mesmerizing, the Japanese story is really well constructed - exceptional moments like the one in the disco with the deaf-mute girl, Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett are not bad at all, etc.

So what's wrong?

Well, it doesn't surprise us and take us to the next level of film-watching like Amores Perros. I also don't think it achieves to punch us in the stomach like 21 grams and that's about it. It is a really good movie, with some extremely well crafted interpretations, with a very sound screenplay, but it just fails to innovate. Better yet, it fails to reach the bar that Inarrity has put on himself with his previous movies.