# ‘Babel’: THR’s 2006 Review

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/babel-thrs-2006-review/
- Published: 2026-10-27T13:16:49+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T06:25:18+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hollywood Reporter
- Original article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/babel-movie-review-2006-brad-pitt-1236740689/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- A shooting links families across four countries.
- The film examines grief and failed communication.
- *Babel* earned seven Oscar nominations and one win.

## Summary

Alejandro González Iñárritu’s *Babel*, released in cinemas in October 2006, follows several families whose lives become entangled after a rifle is fired in the Moroccan desert and a tourist is wounded. The film explores how miscommunication, grief and suspicion can turn a single event into an international crisis.

The story moves across Morocco, the United States, Mexico and Japan, linking six families who mostly do not know one another. Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Gael García Bernal lead the ensemble cast; the film received seven Oscar nominations, including best picture, and won for original score.

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