Babel

Saw this when it originally opened back in 2006/7 by accident having failed to make see Last King of Scotland as it sold out five couple in front of us. Fortunatly an American couple behind us said that we should see Babel and on their advice we did.
Stunned was our reaction afterwards and along with Pan's Labyrinth which we saw a few weeks later are still one of my favorite films of all times.
So it was a revisit on BlueRay linked to the stereo last night and proved to be nearly as rewarding as the first time we saw it.
Premise is quite simple in the mode of cause and effect, which Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu and writter Guillermo Arriaga seem to specialise in. (Have to put 21 grams on my films to see shortlist). Shot in Mexico, Japan and Morocco and with at least seven languages mixed into the pot it is an astonshing bit of work. It recieved seven Oscar and seven Bafta nominations and only took best film score in both. And deservedly so.
Even Brad Pitt was good! and Cate Blanchett was equally as convincing in her somewhat restricted roll.
See it.
9.5/10