Review of BABEL

BABEL - STORY: A gun given as a gift of thanks by a Japanese hunter in Morocco embroils a Moroccan family, a deaf-mute Japanese girl, an illegal alien Mexican nanny overseeing American kids and an American tourist and wife in a mess to sort out and fix due to a terrible gun accident.
BABEL - MESSAGES: Actions have consequences. Guns kill and it is the responsible person who destroys them. Our planet is so small that international repercussions travel fast, like ripples from a stone dropped in a pond. Face things, don't run away from them or your past mistakes will catch up with you.
BABEL - WIN: The characters seemed true to their emotional level. The media and gossipmongers are willing to spout unverified information. The cultural customs seemed very true to form, from what I know. The person shot had internal turmoil about something they did wrong in the past that resulted, possibly, in a loss of life, which made them prone to thinking themself unworthy of living. There were a lot of characters doing what they felt they needed to do to survive in a harsh world, trying to make good choices. Showed drugs make people not be themselves.
BABEL - LOSE: Sort of promotes the drug/sex culture of teens in a big city. And sexual perversion of a child in a remote area. Decries gun use, without decrying the real cause of the accident, which was irresponsibility of the father to adequately teach his sons gun safety, unwillingness of the older brother to insist his brother be ethical if that meant telling on him and subsequently participating in something unethical, and the failure of the younger son to be ethical on his own. He is old enough to know not to shoot towards people.
BABEL - EFFECT ON ME: Made me feel more connected with the rest of the world, and made me want to take actions that make a positive impact all over. It reinforced my feeling that there needs to be more awareness in the people of earth that we are all spiritual at the core, so we treat each other in a kinder, more kindred way.
Sincerely,
Becky Mate
Script Consultant
www.virtueinthearts.com