Genre: Comedy, Drama
Directed by Damien Chazell
Produced by Marc Platt, Matthew Plouffe, Olivia Hamilton
Written by Damien Chazelle
Starring: Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo & Li Jun Li.
Cinematography: Linus Sandgren
Edited by Tom Cross
Music by Justin Hurwitz
Production companies: C2 Motion Picture Group, Marc Platt Productions, Wild Chickens Productions, Organism Pictures
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
The plot: Decadence, depravity, and outrageous excess lead to the rise and fall of several ambitious dreamers in 1920s Hollywood.
This was My first movie review of 2023 all in my writing.
The Babylon Movie was quite bad.
Pros: It does show a lot of moments they make fun of how chaotic the film industry is. The set designs are so well put together and Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt respectively were believable in their roles.
Cons: It dragged on too long closer to the end. The storytelling I find it hard to believe what’s happening in the film. My phone didn’t show the best picture and I thought Damien Chazell tried a little too much to make this one work like his previous work.
The Casts & characters:
- Brad Pitt as Jack Conrad, a popular silent film star known for his flamboyant parties
- Margot Robbie as Nellie LaRoy, an aspiring actress and Manny’s love interest
- Diego Calva as Manny Torres, a Mexican-American film assistant who aspires to have a larger role within the film industry
- Jean Smart as Elinor St. John, a sensationalist journalist
- Jovan Adepo as Sidney Palmer, a jazz trumpet player
- Li Jun Li as Lady Fay Zhu, a Chinese-American cabaret singer who also writes intertitles for films
- P. J. Byrne as Max, Ruth’s assistant director
- Lukas Haas as George Munn, a film producer, and Jack’s friend
- Olivia Hamilton as Ruth Adler, a director
- Max Minghella as Irving Thalberg, a studio executive
- Rory Scovel as The Count
- Katherine Waterston as Estelle Conrad, a stage actress, and Jack’s third wife
- Tobey Maguire as James McKay, a mob boss
- Flea as Bob Levine, a studio executive
- Jeff Garlin as Don Wallach, a studio executive
- Eric Roberts as Robert Roy, Nellie’s father
- Ethan Suplee as Wilson
- Samara Weaving as Constance Moore, a rival actress to Nellie
- Olivia Wilde as Ina Conrad, Jack’s ex-wife
- Spike Jonze as Otto, a German film director
- Telvin Griffin as Reggie
- Chloe Fineman as Marion Davies
- Phoebe Tonkin as Jane Thornton
- Troy Metcalf as Orville Pickwick
- Jennifer Grant as Mildred Yates
- Patrick Fugit as Officer Elwood
- Pat Skipper as William Randolph Hearst
- Kaia Gerber as Starlet
- Cyrus Hobby as Footballer
- Karen Bethzabe as Silvia Torres
- Alexandre Chen as James Wong Howe
- John Mariano as Master of Ceremonies
- Mather Zickel as Distribution Executive
- Lewis Tan as a party attendee
- Joe Dallesandro as Charlie the Photographer
- Marc Platt as Producer
I wore this one.
Rating: 2 out of 5 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident film reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe