6.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Babylon (2022)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.6
Overview
A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films to sound films in the late 1920s.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Overview
A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films to sound films in the late 1920s.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
While the film depicts issues often associated with left-leaning critiques, such as industry exploitation and racism, its central thesis is not to promote a specific political ideology or solution. Instead, it offers a grand, melancholic meditation on the nature of art, ambition, and the human cost of creation, balancing its critiques with an apolitical celebration of cinema's enduring magic.
Babylon features intentional and prominent casting of diverse characters, including Mexican-American, Black, and Chinese-American individuals, whose identities are central to their experiences within early Hollywood. The narrative explicitly critiques the racial discrimination and systemic challenges faced by these minority characters, particularly through the compelling storyline of a Black jazz musician navigating a prejudiced industry.
Secondary
Babylon features Lady Fay Zhu, a complex and dignified lesbian/bisexual artist, whose talent and relationships are portrayed with respect. While her arc ends tragically due to external societal pressures and industry changes, the film's empathetic stance affirms the worth of her life and identity, framing her demise as a consequence of intolerance rather than an inherent flaw.
The film "Babylon" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on the early Hollywood era, depicting various forms of excess, ambition, and the transition from silent films to talkies, without engaging with transsexual identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film features a mix of original characters and direct portrayals of historical figures. All historical figures are depicted with their documented genders. The original characters, even if inspired by real people, do not have a prior canonical gender to be swapped from.
Babylon features original characters and fictionalized historical figures. There is no prior canon or established racial identity for these characters that is altered in the film. The portrayals align with the characters as conceived for this original production.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.1
7.4
Critic Ratings
5.7
6.1
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