BabylonMovie is often pure mayhem, but it’s the beauty underneath that makes it one of the best movies about movies this year. Our review:
Damien Chazelle always likes to start his movies with a bang, whether through an intense drum solo in Whiplash, a Jacques Demy-inspired dance number in La La Land, or a harrowing plane crash piloted by Neil Armstrong in his last film, First Man. But his newest film, Babylon, puts all these explosive openings to shame.
RELATED: First 'Babylon' Reactions Call It a Cocaine-Cooked Mess With Manic Visuals and Dazzling Debauchery This mayhem is enough to make Babylon work, but Chazelle has filled this story with characters that show the fragility of life in the spotlight, and how easily it is for people to move forward and leave certain stars behind. Robbie is excellent as Nellie LaRoy, whose star shines bright and fast, but then struggles with the public image of it all. When Robbie is on the screen, it's impossible to take your eyes off her, even when she’s dancing in a packed mansion.
However, it’s Jovan Adepo and Li Jun Li who get discarded far too easily in this madcap story, as they get moments to show their greatness in their industry, yet the story itself spends far too little time on them. Maybe this is Chazelle’s commentary on how poorly non-white performers were treated in this era, or maybe it's just that Chazelle's interests lay more with his key three stars, but it’s a shame they don't get more screen time.
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