Babylon

"The filmmaker throws everything he's got on the screen. Luckily, it all works. Bravo."

"An energetic, slightly shallow, engaging look at early Hollywood..."

"Robbie’s feral performance feels extracted from some higher plane of existence."

"Babylon is a film that’s thinking big, aiming big, acting big: but feeling medium..."

"I loved nearly every one of its unbelievable 188 minutes."

"A messy, dazzling epic..."

"A boisterous, coke-snorting mess, with moments of greatness."

"One of the year's best movies, thanks in part to a star-making performance by Diego Calva..."

"A hot mess..."

"Truly absurd and engrossing..."

"It's a bloated, brass-band-swingin' mess."

"Bravura and baffling in equal measure. Strap in."

"It begins to feel, as Babylon stretches out across three hours and eight minutes, that Chazelle has no clear idea where all of this is going."

"Baby, it's way too much."

"Sometimes it’s dazzling, sometimes it’s derivative."

"Another blast of ingenious Hollywood navel-gazing from (Chazelle)."

"Brilliant..."

"The style might cause whiplash, but it’s worth it for the thrilling momentum Chazelle brings..."

"Altogether too much."

"(A) sham piece of puffery..."

"(A) brilliant fever dream..."

"Babylon is a manic sprawl that only pretends to celebrate cinema."

"Fans of this film seem to be adoring this finale, but it struck me as the falsest material in Chazelle's career."