I would say this is a good movie!!! A bit strange, but makes you think and cry as well!!!

you'll have to give credit to director inarritu: he knows how to tell a story, and how to put it so you keep wondering how it will end. this movie is not cut in chronological order, but with flashbacks and flashforwards. in this manner you get an ingeneous and intelligent montage that tells an emotional story about a couple on the verge of divorce and (parallel) that of their children who are unaware of the dangers they (or their parents) are in. an emotional moving movie that raises questions about relations, cultures and cultural differences, trust, companionship, .... good drama, but no melodrama: inarritu gladly knows how to avoid melodrama and how to keep an intense emotional tone throughout the movie.
this is the third movie in a trilogy: 'amores perros' and '21 grams' are certainly as good and moving as babel and worht watching.

Babel is a film that will really make you think. Anyone who knows the biblical story of the Tower of Babel may wonder if it has anything to do with that. The Tower of Babel is the story of humankind wanting to build a tower high enough to reach heaven. When God sees this, he is angry and makes everyone speak in different languages so they can't understand each other and can't build the tower. This film puts a very modern perspective on that story, demonstrating how society's and cultures misunderstand each other, often with tragic results. It's moving, upsetting in places but ultimately a lesson in how important it is to listen to other people, if you really want to understand them.