From its scatological opening minutes to its self-indulgent final moments, Babylon is a movie that is, in a word, challenging. At nearly three-and-a-half hours, the latest show biz drama from Whiplash director Damien Chazelle is a marathon through the transition from silent to sound films in late 1920s/early 1930s Hollywood. It’s just too bad that the demanding runtime couldn’t be filled with a story of any substantial meaning.
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