Babel

Building on the themes of his "Amores Perros" and "21 Grams," director Alejandro González Iñárritu's compelling drama chronicles the effect the shooting of an American tourist in Morocco has on a global group of people-from her children, who are being taken by their nanny from Southern California to a wedding in Mexico, to a deaf-mute Japanese girl looking for emotional connections. Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, Rinko Kikuchi star. 143 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English (SDH), Spanish, French.