Looking for a terrible review of Babylon

March 4, 2023 9:44 AM

A couple months ago I read a movie review totally slamming the Damien Chazelle movie Babylon. The reviewer calls out Chazelle for being the worst director in Hollywood and is pretty emphatic in their hatred about the movie.

I've searched and searched to find it again, but to no avail. I think the Boston-based film critic Sean Burns retweeted or linked to the piece in his Twitter feed and said he felt the same way, but I can't find it in his timeline. It isn't the Jacobin review or the Daily Beast's. I sort of remember this being posted on a personal film review blog maybe.

Any help is appreciated as this movie was a terrific dumpster fire of a train crash that I couldn't stop watching until its bloated end and I want to reread someone who was similarly revolted.

posted by fatedblue to Media & Arts (6 answers total)

Metacritic might help you find it, or at least show you other reviewers who felt similarly.
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 12:12 PM on March 4, 2023

I don't think it's quite what you're looking for, but the Pajiba reviewer hated it.
posted by urbanlenny at 1:07 PM on March 4, 2023

I just saw this tweet, but doesn't look like there's a review associated
posted by little onion at 2:05 PM on March 4, 2023

Response by poster: Hmmm, none of these, but I do appreciate them. I love the William Friedkin Truths twitter account, thanks!

Might have to DM Sean Burns...
posted by fatedblue at 3:11 PM on March 4, 2023

Rotten tomatoes has more extensive lists than metacritic
posted by brujita at 5:39 AM on March 5, 2023

Please tell us if you find the review! I loathe Damien Chazelle's films and would love to read the review.
posted by Mournful Bagel Song at 9:11 AM on March 6, 2023