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Stand Up Guys is a true reminder of what film should be like: an entertaining experience that keeps you on your seat until the very end, and does a bit of everything else; it makes you laugh, touches you, and makes you wonder, and tops it off with theatrics that you accept delightfully. The script of the movie represents the simplest form of complexity. A director's masterpiece, for those who can appreciate the plot in the details. Acting is beyond praise, as everyone is on board, fully engaged in their roles. Everything makes sense, even the almost supernatural energy of the three aging musketeers. It's been such a long time since I've seen a film and at the end of thought that I wanted some more of it. Walken plays a great role at gluing everything together. Fisher Stevens has got the hang of good film making.

the artificially drawn connections between the different thematic events that take place in the movie are overwhelmingly ridiculous. babel is failing attempt at creating some kind of a profound conclusion. The acting is below expectation, with the exception of the segment on the Japanese girl. The desire for instigating thought within the audience fails because the absurdity is dominant, and the had it been addressed as such, it would have been very different. Cinematography is not extraordinary, and if I look even harder I fail to see any really interesting faces to Babel. Nevertheless it was not a waste of money, and if you are interested in film theory, then you should see it.