How critics responded to the the release of Babylon was drastically different from how audiences responded to the film. The epic three-hour period drama from visionary director Damien Chazelle wasn't received as the prestige movie that the studio expected, with critics and audiences adopting contrasting opinions of the film. Featuring a star-studded cast, Babylon follows the lives of Hollywood actors during the silent film era in the 1920s and chronicles their struggles as the industry evolved with the introduction of the talkies.

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