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Plot: A German woman, abandoned by her husband while traveling in the Nevada desert, forms an unlikely alliance with a black American woman.
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Recent Reviews
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MCT:September 29, 2008
This movie started off a little slow. I liked the main song. Shows how two women who wererecently separated from their husbands, bond.
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MCT:August 3, 2008
Jack Palance as we never seen him before - trust me. A great sugary movie, yes it's predictable but it's way cool and very different. I love it.
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MCT:April 6, 2008
This is not a perfect movie. But it is a very good movie. After the current rush of action movies, this seems very slow, but it gets you involved. You might even like it. I did.
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MCT:January 31, 2008The first real artsy movie I remember being able to understand. I also began to like german accents on women after this. Tasty.
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MCT:November 20, 2007Saw this in school when I was yonger, it was one of my teachers favorites, but I wasn't really struck by it.. But I listen to the theme song occaisionally..
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MCT:November 15, 2007
beautiful. mesmerising, joyful film-making, of the kind that you wish there was more. reality and dream mix - Percy Adlon knows the right doses. a happiness pill for easy riders and cool viewers. in my opinion, excellent. 5/5
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MCT:August 19, 2007
mistura de conto-de-fadas com road movie (ao menos pela paisagem desertica). é um bom divertimento, principalmente por fazer rir em partes meio bregas (como o número musical final).
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MCT:July 14, 2007
I think I found a favorite in this simple but yet charming movie. Wonderful scripted with great acting by both Sagebrecht and Pounder. Not to mention great performance by Jack Palance, himself in a story of two women with two different backgrounds, but same situation of leaving their husbands behind. The outcome is suprising and will leave you happy with the ending. Great movie and now one of my top favorites!!! Also, love the song "Calling You" which is the theme song to the movie. Charming and wonderful. I give it two thumbs up! ;)
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MCT:May 24, 2007I will watch this any day of my life -- and could almost every day. CCH Pounder is flawless and I can't take my attention away from Sagebrecht. Magic realism... with a magic act!
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MCT:April 29, 2007
Charming indie movie that is a bit slow and vague for my taste. Unfortunately, the ending is sappy and predictable, but I guess there was no other way to finish it. Worth for its memorable scenes and a very different Jack Palance.
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MCT:April 29, 2007
Bizarre, eccentric, and for the most part quite wonderful film. Jasmin, a tourist from Bavaria, Germany, walks away from her husband in the middle of the Mojave Desert and eventually stumbles upon a rundown roadside cafe/motel/gas station, managed by the stressed out and overworked Brenda (CCH Pounder, The Shield).
The two characters clash as they try to make sense of each other; Brenda is suspicious of Jasmin as she arrived without a car and with a suitcase full of men's clothes and magic tricks. Jasmin, meanwhile, fills her time by befriending Brenda's children and setting to work at cleaning the motel, much to Brenda's irritation.
Gradually (this is a slow paced film), the two form an understanding and a friendship, and the cafe is soon attracting lots of visitors due to word-of-mouth.
The film is graced with very unusual but strong performances from the two leads, and from some stunning photography and off-kilter editing. A frankly surreal music number near the end is toe-curlingly embarrassing and almost ruins what has gone before, but the film just about rights itself in its final scenes.
The film was successful enough to warrant a spin-off television series starring Whoopi Goldberg, which ran for two seasons.
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MCT:March 31, 2007
Wonderful, eccentric, touching. These are 3 words that describe the charm of "Bagdad Café" perfectly. A funny and satirical film.
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MCT:February 23, 2007
culture shock, I like it since I saw it yrs ago in Europe. That can be done only by someone who lived on both continents. Didn't see it yet?
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MCT:January 29, 2007
a strange place witha strange storyline an amazing scenery and a soundtrack very charming so thats the kind of thursday nite movie to go with
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MCT:January 25, 2007
One of my first encounters with Art House movies, I'll never forget it and the beautiful music especially Bachs WTC I Prelude 1
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MCT:December 19, 2006
How come when America lays on the sentimental sugar, it's considered laughable, but when foreign filmmakers do it, it's avant garde?
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MCT:March 24, 2006
So weird and unusual. I really liked it though! It's all about acceptance, and you'll love Brenda and Jasmin by the end of the film.
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