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- 1988
- PG
- Island Pictures
- 1 h 35 m
- 1988
- PG
- Island Pictures
- 1 h 35 m
Summary A lonely German woman ends up in the most desolate motel on Earth and decides to make it brighter.
Directed By: Percy Adlon
Written By: Eleonore Adlon, Christopher Doherty, Percy Adlon
- 1988
- PG
- Island Pictures
- 1 h 35 m
- 1988
- PG
- Island Pictures
- 1 h 35 m
Bagdad Cafe
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7.2
Where to Watch
Summary A lonely German woman ends up in the most desolate motel on Earth and decides to make it brighter.
Directed By: Percy Adlon
Written By: Eleonore Adlon, Christopher Doherty, Percy Adlon
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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83% Positive
5 Reviews
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17% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
71
83% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
17% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Bagdad Cafe, which Adlon wrote with his wife, Eleonore, and Christopher Doherty, is a miracle of timing and control for all its aura of zany, off-the-cuff spontaneity. It is the work of a director who has such a clear idea of what he wants and where he's going that he can take his time to build up every joke for the maximum payoff.
Bagdad Cafe is a visually exhilarating and consciously modern film, more concerned with projecting an atmosphere or spirit than with telling a story. It's hard not to fall in love with this comic fable about the magic that develops at the meeting of two cultures.
The charm of Bagdad Cafe is that every character and every moment is unanticipated, obscurely motivated, of uncertain meaning and vibrating with life.
Much of the film`s charm resides in the fact that there is no reason for any of this to happen, except for the director`s sheer will that it be so.
With its foibles and quirks, it's something like a Sam Shepard play by way of the Black Forest.
Bagdad Cafe is too slow-paced to work as a comedy, and its screenplay manages simultaneously to be both shapeless and pat.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 User Ratings
7.2
62% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 User Ratings
7.2
62% Positive
8 Ratings
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31% Mixed
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8% Negative
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
German Film Awards
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
César Awards, France
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
