i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

I started watching this movie on television half way through and was immediately captivated . It was interrupted by commercials all the time and that irritated me big deal. After it got finished I searched the web to see where I can watch it from the beginning and found on YouTube, in a foreign language though, but the one I speak. I loved absolutely everything about this movie. Refreshing change from clichéd US films of the time.A radiant, oddball comedy-drama about the relationship.This sparkling little gem is not just a hilarious and touching account of the friendship that develops between two women of jarringly different cultures.It also offers a renewed, endearingly quirky vision of America as the land of opportunity, not in the economic sense, but as a place with plenty of room for self-discovery and individuality.

I loved Marian Sagebrecht in Sugar Baby. Great actor. I missed Bagdad Cafe when it came out so I jut watched it. AWFUL!No sense of place or context. No character development or exegesis. Most of the roles seem "pasted" into the script like Colorforms - they are all cartoon characters. CCH Pounder plays Brenda at only two levels - a perpetually angry and unlikable woman, and then as an inexplicable softy - my only wonder about the movie was what took her husband so long to leave her. The ending was ludicrous - I thought it could have been an SNL skit and I was waiting for Will Farrell to appear as Robert Goulet on trucker tour.And whoever Jevetta Steele is, who sings the soundtrack, her voice is most irritating.I will say that the cinematography and editing were very good.

An unlikely visitor arrives in an unhappy community, and, after a false start, brings happiness to them and to herself. Such an outline of Percy Adlon's 'Bagdad Cafe' sounds almost conventional; but it wouldn't prepare you for the sheer weirdness of the characters or the setting (this is Bagdad, Nevada) or for the fantastical element that develops as the film progresses; nor for the sudden song and dance routine that breaks out before the movie ends. Even the theme song, which features prominently throughout, is frankly a little odd. The net result is certainly original, and not without charm; it never feels forced, but it is deliberately peculiar, and how much you like it will probably depend on how easy you find it to fall into its world. Adlon himself is Bavarian (as his the lead character); but if this is true Bavarian humour, it's certainly very strange.

This movie has been one of my favorites for a long time. In fact, I was first inspired to watch it only after listening to a CD of the soundtrack. I think one reason the kids don't "get it" is that the film is really a character study of adult behavior, without the typical gimmicks that sell movies nowadays: hand-to-hand combat, car chases, gunfire, million-dollar stunts, and bombastic sex. I think that this movie appeals primarily to people who watch a movie to learn something--about themselves or about human nature. And it delivers, providing a wonderful expose' of the intricacies and development of interpersonal relationships. The unusual setting of the desert café, along with the quirkiness of the characters and the outstanding musical score, just add spice to the sauce. Definitely a film for "thinking men and women," it takes some effort to "get it" - something most of today's moviegoers are unwilling to expend.