Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

gavin6942 A lonely German woman (Marianne Sägebrecht) ends up in the most desolate motel on Earth and decides to make it brighter.Whether or not this is a good film is really hard for me to say. I suppose it is, but really it is more of an oddity than anything else. A German film that takes place in America where Germans (who speak poor English) are tourists? Okay. That is different.Those who want to see a young CCH Pounder in action will appreciate this film, but it is Jack Palance that steals the show. He seems just as out of place as the Germans, and watching him interact with everyone seems so strange. Pounder claims that Palance had to act off-camera in the romantic scenes because he found Sagebrecht unattractive. I can believe it, because everything Palance does seems so distant.

sunznc Very interesting. Here is a film that takes place before cell phones and computers. In fact, at the front desk of this cafe they have a rotary phone.Still with me? Bagdad Cafe is out in the desert. No downtown, no Starbucks, no shopping malls. But, it's a place where people have landed and have to make due with what they have. Ever heard of the phrase if you get stuck with lemons make lemonade? Well, these people do just that.This film is about people stuck with something that might seem dismal at first but taking the bull by the horns and making something out of it. The film shows a small group of people who are depressed and bitter but then becoming alive and happy. All it takes is some imagination. Not an expensive computer or I-phone.The acting is excellent, the sets are wonderful, the characters perfect. It may be bittersweet at times, it may seem a bit low key but it all ends well.

Chrysanthepop 'Out of Rosenheim' (aka 'Bagdad Cafe') is a simply executed film. There are no lavish sets, no heavy special effects and the story is just as simple. But the experience of watching this movie is magical. The film takes place in an isolated motel in desert-like Bagdad (not Iraq's capital city) in California. A young mother (and grandmother) struggles to run her motel and keep her family together. Enter an enigmatic German lady into the motel and there is magic in everyone's life.In a way 'Out of Rosenheim' can be described as a mood piece. The visuals are beautiful, very detailed and symbolic. The colourful characters are very likable. The enigmatic song 'Calling to You' appears every now and then as though Jasmine receives her calling. The background score is just as effective. Adlon makes good use of light and climate. How the heat seemingly irritates the characters in the beginning but gradually as the characters get accustomed or as 'life gets better' the heat is no bother.Yet, 'Out of Rosenheim' is not just a mood piece. There is a solid story but it's not easy to describe what it's about. At the centre of it lies the friendship between Jasmine and Brenda. However there is just so much more going on. Both ladies are coping with their daily lives. Jasmine finally takes some measure and, consequently comes to Bagdad where she meets all these strange characters and as a friendliness develops, she brings colour not only into their lives but also her own. Adlon beautifully unfolds the mystery of her character by revealing that she's a magician at heart. There are so many beautiful and endearing scenes but it all feels genuine and authentic rather than syrupy. In a way, the film reminded me of the classic 'Mary Poppins' and the unique and subtle presentation of 'Out Of Rosenheim' makes it more real (in contrast to the fairy tale of 'Mary Poppins').Just like everything else, the acting is great. Marianne Sägebrecht and CCH Pounder clearly own the movie. Sägebrecht unfolds her character's layers with skill and ease. She brings a gentleness and calmness to Jasmine that excellently contrasts Pounder's Brenda. Likewise, Pounder too demonstrates her talent as the chaotic and verbally aggressive mother who's trying to keep it together. The rest of the cast perform well.Overall, 'Out of Rosenheim' is a cinematic treat. I would love to visit this film over and over again to see if I missed anything because of the detail but also the heartfelt story and characters warrant an invitation to watch again.

weewilly_romero The ingenious casting, superb acting, flawless editing, haunting theme song, and imaginative story reaching Shakespearean proportion in its mythos and symbolism, is what keeps me coming back to this gem of a movie, which I've viewed religiously for the past twenty years, and will no doubt continue to re-visit from time to time. CCH Pounder and Marianne Sagebrecht are unforgettable in their roles as two vastly dissimilar women who find in their mutual loneliness how the magic of friendship, ingenuity, and understanding can make a windswept way station, Baghdad Cafe, a broken down truck stop and gas station in the middle of California's Mohave desert, bloom. Jack Palance, too, hands in an understated but compelling performance as a washed-up Hollywood scene painter brought back to life by the ineffable charisma of Jasmin (Sagebrecht), a touring interloper arriving out of nowhere (Rosenheim, Germany, actually) and happening onto the scene to completely transform the lives of Brenda (Pounder), the beleaguered manager of the café, her hen-pecked husband and family, along with its other colorful denizens.