71
Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasBagdad 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.
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe charm of Bagdad Cafe is that every character and every moment is unanticipated, obscurely motivated, of uncertain meaning and vibrating with life.
- 88TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineBagdad 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.
- 75Washington PostRita KempleyWashington PostRita KempleyWith its foibles and quirks, it's something like a Sam Shepard play by way of the Black Forest.
- 75Chicago TribuneDave KehrChicago TribuneDave KehrMuch 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.
- 40The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinBagdad Cafe is too slow-paced to work as a comedy, and its screenplay manages simultaneously to be both shapeless and pat.