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.
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.