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Café

  • 2011
  • TV-14
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
2.8K
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Jennifer Love Hewitt in Café (2011)
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When tragedy strikes the community surrounding a cafe in West Philadelphia, the cafe's regulars come to realize how intertwined their lives truly are.When tragedy strikes the community surrounding a cafe in West Philadelphia, the cafe's regulars come to realize how intertwined their lives truly are.When tragedy strikes the community surrounding a cafe in West Philadelphia, the cafe's regulars come to realize how intertwined their lives truly are.

  • Director
    • Marc Erlbaum
  • Writer
    • Marc Erlbaum
  • Stars
    • Daniel Eric Gold
    • Jennifer Love Hewitt
    • Hubbel Palmer
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    2.8K
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    • Director
      • Marc Erlbaum
    • Writer
      • Marc Erlbaum
    • Stars
      • Daniel Eric Gold
      • Jennifer Love Hewitt
      • Hubbel Palmer
    • 28User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Daniel Eric Gold
    Daniel Eric Gold
    • Todd
    Jennifer Love Hewitt
    Jennifer Love Hewitt
    • Claire
    Hubbel Palmer
    Hubbel Palmer
    • Avatar…
    Richard Short
    Richard Short
    • Writer
    Jamie Kennedy
    Jamie Kennedy
    • Dealer…
    Madeline Carroll
    Madeline Carroll
    • Elly
    Cecelia Ann Birt
    Cecelia Ann Birt
    • Earth Mother
    Garrett Hendricks
    Garrett Hendricks
    • Addict
    • (as Garrett Lee Hendricks)
    • …
    Clayton Prince
    • Cop
    Katie Lowes
    Katie Lowes
    • Kelly
    Michaela McManus
    Michaela McManus
    • Movie Woman
    Derek Cecil
    Derek Cecil
    • Movie Man
    Khan Baykal
    Khan Baykal
    • Colin
    Alexa PenaVega
    Alexa PenaVega
    • Sally
    • (as Alexa Vega)
    Michelle Nagy
    Michelle Nagy
    • Agro Mother
    Adam Shapiro
    Adam Shapiro
    • Smitty
    Jennifer Merrill
    • Gorgeous Woman
    Gavin Bellour
    • Dave
    • Director
      • Marc Erlbaum
    • Writer
      • Marc Erlbaum
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    User reviews28

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    4likesboysindresses

    Not bad but not something I would watch again

    This movie is like the title...sweet. The setting and the characters add to this film. While this movie had the potential to be really good, it wasn't. It had a good message about life but it was confusing. I liked how all the characters seemed to connect but it didn't all flow together. The relationships going on in this movie were all interesting and did help make this movie bearable to watch, if it wasn't for the characters being interesting I wouldn't have watched the entire movie. I think if a few things were changed it might have made more sense. The movie was written well but just not in a way that makes sense. If you are bored on a Friday night watch this movie but if you want to watch a great movie I say you should watch something else.
    10alc402

    finally something different

    I watch tons of films of all sorts and time after time I am left feeling like 'I've seen this before'. That being the case, I had no idea what to expect from Cafe. To my surprise, this little indie flick turned out to be unlike anything I've ever seen. On the one hand, it is a slice of life--seeing the whole world in a Cafe setting with great entangled characters--strangers, friends and family. On the other hand, we are plunged into story about the game of life, questions about the ultimate nature of reality, free will and self-sacrifice. This film is both fun to watch and thought provoking to say the least. It demands audience participation and as the days go by since I saw it, I find it staying with me--which is more than i can say for 90+% of films out there. This is a film that will age well and I think a lot people will find it a refreshing and rewarding experience.
    info-190-798330

    Sweet Movie

    If your willing to slow down the pace and go with this movie, your in for a sweet, thought provoking movie. If your an action movie goer, you may have a hard time staying engaged. Not a fault of the movie of course. The movie is based on the idea that everything in our so called reality is really an illusion. The thought provoking idea of what is real? Who created us and who pulls the strings? I once owned a café' called philosophers stone café' in which the same thought engaging ideas were tossed around with a cup of Joe everyday. Customers always said to me my café scene would make a great movie. Cafe' is close to that. Enjoy.
    UncleTantra

    What if your life was virtual, and the guy in the corner was writing it?

    This is an Indie flick that I watched entirely because of its name. I sit and write in cafes, and so I figured it would appeal to me. I expected it to be quirky, and it was. What I didn't expect was for it to be quite as quirky as it is. The tagline for the film is "What if the world you lived in weren't real?" and that's basically what the film is about. The cafe's regulars go about their everyday lives and their petty dramas, every day, as do we all, but one day on the laptop of one of the regulars there appears the face of a young girl telling him that he doesn't really exist. He's just an avatar, living in a virtual world that she has created, just for the fun of creating it. Naturally, he doesn't quite believe this, but then events start happening in the cafe that cause him *to* believe it.

    As such, this is a little movie that might appeal to those who tend to believe the same thing about reality, and their own lives. If you believe that someone or something else is writing the script of your life, and that you are little more than a bit player in someone or something else's drama (or comedy), this movie's for you. It's not great, and not nearly in the same league of quirky cafe-based stories as "Amelie," but it's entertaining, in a lightweight, fluffy sort of way.

    If you wind up seeing it, come back and say in the comments section what you think the guy who sits in the corner every day writing in his notebook was really writing. I think it was the script for this film.
    10Gladys_Pym

    Ohhh. A perfect ensemble piece. IGNORE the IMDb storyline.

    OK. Tomorrow, after I've slept, maybe I'll feel less than 10, but, tonight? OK, yeah, a big, resounding 10/10.

    It's hard to seriously fit you gently into a world. This time it works just beautifully. OK. I just stopped watching it, and I'm a little be-alcoholled. BUT I am one of those who is really nervous about showing films you really like to those you love, and THIS one I surely will.

    I'm reminded of Kevin Smith, in terms of the reality of an intimate, special world, without the - weirdness?

    OK. Bottom line. I don't know what to compare this to. Yeah, Kevin Smith, but gentler. What have I loved that'll give ANYONE a clue? Little Miss Sunshine - Steelyard Blues - Blues Brothers - Driving Miss Daisy - The Remains of the Day. And so many, many more.

    Check my reviews. I don't often give a recommendation.

    This is one. Go for it.

    (And I have NO IDEA what the IMDb storyline is talking about. I suspect it's another film :/ )

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    • Trivia
      Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jamie Kennedy dated for a year (2009 - 2010)
    • Goofs
      While Elly is sitting at a table talking to Avatar, the lighted logo on Avatar's MacBook computer goes dim, however, his screen is still lit. On this computer the back light for the screen is what lights the Apple logo. The lighted logo goes on and off during the conversation even though his screen is never turned off when we see it.
    • Quotes

      Elly: [explains what she would do if free to do anything] I would create a virtual world, filled with beauty and opportunity. And everyone and everything in that world would ultimately be one. But they just didn't know it.

      Avatar: Why would you do that?

      Elly: So that through their own effort and striving, every element in that world could overcome the boundaries that divide them. And they could form this incredibly strong and vital bond, that could have never even been conceived of had the pain of it's opposite didn't exist.

      Elly: There's no more brilliant light than that which follows complete darkness.

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      Written by Emily 'Birdie' Busch

      Performed by Birdie Busch

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    • Release date
      • October 11, 2011 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Кафе
    • Filming locations
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Production company
      • Nationlight Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 35m(95 min)
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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