The Atomic Cafe fingerprintFunny, striking style, emotionally cool.
Calm and low-key
Nostalgic
Plenty of satire and cringe comedy
Society, history, and politics
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction
Standout editing
Nostalgic
Emotionally, it's nostalgic.
Plenty of satire and cringe comedy
Expect plenty of satire and cringe comedy.
Society, history, and politics
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around society, history, and politics. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction
The direction stand out.
Standout editing
Look and sound: the editing stand out.
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The Atomic Cafe is included with a subscription to Kino Film Collection in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Hoopla and Plex. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Yes. It's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 86/100 (IMDb 7.6 and Rotten Tomatoes 93%). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: disturbing imagery.
1 h 26 min
The Atomic Cafe runs 1 h 26 min.
Not quite. Critics rate The Atomic Cafe higher (93) than audiences (81). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
No. It cost about $300,000 to make and earned $22,293 worldwide, 7% of its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
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TV Tropes lists 23 storytelling tropes for The Atomic Cafe, including After the End, Art Shift, Black Comedy.
7.6
