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What was the point of this movie?


Apart from the Abdullah and Lonnie scenes, which I thought were quite good, it was pretty much just one inane scene after the next with no discernable plot. The only thing I can think of is it was basically just a vehicle to promote the soundtrack.

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Welcome to 1970's filmmaking!

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It was one of those films that takes a snippet look into the lives of the characters of where they work and how anything can happen in a single day. The film finishes leaving you questions, wondering what happens to them after the events of the film.

I think the character of Abdullah and Lonnie were the more focused story in terms of the subplot of the film, the film in some sense were like mini stories rolled into one. From my understanding, the longer cut of the film would have played out some of the characters better.

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