This day-in-the-life cult comedy focuses on a group of friends working at Sully Boyar's Car Wash in the Los Angeles ghetto when one day they have all manner of strange visitors coming onto their forecourt.
2 December 1943, Los Angeles, California, USA
23 January 1948, Oakland, California, USA
8 February 1949, New York City, New York, USA
12 May 1937, New York City, New York, USA
29 April 1933, New York, USA
15 October 1939, Chicago, Illinois, USA
12 June 1913, Poland
14 August 1946, New York City, New York, USA
July 11, 1950 in Oakland, California, USA
21 November 1938, California, USA
1967, California, USA
7 September 1942, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
23 January 1934, New York City, New York, USA
29 July 1914, Brooklyn, New York, USA
18 September 1946, Columbus, Georgia, USA
20 October 1952, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
8 April 1941, The Bronx, New York, USA
19 March 1946, Oakland, California, USA
5 July 1963
12 May 1948, Newark, New Jersey, USA
22 February 1949, New York City, New York, USA
June 23, 2008
Norman Whitfield's great musical score is integrated into the movement of the scenes to give the film a funky rhythm.
May 09, 2005
A cheerful, somewhat vulgar, very cleverly executed comedy...
October 23, 2004
The screenplay and the direction juggle the characters so adroitly, this is almost a wash-and-wax M*A*S*H.
June 05, 2008
Uses gritty humor to polish clean the souls of a lot of likeable street people.
January 01, 2000
Critics seemed to like this less than audiences; personally, I had a ball.
June 07, 2003
Funny antics with great cast
May 24, 2003
There's no plot as such, just a collection of gags, issues and themes...
August 24, 2003
Surprisingly good ensemble comedy with Antonio Fargas a standout.
January 22, 2008
It was both a riot and surprisingly had something poignant to say about race relations.
July 26, 2002
One of the best of its ilk.
February 09, 2006
Highly enjoyable.
August 21, 2009
Car Wash marks the point at which defiant blaxploitation turned decisively into upbeat crossover entertainment.
