Car Wash
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.
November 30, 1953 in Oakland, California, USA
28 October 1949, Fort Benning, Georgia, USA
26 February 1943, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
12 June 1913, Poland
1 February 1937, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
14 December 1923, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
29 July 1914, Brooklyn, New York, USA
29 April 1933, New York, USA
18 September 1946, Columbus, Georgia, USA
6 April 1931, New York City, New York, USA
14 October 1889, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
22 February 1949, New York City, New York, USA
23 January 1948, Oakland, California, USA
17 May 1938, Chicago, Illinois, USA
7 September 1942, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
4 February 1934, North Carolina, USA
24 February 1948, New York City, New York, USA
1 January 1958, Portland, Oregon, USA
22 May 1951, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, USA
17 November 1944, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
14 August 1946, New York City, New York, USA
22 October 1964, Los Angeles, California, USA
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...
July 26, 2002
One of the best of its ilk.
January 22, 2008
It was both a riot and surprisingly had something poignant to say about race relations.
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 23, 2008
Norman Whitfield's great musical score is integrated into the movement of the scenes to give the film a funky rhythm.
January 01, 2000
Critics seemed to like this less than audiences; personally, I had a ball.
February 09, 2006
Highly enjoyable.
August 24, 2003
Surprisingly good ensemble comedy with Antonio Fargas a standout.
May 09, 2005
A cheerful, somewhat vulgar, very cleverly executed comedy...
August 21, 2009
Car Wash marks the point at which defiant blaxploitation turned decisively into upbeat crossover entertainment.
June 05, 2008
Uses gritty humor to polish clean the souls of a lot of likeable street people.
