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Car Wash
This comedy story tells a new set of powerful events with a group of friends working at Sully Boyar Car Wash in the Los Angeles Jewish neighborhood. That story began with these friends when they once had all kinds of strange visitors coming to the front yard, which could trigger many comedy events.
24 February 1948, New York City, New York, USA
6 April 1931, New York City, New York, USA
20 November 1949, New York City, New York, USA
19 March 1946, Oakland, California, USA
1 December 1940, Peoria, Illinois, USA
8 April 1941, The Bronx, New York, USA
November 30, 1953 in Oakland, California, USA
14 August 1946, New York City, New York, USA
16 August 1937, New York City, New York, USA
July 26, 2002
One of the best of its ilk.
August 21, 2009
Car Wash marks the point at which defiant blaxploitation turned decisively into upbeat crossover entertainment.
October 23, 2004
The screenplay and the direction juggle the characters so adroitly, this is almost a wash-and-wax M*A*S*H.
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.
February 09, 2006
Highly enjoyable.
June 07, 2003
Funny antics with great cast
May 09, 2005
A cheerful, somewhat vulgar, very cleverly executed comedy...
January 01, 2000
Critics seemed to like this less than audiences; personally, I had a ball.
June 05, 2008
Uses gritty humor to polish clean the souls of a lot of likeable street people.
June 23, 2008
Norman Whitfield's great musical score is integrated into the movement of the scenes to give the film a funky rhythm.