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.
20 October 1952, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
13 May 1949, Brooklyn, New York, USA
22 May 1951, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, USA
9 November 1963, Los Angeles, California, USA
1967, California, USA
21 September 1951, Los Angeles, California, USA
5 May 1907, St. Joseph, Missouri, USA
7 February 1928, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
24 February 1948, New York City, New York, USA
1 December 1940, Peoria, Illinois, USA
21 November 1938, California, USA
28 October 1949, Fort Benning, Georgia, USA
4 February 1934, North Carolina, USA
1 February 1937, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
1 January 1958, Portland, Oregon, USA
8 February 1949, New York City, New York, USA
July 11, 1950 in Oakland, California, USA
12 May 1937, New York City, New York, USA
22 October 1964, Los Angeles, California, USA
23 January 1934, New York City, New York, USA
16 August 1937, New York City, New York, USA
August 24, 2003
Surprisingly good ensemble comedy with Antonio Fargas a standout.
February 09, 2006
Highly enjoyable.
August 21, 2009
Car Wash marks the point at which defiant blaxploitation turned decisively into upbeat crossover entertainment.
June 07, 2003
Funny antics with great cast
June 23, 2008
Norman Whitfield's great musical score is integrated into the movement of the scenes to give the film a funky rhythm.
June 05, 2008
Uses gritty humor to polish clean the souls of a lot of likeable street people.
May 09, 2005
A cheerful, somewhat vulgar, very cleverly executed comedy...
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.
January 01, 2000
Critics seemed to like this less than audiences; personally, I had a ball.
May 24, 2003
There's no plot as such, just a collection of gags, issues and themes...
October 23, 2004
The screenplay and the direction juggle the characters so adroitly, this is almost a wash-and-wax M*A*S*H.

