Kattiera Nana
I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Greenes
Please don't spend money on this.
JinRoz
For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!
Casey Duggan
It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
SnoopyStyle
It's a day in the life of Dee-Luxe Car Wash in L.A. It's a group fun loving wacky employees. There's Lonnie in charge, angry Duane actually Muslim Abdullah, T.C. trying to win a radio contest and others. The boss Mr. B is having a fling with the receptionist Marsha. His son is a Maoist who wants to work with the proletariat. There are others like George Carlin as a cabbie, Richard Pryor as the slick Daddy Rich and The Pointer Sisters as his backup singers The Wilson Sisters.The movie struggles to have a plot for 90% of the time. It's just a bunch of guys running around, talking trash and working. There isn't actually a plot. The movie is a mile wide and an inch deep. It's hard to connect with the characters when there are so many of them and none of them is the lead. Everybody is a bit wacky. There are some interesting possibilities like Lonnie, Abdullah and T.C. but they don't expand on their stories. That's why the ending is so abrupt. It turns dark and completely different from the rest of the movie. Richard Pryor often gets headline billing but he only has an unfunny ten minute cameo. The writer needs to cut out a few employees and add an actual plot. The song is really cool though. It's noteworthy that Joel Schumacher is the writer. He's not most noted as a good writer.
gavin6942
"Car Wash" is about a close-knit group of employees who one day have all manner of strange visitors coming onto their forecourt, including Richard Pryor as a preaching 'wonder-man' who is loved by most but loathed by one, and a man who looks like a bomber by the way he is holding his bottle.Dear children of the 1990s, before there was "Empire Records" or "Clerks", there was "Car Wash". If you like watching a group of slackers who run into interesting situations without having to leave their work place, this is the film for you.You should probably be sold on it just because Richard Pryor and George Carlin are in it. But if that is not enough, it is just a fun and funny little picture. Perhaps the theme song is played one too many times, but at least it is one of the better disco songs of the era.
kdspj
I saw this when it came out, and have watched it again many times over my life. I watched it again last week, and both my 10yo and 6yo sons love it. It is well written, photographed, and has a great score along with great memorable lines that is and are all very specific to the times. I highly suggest watching it to anyone who hasn't seen it yet. I also predict that no one can watch it and NOT turn up the audio when the signature song "Car Wash" comes on. I also predict that many millions have herd and love the song and never saw the movie. Of course it is great to see both Richard Pryor and all the other great actors of the times in it. I recorded it on my DVR and the kids want to see it at least once a week now.
tavm
After so many years of only reading about this movie, I finally watched Car Wash on Netflix Streaming. Richard Pryor has an amusing cameo as a reverend with The Pointer Sisters providing accompaniment and George Carlin is a taxi driver looking for the hooker who stiffed him but the real stars are the ensemble employed at the title place. Among them are: Franklyn Ajaye, Garrett Morris, Melanie Mayron, Antonio Fargas, Clarence Muse, Bill Duke, and Ivan Dixon in a rare acting role during this decade since he was busy as a director of such films like Trouble Man and The Spook Who Sat by the Door. Joel Schumacher's script isn't always hilarious but there are moments that do provide genuine laughs. Michael Schultz' direction keeps things on an even keel. And don't you just dig the cool songs written by Norman Whitfield and sung by Rose Royce especially the title tune? So on that note, I recommend Car Wash.
