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The Wash (2001)

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Reviews Counted:51

Fresh:4

Rotten:47

Average Rating:2.8/10

Consensus: Sloppily-made, amateurish, and scarce on laughs, The Wash can't compare to Richard Pryor's 1976 Car Wash.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for pervasive language, drug use, some sexuality and violence

Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Nov 14, 2001 Wide

Box Office: $9,756,000

Synopsis: Amidst an L.A. landscape of drugs and guns, THE WASH is a comedic working class update of CAR WASH. Written and directed by D.J. Pooh, the film is set to a pounding hip-hop soundtrack, and is... Amidst an L.A. landscape of drugs and guns, THE WASH is a comedic working class update of CAR WASH. Written and directed by D.J. Pooh, the film is set to a pounding hip-hop soundtrack, and is populated with numerous rappers including Xhibit, Ludacris, and Eminem. Mild-mannered Sean (Dr. Dre) is under financial stress, is getting no play from the opposite sex, and is without a car since his just broke down. Dee-Loc (Snoop Dog), his roommate, is a troublemaker who smokes and deals pot and works at a local car wash. Despite their vast differences, their friendship stands strong. Dee-Loc throws Sean a bone by getting him a middle-management job at the car wash. But Sean's easy adjustment to an authoritative position and his positive rapport with the boss, Mr. Washington (George Wallace), immediately puts a strain on his relationship with Dee-Loc. The old friends now find themselves at odds with each other both at home and at work. Personal conflicts are soon shoved aside when Mr. Washington is kidnapped by two moronic neighborhood pranksters. Sean and Dee-Loc unite with their co-workers at the wash to rescue their boss. (Eminem plays a psychopathic ex-employee who terrorizes Mr. Washington.) [More]

Starring: Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, George Wallace, DJ Pooh

Starring: Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, George Wallace, DJ Pooh, Pauly Shore, Tom "Tiny" Lister, Lamont Bentley, Tommy Chong, Shaquille O'Neal, Xzibit

Director: DJ Pooh

Director: DJ Pooh
Screenwriter: DJ Pooh
Producer: DJ Pooh, Phillip G. Atwell
Studio: Lions Gate Films

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Like gin and juice, [Dre and Snoop are] good together.

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11/16/01
Jonathan Perry
Jonathan Perry
Boston Globe

Weak, witless blend of Ice Cube's Friday and Richard Pryors's Car Wash.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
11/16/01
E! Online

The Wash appears not to have much at all on its mind.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia City Paper | comment Comment
11/16/01
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
Philadelphia City Paper

Just not particularly amusing.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
11/16/01
Michael O'Sullivan
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
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There's precious little to listen to, laugh at or ogle in The Wash.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
11/16/01
David Segal
David Segal
Washington Post

Shows not how far we've come since '76, but how low comic standards have sunk.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
11/15/01
Bruce Westbrook
Bruce Westbrook
Houston Chronicle
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Don't even bother renting it on video -- which will be available REAL soon!

Full Review Source: BeatBoxBetty.com | comment Comment
11/15/01
BeatBoxBetty.com

Overall, the phrase 'It is what it is' has never seemed more appropriate.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
11/15/01
Chris Vognar
Chris Vognar
Dallas Morning News
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A poorly written, directed and performed mishmash of vignettes that the participants apparently thought would be funny.

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11/15/01
Jim Judy
Jim Judy
Screen It!

A sloppily edited comedy laden with sub-amateurish acting, a script with less direction than a broken compass, and a sense of humor that never made it out of the junior high bathroom.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
11/15/01
Tor Thorsen
Tor Thorsen
Reel.com

Hilarity ensues. Except when it doesn't, which is pretty much the entire movie.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment 2 Comments
11/15/01
Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel

Boring and desperately unfunny.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
11/15/01
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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Hardly anything about this comedy is remotely funny, unless you get a kick out of Snoop Dogg getting stoned and dropping f-bombs every few words.

Full Review Source: Citysearch | comment Comment
11/15/01
Christine Blosdale
Christine Blosdale
Citysearch

It's intermittently hilarious, though more of a drag.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
11/15/01
Elvis Mitchell
Elvis Mitchell
New York Times
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This ain't no Friday; in fact, you'd be wasting a perfectly good high on it.

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11/14/01
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

[Script] has all of the signs of being computer generated. The N-word and the F-word are mixed liberally and randomly...

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11/14/01
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

The film aims low and scarcely lives up to its own diminished expectations.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
11/14/01
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