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The Wash (2001)
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Reviews Counted: 50
Fresh: 4
Rotten:46
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 populated with numerous rappers including Xhibit,... 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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Release:
Sep 17, 2002
DVD Features:
- Region
- Keep Case
- Widescreen
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
- Audio Commentary - 1. DJ Pooh - Writer/Director, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg - Stars
- Trailer - 1. Theatrical
- Music Video - 1. Bad Intentions - Dr. Dre w/Knoc-Turn'al
- Case & Crew Interviews
- Bloopers
- Alternate Main Title Sequence
Interactive Features:
- Interactive Menus
- Scene Selection
Reviews for The Wash
Two roommates start to antagonize each other after one becomes the other's superior at an LA car wash, and the conflict is played out with grittiness and flippancy.
Snoop, Dre and their buddies take it all in stride -- if they were any more laid-back, they'd be napping in their trailers.
Some energetic performances from the cast may make this accessible to a wider audience.
The lame, underdeveloped jokes far outweigh the fresh ones, the women are all chirpy airheads, and the whole thing hangs on a feeble storyline.
You've really got to wonder sometimes how talented people end up in hopeless misfires like this film.
A 100% feeble comedy that exposes the dire acting abilities of two otherwise well respected hip-hop artists.
a plotless, mostly humorless time-killer that exists primarily as a 90-minute commercial for a star-studded soundtrack. ... the movie has all the earmarks of the "let's just make it up as we go along" school of filmmaking.
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