Car Wash: Critic Reviews

MovieWeb: 0 reviews

86%

RottenTomatoes: 21 reviews

Vincent Canby New York Times (Top Critic)

A cheerful, somewhat vulgar, very cleverly executed comedy...
Full Review » 7 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

88

The screenplay and the direction juggle the characters so adroitly, this is almost a wash-and-wax M*A*S*H.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader (Top Critic)

Critics seemed to like this less than audiences; personally, I had a ball.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Variety Staff Variety (Top Critic)

Uses gritty humor to polish clean the souls of a lot of likeable street people.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Rob Nelson City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul

Car Wash marks the point at which defiant blaxploitation turned decisively into upbeat crossover entertainment.
Full Review » 3 years ago
TV Guide's Movie Guide

75

Norman Whitfield's great musical score is integrated into the movement of the scenes to give the film a funky rhythm.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Dennis Schwartz Ozus' World Movie Reviews

84

It was both a riot and surprisingly had something poignant to say about race relations.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Tom Milne Time Out

Highly enjoyable.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Linda Cook Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

60

Full Review » 7 years ago
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com

40

Full Review » 7 years ago
Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

80

Surprisingly good ensemble comedy with Antonio Fargas a standout.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal

80

Full Review » 9 years ago
Jules Brenner Cinema Signals

40

Full Review » 9 years ago
Edward Havens FilmJerk.com

60

Full Review » 9 years ago
Jon Niccum Lawrence Journal-World

60

Funny antics with great cast
Full Review » 9 years ago
Film4

There's no plot as such, just a collection of gags, issues and themes...
Full Review » 9 years ago
Nell Minow Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

60

Full Review » 9 years ago
Brian J. Arthurs Beach Reporter (Southern California)

60

Full Review » 10 years ago
Jeffrey Westhoff Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

60

Full Review » 10 years ago
Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com

60

One of the best of its ilk.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

40

Full Review » 10 years ago