Car Wash

1976 · 97 min · EN · PG · 5.9 (95 votes)

Dir. Michael Schultz · Starring Ivan Dixon, DeWayne Jessie, Bill Duke, Franklyn Ajaye, Sully Boyar, Melanie Mayron · Music Norman Whitfield

“Hey, it's a '70s thing!”

Comedy

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. The team meets dozens of eccentric customers -- including a smooth-talking preacher, a wacky cab driver and an ex-convict -- while cracking politically incorrect jokes to a constant soundtrack of disco and funk. Some of the workers find romance as the day moves along, but most are just happy to get through another shift.

VIBE

A groovy, sun-drenched day unfolds at the car wash, filled with infectious funk, colorful characters, and a whole lot of laughs. It's a feel-good snapshot of community and camaraderie, capturing the spirit of a bygone era with infectious energy.

comedicfunkynostalgicenergeticirreverentsteadyblaxploitation adjacentmusical comedy70s aestheticslice-of-lifecommunityworkplace dynamicsidentitysocial commentary