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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.

Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Genre: Comedies

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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3/5

Some energetic performances from the cast may make this accessible to a wider audience.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 30 2006 03:57 AM

Empire Magazine

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The lame, underdeveloped jokes far outweigh the fresh ones, the women are all chirpy airheads, and the whole thing hangs on a feeble storyline.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 26 2006 03:15 AM

Time Out

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1/5

Peter Bradshaw

[A] crude and boring movie.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 20 2002 08:12 AM

Guardian [UK]

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1.5/5

Rich Cline

You've really got to wonder sometimes how talented people end up in hopeless misfires like this film.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 08 2002 08:12 AM

Shadows on the Wall

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1/5

Almar Haflidason

A 100% feeble comedy that exposes the dire acting abilities of two otherwise well respected hip-hop artists.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 05 2002 08:11 AM

BBC

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2/5

Guylaine Cadorette

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 20 2008 03:15 AM

Hollywood.com

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1/5

Mark Halverson

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 07 2008 03:15 AM

Sacramento News & Review

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Joe Leydon

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 22 2008 03:15 AM

Variety

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Lisa Alspector

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.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 08 2007 01:52 PM

Chicago Reader

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Christy Lemire

Snoop, Dre and their buddies take it all in stride -- if they were any more laid-back, they'd be napping in their trailers.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 08 2007 01:51 PM

Associated Press

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2/5

Emanuel Levy

No review available.

comment Comment | Oct., 06 2005 08:53 AM

EmanuelLevy.Com

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1/5

Clint Morris

Waterlogged from start to finish

comment Comment | Mar., 31 2005 05:17 AM

Film Threat

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1/5

Ken Hanke

I was wishing I was sitting through Bones a second time.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 26 2004 12:50 PM

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 21 2004 07:01 AM

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Robert Denerstein

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 09 2002 08:13 AM

Denver Rocky Mountain News

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 19 2002 08:11 AM

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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James Sanford

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.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 03 2002 08:31 PM

Kalamazoo Gazette

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0/4

Walter Chaw

The Wash is Santo & Johnny through a swamp of mounting disinterest.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 03 2002 04:56 PM

Film Freak Central

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50/100

Jamie Gillies

There is some comic insight here, however unfocused it may be.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 16 2002 08:09 AM

Apollo Guide

N/R

Robert W. Butler

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 12 2002 08:09 AM

Kansas City Star

 
 
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August 29, 2001: Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg team up for the first time on film as producers and stars of this comedy featuring an appearance by another familiar Dr. Dre protégé: Eminem. Opens in new window
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