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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.
Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
The Wash
When you're down 'n dirty, it all comes out in The Wash.
2001 · 1h 37m · R
Comedy
Directed by
DJ Pooh
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The Wash
Overview
With the rent due and his car booted, Sean has to come up with some ends...and fast. When his best buddy and roommate Dee Loc, suggests that Sean get a job busting suds down at the local car wash.
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Snoop, Dre and their buddies take it all in stride -- if they were any more laid-back, they'd be napping in their trailers.
Christy Lemire, Associated Press
Rotten
There's precious little to listen to, laugh at or ogle.
David Segal, Washington Post
Rotten
A sloppy, harebrained movie, which looks like it was made on a fraction of the budget of one of their videos.
Jason Anderson, Globe and Mail
Rotten
So ramshackle it's nearly enough to make you forget how tossed-together the 1976 Car Wash was.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
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