Movie Review

Movie Review

Introduction

Car wash is a comedy film that was released in 1976 and was directed by Michael Shultz, who is known for his profitable works such as Scavenger Hunt (1979). Car Wash is very well executed, a little vulgar way of showing a journey through a day on a car wash station in Los Angeles. Joel Schumacher, the writer, has been able to take the viewers in and out of the lives of more than two dozen characters and the entire team has tried to burst the bubble of plain traditional comedy and has portrayed normal civilian life through the day. Mr. Barrow, also known as Mr.B, played by Sully Boyar, owns the car wash and is worried about the situations that are taking place in his business. However, a cameo appearance by Richard Pryor makes the entire film even better. Richard portrays the role of Daddy Rich, a man who is always after money and his theory of gospel is loved by most people except Abdullah. Abdullah, played by Bill Duke is a young Black Muslim revolutionary and faces anger issues. However the film cannot be suggested as a good movie that can be seen again and again. What it lacks the most is a story line and plot and also the number of characters is a lot.

Acting

Apart from the actors and their roles described in the introduction, the two actors that the movie starts with are Floyd and Lloyd, and are shown in the locker room discussing their audition in the evening as they are jazz musical entertainers. T.C, another employee of the deluxe car wash is shown waiting for a call from an fm station to announce the result for an in-call competition, which gave the winner tickets to a rock concert. Lonnie plays the foreman and is also the mentor to hot head Abdullah because he loses control and tends to get into quarrels like when he argues with Lindy, another employee that acts like a woman. There are a number of characters in the entire film, each character having a distinct and unique role to perform. The acting is so good that it does get difficult to judge if at all there was a script for the film. The dialogue delivery is spot on and the flow stays persistent throughout. Even though in a plain first view perspective, we see the actors take up their roles and portray them in a comedic manner. However in a deeper perspective, the actors have played different societal roles. For example, we see a Black American Muslim, a hooker, an old man and so on. We also see characters of different age groups. The selling point of the film was Richard Pryor. Even though he had only a cameo appearance, his impression had an impact on the other characters as well. The marketing campaign of the film used false advertising to sell tickets by using his name on the main posters only to disappoint the audience since his ...