One day, a close-knit group of car-wash employees have all manner of strange visitors coming onto their forecourt, including Richard Pryor as a preaching "wonder-man" who is loved by most but loathed by one, and a man who's mistaken for a drunk, but the bottle he clutches is actually his urine sample as he is off to the hospital. Meanwhile, T.C.'s love life improves, and the songs keep coming.... (Full plot summary below)
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One day, a close-knit group of car-wash employees have all manner of strange visitors coming onto their forecourt, including Richard Pryor as a preaching "wonder-man" who is loved by most but loathed by one, and a man who's mistaken for a drunk, but the bottle he clutches is actually his urine sample as he is off to the hospital. Meanwhile, T.C.'s love life improves, and the songs keep coming.
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe screenplay and the direction juggle the characters so adroitly, this is almost a wash-and-wax MASH. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliFrom a shock-and-suspense point-of-view, Halloween is the rival of Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho." With only a few arguable exceptions (such as "The Exorcist"), there isn't another post-1970 release that comes close to it in terms of scaring the living hell out of a viewer... A modern classic of the most horrific kind. |
| LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenIn its erratic narrative, random assortment of characters, and omnipresent soundtrack, Car Wash captures something perfectly: the rhythms of a working-class work day. |
| Chicago ReaderDave KehrCarpenter displays an almost perfect understanding of the mechanics of classical suspense; his style draws equally (and intelligently) from both Howard Hawks and Alfred Hitchcock. |
| Chicago TribuneGene SiskelCarpenter creates excellent tension throughout and he avoids excessive blood and gore in the murder sequences. The violent actions are mostly implied more than graphically depicted, which serves to heighten the effect. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jay ScottThis low-budget horror film, sophisticated far beyond its budget, is the work of John Carpenter, an authentic prodigy whose style recalls both Martin Scorsese and the Brian De Palma of "Carrie," but who has a metaphysical, sophomoric sense of humor both of those directors lack. |
| VarietyVariety StaffUses gritty humor to polish clean the souls of a lot of likeable street people. |
| Austin ChronicleMike EmeryNot entirely without some laughable or dated scenes, Halloween remains an original that continues to inspire a genre and probe middle America's fears about what's really lurking in the laundry room after midnight. |
| Entertainment WeeklyBruce FrettsCarpenter's brutally efficient exercise in tension and release. |
| City Pages, Minneapolis/St. PaulRob NelsonCar Wash marks the point at which defiant blaxploitation turned decisively into upbeat crossover entertainment. |
