Product Details

• Actors: John Basinger, Jr. Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jeris Poindexter, Pauly Shore, Alex Thomas
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 2
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: March 12, 2002
• Run Time: 96 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005V1XX
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #18,974 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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This casual comedy stars hip-hop maestros Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, who are also all over the movie's soundtrack. Dee Loc (Dogg) works at a car wash but makes more money selling pot on the side. When his roommate Sean (Dre) gets a job as assistant manager at the wash, Sean finds himself caught between his tyrannical boss (the ever-blustery George Wallace) and his friend. But the plot isn't really the point--The Wash is a loose, ambling collection of off-hand jokes, character portraits, and girls in tight clothes, much in the same vein as Friday or I Got the Hook-Up. Cameos include Shaquille O'Neal, Ludacris, Pauly Shore (as a mob victim tied up in a car trunk), and Eminem. Writer-director DJ Pooh also plays a dimwitted kidnapper and has some of the funniest bits. --Bret Fetzer

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars "The Wash" Review, June 24, 2004

By	Crazy Jim (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

"Friday" co-writer DJ Pooh tries for another run at the urban buddy comedy concept with superstar rap duo, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg playing roomates who go from the closest of buds to being at odds when Dre gets a supervising job at the car wash where Snoop works. Despite a pretty solid supporting cast including George Wallace, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Lamont Bentley, and Alex Thomas, this one is all over the place. Dre and Snoop's musical chemistry doesn't seem to translate too well into the cinematic world. Both seemed more comfortable in the bit parts they played in "Training Day" than they do trying to be the stars of their own feature. Pooh the writer seems content with sticking to the same tired drug humor and fart jokes while Pooh the director uses big-name rapper cameos to cover up these faults. The film is so stuffed with silly gags in fact that the movie's biggest conflict is pushed to the closing 20 minutes, leaving the audience with the impression that it probably isn't that important. "The Wash" has a few fleeting moments of humor including Kurupt as a neighborhood punk who interrogates Dre at gunpoint, Pooh as one of the bumbling kidnappers, and Eminem as a disgruntled former employee of the car wash. In the end though, it feels more like an R-rated episode of "Keenen & Kel" than a comedic gem like "Friday". While I was probably anticipating this movie more than anyone, it makes for a better rental than a purchase.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Fairly Wack, March 15, 2002

By	[e-mail] "mistermaxxx" (usa) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (VINE VOICE)

Snoop had some funny lines but overall this film is at best a direct to Video type of film.this film in no way should be compared to Car Wash at all it ain't even close.this film is surrounded with a 2ns tier cast of Comedians overall to me.I dig George Wallace He had some moments.Eminem did nothing for this clunker.Dr.Dre has no Screen Pressence He tries to hard.Music is His Strength not Making Film.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars ummmm, July 10, 2005

By	Mrs. M. M. Smith "HIP HOP CHICK" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

this is a film with snoop n dre. the story and dialogue is mostly poor but the funnier moments r worth watching again. my advice is get richard pryors car wash which is better and is the basis of this flick