6.9
Man Push Cart
2006
“Any resemblance between father and son is purely hysterical.”
Carbon Copy (1981)
August 6, 19811h 32mEN
5.8
62 votes
Overview
A middle-aged married wealthy white corporate executive is surprised to discover that he has a working-class black teen-age son who wants to be adopted into the almost-exclusively-white upper-middle-class community of San Marino, California.
Director
Michael SchultzWriter
Where to Watch
Streaming availability for India
Stream
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$6.0M
Revenue
$9.6M
Production Companies
First City Features Ltd.HemdaleRKO PicturesAVCO Embassy Pictures
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User Reviews
r96sk
7.0<em>'Carbon Copy'</em> is a Denzel Washington flick that only a few have apparently seen; just 2.9k watched on Letterboxd, for example. That's a surprise, as is the film itself frankly. It's a bit of a trip. I knew it'd be to do with race due to the poster/title, but it's the entire plot. I was getting major vibes of <em>'Trading Places'</em> throughout, there are plenty of differences, for sure, but the white guy's trajectory is fairly similar. That Landis flick came out just two years after this, curiously. As for how this deals with race, I think positively (albeit clumsily). Washingt…
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