One part "Fire Sale" ( White family adopting Black child ),one part "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" ( the culture clash surprise ),one part "Life Stinks" ( the reality of life on the streets ),and you pretty much have "Carbon Copy". The movie can stand on it's own however, because George Segal and Denzel Washington compliment each other nicely as mismatched Father and Son. There are a number of laugh out loud moments, and some social lessons too. If you go in not expecting too much in the way of logic, you will not be disappointed. I think George Segal is very underrated as a comedy actor. Just take a look at "Where's Poppa?" if you disagree. - MERK

I read some of the reviews and expected to like this. Most of the criticism seems aimed at the politically incorrect humor and with each passing year I give fewer and fewer effs about that. This is awful for reasons that have nothing to do with being offensive. It's like a bad pilot for a TV sitcom padded out to movie length. George Segal's career was declining at this point but Denzel Washington's was just beginning. Glad this didn't kill his career. I made it through about forty minutes of this without laughing once. If you decide to watch this, good luck.

Talk about an undiscovered gem. I never knew this film existed. Denzel Washington's first film role. You could see the potential for greatness even then. Yes, I know that is easy to say now, but I really mean it. Even in this small role, he was great.

My personal connection to this film aside, it really hit home the problem in this country. The divide is so great that only the election of Obama will begin to heal it. We still have the separate communities displayed here, and we still have the separate attitudes. George Segal really did a good job in displaying the angst of the two worlds that divide us.

Most of the credit has to go to Oscar-winner Stanley Shapiro, for writing and producing this film. He used humor very creatively to spotlight a real problem that has plagued us for many many years.