Eddie Murphy stars in one of his greatest roles.
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05/26/06
Trading Places (1983)
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Reviews Counted:35
Fresh:32
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7.3/10
Consensus: Featuring deft interplay between Eddie Murphy and Dan Dan Aykroyd, Trading Places is an immensely appealing social satire.
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: In this screwball comedy of manners, millionaire commodity brokers Randolph and Mortimer Duke (Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy) wager a bet that pits environment vs. biology and turns the lives of... [More]
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche
Director: John Landis
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Reviews for Trading Places
A thoroughly entertaining romp with its lampooning of social snobbery
07/23/03
Murphy and Akyroyd are two comedians in their prime.
12/01/03
What's most visible in the movie is the engaging acting. Murphy and Aykroyd are perfect foils for each other.
10/23/04
Top CriticThis is one of the best comedies of the 1980s, featuring a cast at the height of their powers.
06/13/01
This 1983 film re-creates a screwball comedy format and then eliminates everything but the crudest audience-gratification elements; any incursions into the more morally complicated side of the genre are quickly curtailed.
04/02/08
Top Criticwhat you might imagine a Frank Capra film would be like if it were reimagined for the Reagan era and starring a couple of stand-out comedians from Saturday Night Live
10/15/02
Because Eddie doesn't have to carry the whole movie, he is free to make every word that comes out of his mouth infinitely appealing.
12/06/05
[A] shrewd but very likable movie.
08/30/04
Top CriticMurphy and Aykroyd at the top of their game
09/14/02
...one of the most impressive comedies to emerge out of the 1980s.
07/02/09
Trading Places also makes Eddie Murphy a force to be reckoned with.
04/02/08
Top CriticTrading Places is a light romp geared up by the schtick shifted by Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy.
04/02/08
Top CriticAn altogether hilarious concoction that features Dan Aykroyd at his strongest, Eddie Murphy at his freewheeling funniest, and director John Landis at the absolute top of his game.
10/07/02
As a satire on the internecine savagery of fiscal doings under late Reaganite capitalism, the movie is not as biting as it thinks it is; but it's still the best hoot since Arthur.
06/24/06
Fast-paced and energetic social satire fleshed out with lots of enjoyable silliness.
04/02/08
The rise of Valentine and the fall of Winthorpe are a source of great fun.
04/02/08
The Saturday Night Live veterans Murphy and Ackroyd are the show-stealers here in this decent family comedy.
04/02/08
Very funny, with Landis and Murphy at the top of their game.
04/04/03
Hilarious chemistry between Aykroyd and Murphy.
09/21/05
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