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
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 3/4 |
...one of the most impressive comedies to emerge out of the 1980s. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Fast-paced and energetic social satire fleshed out with lots of enjoyable silliness. Full Review |
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4/5 |
The Saturday Night Live veterans Murphy and Ackroyd are the show-stealers here in this decent family comedy. Full Review |
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Trading Places also makes Eddie Murphy a force to be reckoned with. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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3/4 |
The rise of Valentine and the fall of Winthorpe are a source of great fun. Full Review |
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Trading Places is a light romp geared up by the schtick shifted by Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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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. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Eddie Murphy stars in one of his greatest roles. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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. Full Review |
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2/5 |
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B+ |
Hilarious chemistry between Aykroyd and Murphy.
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3/5 |
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4/5 |
great fun
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3.5/4 |
What's most visible in the movie is the engaging acting. Murphy and Aykroyd are perfect foils for each other. Full Review |
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4/5 |
[A] shrewd but very likable movie. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Enjoyable star comedy with pleasant performances.
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4/5 |
Funny and clever, even though its celebration of 80s-era greed has aged poorly.
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