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Trading Places
Directed by
John Landis
R
1983
1h 56m
Comedy
7.5
87%
85%
7.2
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A snobbish Wall Street commodities broker and a wily street hustler find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaire brothers who run a brokerage house.
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Cast of Trading Places
Dan Aykroyd
Louis Winthorpe III
Eddie Murphy
Billy Ray Valentine
Ralph Bellamy
Randolph Duke
Don Ameche
Mortimer Duke
Denholm Elliott
Coleman
Jamie Lee Curtis
Ophelia
Paul Gleason
Clarence Beeks
Frank Oz
Corrupt Cop
Jim Belushi
Harvey
Kristin Holby
Penelope Witherspoon
Alfred Drake
President of Exchange
Bo Diddley
Pawnbroker
Al Franken
Baggage Handler #1
Tom Davis
Baggage Handler #2
Maurice Woods
Duke & Duke Employee
Richard D. Fisher, Jr.
Duke & Duke Employee
Anthony DiSabatino
Duke & Duke Employee
Bonnie Behrend
Duke & Duke Employee
Sunnie Merrill
Duke & Duke Employee
James Newell
Duke & Duke Employee
Trading Places Ratings & Reviews
Associated Press
Yardena Arar
Landis' direction is deft, but the sparkling performances are the real draw not only by Murphy and Aykroyd but also by Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy as the meddling oldsters, Denholm Elliott as the gentlemanly servant and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Washington Post
Gary Arnold
Trading Places is a comedy of unavoidable fits and starts.
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Directed by John Landis with a surprising amount of class, though he lets some of his old Animal House' vulgarity slip ostentatiously into the action.
People Magazine
Ralph Novak
It's all outrageously contrived, and only surprising restraint by director John Landis makes it work. The writing is superb, too, leaving the two funnymen free to do the most inspired textured portrayals either has managed in movies.
Common Sense Media
Alex Orner
Edgy, bawdy '80s comedy not meant for kids.
Movie Metropolis
John J. Puccio
...a fun-filled film all the way around.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Preposterous lighthearted one-joke comedy.
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...one of the most impressive comedies to emerge out of the 1980s.
TIME Magazine
Richard Schickel
Trading Places also makes Eddie Murphy a force to be reckoned with.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
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.
TV Guide
The rise of Valentine and the fall of Winthorpe are a source of great fun.
Variety
Variety Staff
Trading Places is a light romp geared up by the schtick shifted by Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy.
DVDJournal.com
Betsy Bozdech
The story of a poor con artist and a wealthy commodities trader whose lives are suddenly swapped just isn't as much fun as it used to be.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Eddie Murphy stars in one of his greatest roles.
Film Threat
Brad Laidman
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.
FromTheBalcony
Bill Clark
Hilarious chemistry between Aykroyd and Murphy.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
What's most visible in the movie is the engaging acting. Murphy and Aykroyd are perfect foils for each other.
New York Times
Janet Maslin
[A] shrewd but very likable movie.
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