Trading Places (1983)
A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: John Landis
Written By: Herschel Weingrod, Timothy Harris
Starring: Ralph Bellamy, Dan Aykroyd, Denholm Elliott, Jim Belushi, Eddie Murphy, Don Ameche, Bill Cobbs, Frank Oz, Jamie Lee Curtis, Paul Gleason, Robert Earl Jones, Bo Diddley
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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TheDenizen | 75 74th |
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Jamie Lee Curtis has fantastic breasts.
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Stain | 90 86th |
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Ah, for the days when John Landis made good movies and Eddie Murphy was funny
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astrakhan | 68 13th |
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A pretty ordinary comedy in which everybody plays to type and there are few surprises. The concept has enough mileage but there aren't many laughs. Jamie Lee Curtis's boobs are the only reason to watch this. I never thought I'd sink that low as a film aficionado, but you just made me, John Landis.
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TripleSH | 79 66th |
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Wow! Eddie Murphy _was_ funny. I was starting to lose faith.
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twincinema | 60 36th |
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This hasn't aged well, and not just because Aykroyd shows up in blackface and speaking in fake patois. There is funny moments, but the film's true strength is in its socioeconomic message. Also, only one use of Eddie Murphy's laugh. That's a disgrace.
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bartekfm | 35 8th |
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Another '80s comedy I don't get excited about.
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wetwillies | 70 19th |
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Viewed May 10, 2017.
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Sweekoden | 59 45th |
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Aykroyd, Murphy, Curtis, the baddies, etc. are all pretty likable and well cast. I just don't get it, though. I mean, people are calling it a wonderful comedy and a laugh riot, but other than Murphy at the start, it's not really funny. And for a non-American watching it in 2016, the climax of the movie might as well be them speaking in tongues. No idea how that stock market stuff works. Meh!
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Yiannos | 65 59th |
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An interesting premise that does not fully develop its racial themes, but the fact that it even addresses class at all distinguishes it from Hollywood comedies made today that outright refuse to deal with it. In that sense, it really is a comedy from a lost world, one where Murphy and Aykroyd were funny and Landis was still relevant. Despite some dead patches, which are typical of Landis' comedies, the train scene compensates, and the supporting cast holds their own against the big stars.
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Jasongirl67 | 75 69th |
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Love this film
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| Average Percentile 57.88% from 3846 Ratings |  |