Trading Places

Roger Ebert

This is good comedy.Its especially good because it doesnt stop with sitcom manipulations of its idea, and it doesnt go only for the obvious points about racial prejudice in America. ( Read More )

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy team up in this thoroughly entertaining comedy romp. ( Read More )

Dennis Schwartz

Though it has some comic moments, that soon gives way to tedium as it loses its screwball comedy format. ( Read More )

The rise of Valentine and the fall of Winthorpe are a source of great fun. ( Read More )

Dave Kehr

But director John Landis is so deficient in basic storytelling skills that he must spend hours explicating the most elementary plot points while Aykroyd and Murphy are sidelined.Like Arthur, 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. ( Read More )