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And it's a great idea for a story: A white preppy snot and a black street hustler trade places, and learn new skills they never dreamed existed. Movie Reviews TV/Streaming
Trading Places. Upper-crust executive Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd) and down-and-out hustler Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) are the subjects of a bet by successful brokers Mortimer (Don...
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Trading Places is crammed full of hilarious scenes, great dialogue, and funny cameos. Who cannot resist Eddie Murphy's foreign exchange student disguise or Ackroyd's Lionel Josef. Even the gorilla in the train is a brilliant character.
It also received generally positive reviews, with critics praising both the central cast and the film's revival of the screwball comedy genre prevalent in the 1930s and 1940s while criticizing Trading Places for lacking the same moral message of the genre while promoting the accumulation of wealth.
Juxtaposing iconic architecture and historic statues with this heavily loaded satire examining the intersection of race and class situate Trading Places firmly in its American context.
Jun 8, 1983 · Trading Places: Directed by John Landis. With Denholm Elliott, Dan Aykroyd, Maurice Woods, Richard D. Fisher Jr.. A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
BAFTA Awards. • 2 Wins & 3 Nominations. Billy Ray Valentine (Murphy), a street con man and Louis Winthorpe III, a commodities broker (Aykroyd) agree to trade places after monied Mortimer Duke (Ameche) bets Billy Ray could pull in more money than Louis could on the streets.
“Trading Places” is a social satire with admirable aims. But the way that it whiffs its landing is emblematic of the deepest problems in the very 1980s culture that it parodies.
Trading Places. 69. Metascore. 11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com. 88. Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert. But what's most visible in the movie is the engaging acting. Murphy and Aykroyd are perfect foils for each other. 88. Boston Globe Jay Carr.
Nov 17, 2000 · Trading Places (1983) Reviewed by Almar Haflidason. Updated 17 November 2000. This is one of the best comedies of the 1980s, featuring a cast at the height of their powers. King of the heap...
