Filme mais ou menos, o roteiro é fraco, o elenco deu uma ajudada em algumas cenas, mas não foi o suficiente para ser bom, a história não foi interessante e nem os personagens melhoraram o filme.

Solid storyline and good performances from the essembled cast

This is one of those stories where the outcome thoroughly ticked me off and ruined the entire film. I can't even focus on the quality of the storytelling and the visual media. I'm just mad at the finale.

I might be biased as a contemporary viewer but I see nothing too special about this. I think most people going into this will understand the premise, display of grey area morality and overarching themes of futility as rather routine and unfortunately underexplored. This watches as more of a exaggerated biopic into nitty gritty of drug trade/enforcement politics than anything resembling "thrilling" or "fresh", mimicking many tools of genre similar pieces. Often times invoking the feeling of, well, being in traffic...

Traffic is a drama thriller that marks the new millenium by trying to send a messa about the war on drugs, the ever-going, never-ending war on drugs and their affects on teenagers. On the surface, it might feel convoluated, and in fact, it really is, but Traffic delivers a strong thematic, even though its concepts about Mexico might be out of touch in 2024. The story follows 4 main characters, their stories intertwining as the movie progresses, all of them connected by the actions of drug cartels. They don’t really connect in the end, it is not like their plots lead to this ultimate showdown where each and everyone of them know each other, no, but rather, the movie shows the toll of drugs on different aspects of life. We start with Javier Rodriguez’s story, a corrupt cop, even though the story protraits that as standard in Mexico, that works on the vicinity of Mexico bordering US. Javier, and his buddy Manolito, is about to score some big cash, but he gets in the eyes of the General and the Mexican Army. His story is perhaps the best one: heavy on thrill and suspense; and with him being the first character the movie introduces to us — oh, wow, and the last —, I believe that, out of all main characters, he is the protagonist. (Even though technicians place him as supporting character, well, shame on them.) Robert Wakefield is a judge climbing to the peak of his career, so much that he gets the antidrug czaar position, whatever the f that means. He is now tasked with bringing down Justice to drug overloards and clease the streets from this evil that is destroying American Families®. Only he is an alcoholic, his marriage is going downhill, and his daughter is an addict. Robert’s storyline is full drama, a husband and father struggling with his own demons while juggling life on wary hands. He wants to succeed on all aspects of life, but is that even possible? Helena Ayala lives a wealthy life as the wife of businessman Carlos Ayala, when the foundations of her seemingly undestructable status quo is shaken to the core with the arrest of her husband. The accusation: drugs, of course. Helena now has to learn to be strong and take matters on her own accords to save her family and, perhaps all the more important, her finances. Her storyline is also full drama. Perhaps the minor of the main characters is DEA agent Montel Gordon who is building a case along with his partner Ray Castro against Carlos Ayala. His plotline is the simplest of them all: after an important arrest, he must make sure the key witness remains unharmed until the testimony date. He definitely has the shortest screentime, but his story is not to be taken lightly. Then, again, he has the flattest of arcs, regardless of its importance in the overall story. The acting department here is top-notch, with mainstream actors and actresses playing the main characters. Benicio is definitely my favorite, but everyone else does a fine to great job portraying emotions and keeping their characters. Traffic thrived on a hard period, competing spotlight with a number of other solid entries like Memento, Gladiator, American Psycho, Donnie Darko, Training Day. The list goes on, early 2000s where a golden time for movies. Yet, Traffic delivered and got what it deserved: 4 Oscars, not to name a number of other awards and nominations, a testament to this movie’s quality. If you like complicated mixes of drama and thriller, this one is solid.

A classic, mesmerizing movie

Maybe the best film from Steven Soderbergh. Very good handling of a mega ensemble cast, telling 3 different, interconnected stories

This interweaving of stories in the war on drugs is perfect. There is no wrong turn.

This film is OK. It's long and dragged out and the acting is average, except for Michael Douglas and Don Cheadle. The weird color filting was distracting throughout.

The film's greatest assets are in the editing, acting and other craftsmanship. A morally complex caper.

"Traffic" è uno dei primi film a trattare esclusivamente il problema della droga in vari e numerosi modi. Le storie dei personaggi si incrociano e si allontanano dando vita a dei racconti che toccano il tema in diversi punti; dal trasporto al consumatore finale, dal trafficante al poliziotto di frontiera. Duro e crudo, a tratti anche pesante per il cuore questo film ha l'ulteriore merito, grazie al suo regista e ad una splendida sceneggiatura, di avere dei personaggi che si evolvono in maniera inaspettata e sempre interessante col passare dei minuti e che sono tra l'altro interpretati da un cast di attori di grandissimo talento che ne aumentano ancora le sfaccettature e la profondità. Film che probabilmente ha dato il via ad un genere, quello dell'action thriller sul tema della droga, che negli anni successivi ha prodotto tanto e ha raggiunto numerosi successi.

While I don't think "Traffic" is necessarily the best movie about some of its subject matter, I think it is a very skillfully made one. This movie explores a variety of drug-related topics through its three different storylines. I found all of the storylines somewhat interesting but I don't think any of them stood out to me, except for one of them near the end of the film. There are important issues brought to light in this film and the use of different perspectives makes it feel unbiased and realistic. I also really liked how the movie used color and think it was an interesting creative choice when it comes to mood and setting for a lot of sequences. Overall, this is a well-acted and uniquely made film that is pretty good and worth watching.

Not bad, but way too naive. Especially on the Washington end.

Don't do drugs kids. Traffic is a melodramatic drug film about three stories relating to the drug war explaining that these bad occurrences happened similarly during this hard time. Let's start with the worst story, Benico Del Toro's Spanish subtitled one is a replica of a typical drug thriller except for Spanish subtitles! I don't think that the premise it carried wasn't very unique and different compared to similar plots done better. But I do like subtitles so it wasn't all bad and the pool scene is probably the best out of that story. Next would be Don Cheadle's, it did start with a well built conversation with the villain but of course it's squeezed out of any substance holding it in place with a oblivious chase in a ball pit that I didn't care about. But it did get better with the Catherine Zeta-Jones introduction, however, I think this one is slightly above average. Finally the Michael Douglas one, the judge trying to end the drug war while having a daughter that is effected by such is really realistic and impactful that I wish this was the whole film. Unfortunately even this one has a pitfall, it doesn't go anywhere!! it's sad because you have the Michael Douglas and you can't get it perfect?? Overall, instituting a layout of instructions with a mess-up during building, Traffic delivers awareness in the right way even though it doesn't quite hit the mark. But while doing so creating a path where film's like 21 grams and Sicario could walk. Grade: B+

The war on drugs is fought on all fronts, especially when it gets closer to home! Through three different stories concerning the effect of the drug trade, a judge, a cartel leaders wife, two DEA agents and a city cop take on the affect of narcotics and its damaging aftermath on the community. Soderbergh shows us that this is a battle that is ongoing and you can either sink into it or you can swim!

Watched this because of all the rave reviews and big-talk re: Benicio. Sadly, one of the worst films I've seen. Disparate stories told together makes it difficult for you to get attached to any character or care about their struggle (there's no 1 x protagonist). The colour-filter to signify another storyline is jarring. The storylines are very soap opera. The tone is drab. Lots of boring conversation about boring subject matter. Very pretentious. The message of the film is "drugs are bad." Generic and uninteresting. Decent performances from the actors, but the characters are uninteresting. Awful structure. Just plodded along.

The sprawling nature of Gaghan's screenplay means that some characters are inevitably going to get lost in the shuffle but Soderbergh does his damnedest to make it work and for certain stretches the film comes together in remarkable ways (i.e the changing color plates, anytime Del Toro is onscreen).

Really good watch with a star studded cast. Realized I'd seen it not too long ago after the first 15 mins, but more than good enough to watch again. Yes it's depressing, but it portrays the helplessness of the drug issue affecting the world like so few others, even 20 years on. Showed its age though in parts (would benefit massively from a 4K image with the colours of some of the scenes).

I can't believe how stupid and naive critics reviews of this movies is. It's one of the most important movies ever made. It goes into how drugs affect the people in this country and our daily lives. There is collateral damage for every family in America because of the drugs that we think our harmless. Like he says, I dunno how you go to war against your family. So well done.

A good movie with intertwining stories that highlights the moral ambiguity of the drugs trade but I did find it bloated at times.