Trading Places cushions the social satire of its theme with broad comedy.

| Mar 15, 2023

Trading Places, in this of all Hollywood years, is a joy to behold -- clever without being smart, affectionate without being sentimental, They can make movies like they used to after all.

| Aug 20, 2021

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.

| Oct 23, 2018

Trading Places is a comedy of unavoidable fits and starts.

| Nov 23, 2015

The Saturday Night Live veterans Murphy and Ackroyd are the show-stealers here in this decent family comedy.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 2, 2008

Trading Places also makes Eddie Murphy a force to be reckoned with.

| Apr 2, 2008

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.

| Apr 2, 2008

Trading Places is a light romp geared up by the schtick shifted by Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy.

| Apr 2, 2008

As a satire on the internecine savagery of fiscal doings under late Reaganite capitalism, the movie is not as biting as it thinks it is; but it's still the best hoot since Arthur.

| Jun 24, 2006

What's most visible in the movie is the engaging acting. Murphy and Aykroyd are perfect foils for each other.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 23, 2004

[A] shrewd but very likable movie.

Full Review | Aug 30, 2004

This is one of the best comedies of the 1980s, featuring a cast at the height of their powers.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 13, 2001