Trading Places 1983

Janet Maslin, New York Times: [A] shrewd but very likable movie. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: 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

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: What's most visible in the movie is the engaging acting. Murphy and Aykroyd are perfect foils for each other. Read more

Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine: Trading Places also makes Eddie Murphy a force to be reckoned with. Read more

Chris Peachment, Time Out: 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. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Trading Places is a light romp geared up by the schtick shifted by Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy. Read more

Gary Arnold, Washington Post: Trading Places is a comedy of unavoidable fits and starts. Read more