Review of Trading Places (1983) by Andrea C — 25 Dec 2013

This is a great movie.

Much better than multi-million productions nowadays.

This review of Trading Places (1983) was written by Andrea C on 25 Dec 2013.

Trading Places has generally received very positive reviews.

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The story and dialogues are too simple, to I didnt enjoy the jokes also. Sometimes the scenes are even very unrealistic…

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Widly unrealstic lacking any kinda of logic…

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A sort of updating of The prince and the pauper with brilliant Dan Ackroyd and Eddie Murphy in his first and best comedies…

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