Review of Trading Places (1983) by Andrew S — 07 May 2009

An uproarious take on 1930s social message films, updated for the Gordon Gekko era. Every line of dialogue is priceless (?Where is your bitches??) and the cast is remarkable. Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd are so good that I can still forgive them for everything they have done since the nineties began, and special kudos should also go to Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy as the slimy Duke brothers, Denholm Elliott as the butler, and Paul Gleason as the villainous Mr.

Beaks. And, no, I?ve not forgotten about Jamie Lee Curtis or her boobies; no boy in the eighties ever could! I also love the gritty, earthy look of the film and the local Philadelphia flavor that it captures.