Trading Places

Overview
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Reviews (4)
John Chard (Rated: 8)
The Prince and the Pauper with Eddie & Dan on sparkling form.
Mortimer & Randolph Duke are two repugnantly rich brothers, they make a bet that sees the role reversal of top toff yuppie, Louis Winthorpe, and wise cracking street hustler bum, Billy Ray Valentine. That's about the strength of the fi...
JPV852 (Rated: 8)
Seen this one numerous times over the years, not quite a laugh-out-loud riot or anything but still pretty funny throughout with great performances all around. Although their screen time together was mostly limited to the last 30-minutes, Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy were great as were Denholm Elliot...
Peter89Spencer (Rated: 8)
Is it offensive? Very much. Is it worth watching? Absolutely. Is it funny as hell? Hell yeah!
This classic OUTRAGEOUS comedy caper is the perfect holiday film to watch in between Christmas and New Year's Eve.
CinemaSerf (Rated: 7)
I am not really a fan of Eddie Murphy, but with the help of Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche doing their own version of a more manipulative pairing akin to "Stadler and Waldorf", he delivers well here in this rather punchy comedy. Our two elderly gents are wealthy and employ "Winthorpe" (Dan Akyroyd) to...
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