Sunday, July 12, 2015

Movie Reviews #31 - Trading Places (1983)

Plot: (from imdb.com) A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

Review: What’s been great about doing these reviews is that they give me an excuse to go back and watch movies that I had never seen back in the day. Trading Places is a movie I had only discovered in the past few years and I finally took the time to watch it. The concept of people switching place was something that seemed to happen often in 80s movies. Sometimes they just changed roles, sometimes magic switched their bodies but they’re similar type movies. As the plot description states, a bet is the reason for the switch in this movie.

            Aykroyd and Murphy are great as the two leads. They have good chemistry together and their individual scenes work well also. However the standout here is Jamie Lee Curtis. This is going to sound shallow, but wow, her boobs are amazing in this movie! I did not see that coming. Time to snap out of that. The movie is funny too but not overly laugh out loud. It’s got a great 80s feel to it and I’d recommend everyone to check it out just to see those old computer that were once hi-tech.

Score: 7/10

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