![]() ![]() ![]() Once all four unravel the scam they team-up to destroy the Dukes. Jamie Lee Curtis is the hugely-boobed hooker with a heart of gold who takes Winthorpe in while the always brilliant Denholm Elliott is Coleman, the unwilling butler caught up in the Dukes' evil plan. There's loads of fun watching him hit absolute rock bottom while Valentine quickly becomes spoiled and snobby himself. The con is on as Valentine is plucked from the streets and Winthorpe is ungraciously dumped on them. Randolph Duke makes a wager with his brother Mortimer that the men can be successfully swapped. Billy Ray Valentine is a poverty-stricken street hustler. Louise Winthorpe III is a spoiled, snobby managing director at the Duke & Duke commodities brokerage. But none have been as cruel (and funny) and John Landis' Trading Places, which proves just how funny Dan Ackroyd and Eddie Murphy used to be. Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper has seen many incarnations from Disney to The Simpsons. John Landis has yet again created something big. It is intelligent without being preachy and funny without trying too hard. If you are even considering watching this. ![]() I recommend this to fans of the actors and/or director, and people intrigued by the general idea. if you watch only one movie of this type, let this be it. The film has more heart than most of its kind. The humor is mostly good and tasteful, with few but glaringly obvious exceptions(the fate of Beeks being an almost offensive one). The plot is interesting, and based on an intelligent idea. The language surprised me, with how uncensored it was, compared to today's standards. If you are a fan of either actor, you won't be disappointed. They create so many funny moments, there are simply too many to list or for mere words to do justice you'll just have to watch the film for itself. They get to play with their characters a lot, to great effect. Aykroyd and Murphy are both extraordinary. Jamie Lee Curtis bares a lot of skin, for those in the audience looking for that. That was amusing to watch for someone who enjoyed said film so much. Paul Gleason, whom I have only seen in The Breakfast Club(and Not Another Teen Movie, spoofing his character in aforementioned movie) plays a radically different role, yet still shows some of the authority he's famous for as the principal in The Breakfast Club. The movie also has some insight to prove on racism and greed. this is the way it is, and that's accepted. This direct, almost indifferent tone makes it all the more scary. Landis presents these events without pretense or heavy-handedness. The scenes of Aykroyd's character going from the peak of America's business life to rock bottom in a disturbingly short amount of time provide food for thought. Furthermore, I don't recall thinking about the film. I can't have been very old when I first saw this, because there were not much more than one scene that I recognized. I couldn't remember much of this movie when I borrowed it from a friend to watch for the second time. ![]()
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