Human Traffic
Miramax Films | Release Date: May 5, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
13
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Its lingering hangover, however, is decidedly pleasant.
50
Boston GlobeJay Carr
'Trainspotting'' Lite.
60
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Brimming with fun and a few great ideas, it's little more than a foggy memory the minute it's over. Read full review
38
USA TodayStaff [Not Credited]
Someone has seen "Trainspotting" too many times, and it's writer/director Justin Kerrigan.
50
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
It's a 24-hour-party-people travelogue, entertaining enough to grab your eyes... but less memorable than it may at first appear. Read full review
60
Film.comGemma Files
Like memories of your latest high, it's all briefly amusing, mildly embarrassing, and - ultimately -- completely forgettable. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Stack
This British film also mocks the rave culture it celebrates, and it's charming in a way that is hip but surprisingly down to earth. Read full review
50
Washington PostAlona Wartofsky
Wildly uneven--inventive and clever moments are interspersed with dull and predictable ones. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
There's an underlying emptiness to Human Traffic and it's difficult to say for sure whether Kerrigan fully acknowledges it. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
They are, in fact, likable. That's why their comedy is so sad. Read full review
70
Village VoiceAmy Taubin
Sweet, ribald, and even inspired in an off-the-cuff way. Read full review
20
Washington PostDesson Thomson
I'd rather sit in bumper-to-bumper hell on I-495 for two hours than get caught in Traffic again. Read full review
50
Film.comErnest Hardy
Stripped of the pretension of the overrated "Trainspotting," but it's also void of the earlier film's ambition or glimmers of real cultural insight. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMarc Caro
You may not want to join in their activities but you're happy to have tagged along.
70
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
Mostly it's exhilarating. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Fast, funny.
40
L.A. WeeklySteven Mikulan
Turns into a driving soundtrack accompanied by a film. Read full review
60
VarietyDerek Elley
Well cast, engagingly played and directed with a stylistic pedal to the metal, Human Traffic is a lot of energy adding up to very little. Read full review
35
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
So desperate to be rebellious and cool, that it's impossible to see it as anything more than one big case of "been there, done that" -- even if your drugs have already kicked in.
80
Dallas ObserverLuke Y. Thompson
What it lacks in story, it makes up for with sharp dialogue and an amusing Walter Mitty-esque style. Read full review
50
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
A bubbly, high-spirited paean to the joys of pharmaceutical phun that grooves to a throbbing beat but constantly trips over flat, prosaic dialogue and literal, lifeless sight gags. Read full review
88
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Funny and masterfully inventive. Read full review
50
New York PostJonathan Foreman
Though it contains some very funny, cleverly written comic sketches, Human Traffic shares with other drug movies the problem that watching other people on drugs is not interesting.
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
The movie is too cute to lose its head in the music. It never generates its own ecstasy. Read full review
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