Trade
Roadside Attractions | Release Date: September 28, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
42
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Mixed or average reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
6
Negative:
9
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38
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Human trafficking is an awful societal issue, and Trade happens to be an awful movie about human trafficking. Read full review
33
Portland OregonianM. E. Russell
You end up with a movie that takes that real problem and makes it feel like an exploitation contrivance. Read full review
30
VarietyRobert Koehler
Little more than a slipshod, trashy, sometimes exploitative thriller. Read full review
30
Village VoiceRobert Wilonsky
It's pure exploitation--the kind of movie after which you need a long, hot shower. German director Marco Kreuzpaintner's movie looks like "Traffic" and "Syriana"--clearly his role models--but is little more than our generation's version of 1979's "Hardcore." Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterDuane Byrge
Trade is an earnest attempt to dramatize the network of Internet sex "tunnels." Unfortunately, the film's horrific and important subject matter is distilled into a lackluster lump of generic buddy-movie/road-picture components. Read full review
30
Washington PostDesson Thomson
By introducing silly elements into a serious endeavor, the filmmakers undercut their own movie. In the end, we're watching a somewhat exploitative movie about exploitation. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Kline gives an interesting performance playing against type, but with its action plotting and sensationalistic scenes of women being brutalized, the movie often seems to be exploiting as much as illuminating the problem. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Anything that holds our interest can be entertaining, in a way, but the movie seems to have an unwholesome determination to show us the victims being terrified and threatened. When I left the screening, I just didn't feel right. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen Johnson
Trade is a total misfire, a strange attempt at making a buddy movie featuring a morose Kevin Kline and a 17-year-old Mexican boy looking for his kidnapped sister. Read full review
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