Human Trafficking
  • Network: Lifetime
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 24, 2005
Metascore
54

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 14
  3. Negative: 4 out of 14
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Critic Reviews

  1. Kansas City Star
    Reviewed by: Aaron Barnhart
    60
    It’s a grim two hours... But it’s not overly explicit, and the script and talent are better than most Lifetime films.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Barry Garron
    50
    Perhaps inevitably, with all that focus on the educational component, the story gets short shrift.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Paul Brownfield
    50
    "Human Trafficking" is at once a sobering, tough-to-watch dramatization about girls taken from the streets of their hometowns around the world and sold into sexual servitude and a clichéd drama about said topic.
  5. People Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tom Gliatto
    50
    It's an awful story, and it deserves a better production than this. [31 Oct 2005, p.39]
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#40 Best TV Season of 2005
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#20 Most Discussed TV Season of 2005
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#37 Most Shared TV Season of 2005

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User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 99 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 86 out of 99
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 99
  3. Negative: 11 out of 99
  1. ssfourseas
    Apr 9, 2018
    10
    EXCELLENT! This will be etched in my brain forever. Hoping there is a Season 2. Obviously, the so called 'professional' critics have no taste.
  2. IrmarieS
    Jun 1, 2013
    10
    This is one of my favorite movies! The cast did a great job representing the different scenarios of human trafficking! It is a sad realityThis is one of my favorite movies! The cast did a great job representing the different scenarios of human trafficking! It is a sad reality Must watch is an eye opener the movie is very graphic!

    Facts:
    Human trafficking is the third largest international crime industry (behind illegal drugs and arms trafficking).
    It reportedly generates a profit of $32 billion every year. Of that number, $15.5 billion is made in industrialized countries.

    According to the U.S. State Department, 600,000 to 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders every year. More than 70 percent are female and half are children.

    Two children are sold every minute.    … Full Review »
  3. CathyW.
    Dec 6, 2007
    10
    I loved this show! I've watched it so many times I really enjoy watching it and learning how people are used for trafficking and I want I loved this show! I've watched it so many times I really enjoy watching it and learning how people are used for trafficking and I want to know how to help.… Full Review »
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