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2.0
With Traffic, he has made the rare Hollywood epic that dares to entertain an audience by engaging the world.
EW
5.0
The movie is powerful precisely because it doesnt preach.It is so restrained that at one moment the judges final speech I wanted one more sentence, ma ..
Rogerebert
4.5
Its wise about different kinds of addiction and concepts of family, about the folly, futility and hypocrisy of anti drug wars, and about the awful hum ..
Time Out
4.5
As Javier Rodriguez, a Mexican policeman caught between overwhelming corruption and his granite encased integrity, Del Toros the best reason of all to ..
5.0
Exec prods: Richard Solomon, Mike Newell & Cameron Jones, Graham King & Andreas Klein.
Screen Daily
4.0
Nearly as amazing is Erika Christensens long, slow ride to hell as Caroline.
3.0
Traffic is one of those square up the middle tracts that make people think theyre thinking.
E Film Critic
5.0
A multi paneled thriller about the U.S. drug wars, Traffic is explosive entertainment, with the tension and volatility of its subject matter.
San Francisco Chronicle
5.0
Soderberghs electrifying pace always keeps this huge project firmly on the rails, always moving, always running.
4.0
Critique: One of the most complete, uncommercial and realistic movie presentations of the drug wars ever put together.This movie doesnt have any car c ..
JoBlo
3.0
While one may take some time to settle in with the film, it nevertheless leaves one breathless with the finesse with which it tells the tale.
4.0
This contemporary thriller is a real eye opener; it offers a devastating critique of the present status of the war on drugs.
Spirituality And Practice
3.0
A beautifully crafted, intermittently powerful drama which, even at 147 minutes, maintains interest throughout.
One Guys Opinion
4.4
Powerfully scripted and flawlessly acted, Traffik remains to date one of the most memorable programs ever to air on the venerable PBS showcase of Brit ..
ReelViews
4.5
Probably the largest scale film about drug trafficking since THE POPPY IS ALSO A FLOWER (1966), this thriller focuses on disparate families on both si ..
Tv Guide
3.5
Its not that the acting is bad; its just that the writing isnt there.
Combust Ible Celluloid
4.4
It has plenty of drama, action, comedy and tension. It could have been a little tighter, however.
Lariat
4.0
Balancing multiple storylines with an equal amount of attention and intensity, no film in 2000 contained as many incredible performances.
News Review
4.0
Robert Wakefield (MICHAEL DOUGLAS) is a conservative Ohio State Supreme Court Judge whos just been appointed by the President as the nations new drug ..
Screen It
5.0
And there isnt a simplistic, easy answer in sight; on the contrary, the script tackles a horrifically difficult subject with intelligence, wit and a r ..
Shadows On The Wall
5.0
In short, this is unmissable entertainment the perfect antidote to the usual Hollywood slew of brainless blockbusters and proof that, yes, Hollywood C ..
View London
1.5
Newsday reveals the All LI teams for the fall 2018 season in nine sports Over 24,000 employees at 116 LI companies were polled on what makes their emp ..
News Day
5.0
Its a what you see is what you get movie, meticulously researched, well acted, filled with striking moments and yet oddly uninvolving overall.
Film Journal International ..
4.0
However, in Soderberghs capable hands, it becomes a thought provoking, fascinating piece that examines Americas War on Drugs in a most thought provoki ..
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
4.5
Drugs become a character, crafted with more complexity and nuance than the human characters in most films.
Internet Reviews
4.4
A grim and pessimistic exploration of an insidious menace that can touch any household not only in this country, but anywhere in the world.
Internet Reviews
4.0
One almost feels sorry for those actors whom Soderbergh didnt invite to be in his film.
Internet Reviews
4.5
This is a disconsolate tale about the near hopelessness of it all.
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Emanuellevy
5.0
A lot of the beats are a bit too familiar from previous entries in the series, which isnt surprising given that this is the fifth film to play off the ..
Q Network
3.5
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Salon
1.5
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Observer
5.0
Soderberghs carefully braiding of its diverse stories never wanders into incoherence.
Flim Threet
4.0
Its an ambitious undertaking, but one that succeeds thanks to truly award winning work by all concerned.
Bbc
3.0
It leaves one feeling restless and dissatisfied.Partly its a structural problem.
Time
5.0
The other principals in the cast are better, but not too much better.
Mr Brown Movies
5.0
A grand entertainment. One of the best Hollywood productions to come out of the pipeline in years.
The Movie Boy
3.5
Cinematographers Chayse Irvin (BlacKkKlansman), Robbie Ryan (The Favourite) and Benoit Delhomme (At Eternitys Gate) pinpoint certain moments in their ..
Calendar Live
5.0
With a dozen or so sizable roles, Traffic has more juicy acting opportunities than two or three ordinary films, and the high powered cast seems to rel ..
Hollywood
2.5
Soderbergh doesnt have the time to really explore his characters in this otherwise accomplished, perceptive and technically impeccable film.The direct ..
Spliced Wire
4.4
There are moments when director Steven Soderbergh slips up, but on the whole, Traffic is a very good film.
Movie Habit
5.0
It is such a complex film yet artfully done in such a way that you cannot help but sit back and admire it.
7M Pictures
4.5
Soderbergh deftly weaves together four stories depicting the causes and effects of the illegal drug trade.
Boxoffice Magazine
4.5
Soderbergh goes for realism with his camera and cast and gets it right.
E Online
4.0
Though its overlong, it slowly builds to a monumental finale with an undeniable sense of satisfaction.
5.0
Our review of Traffic has been moved from online and into an eBook covering movies released in late 1999 and all through 2000.
Varia Gate
3.5
What a script!.Sincere, detailed, gritty dialogue runs its street real mouth all over this richly woven story.
Ross Anthony
5.0
All four earned Oscars perhaps ersatz endorsement of Traffic as 2000s true Best Picture.
The Filmy Ap
4.0
A little masterpiece, at best, but for any other filmmaker, this would be a career highlight, while its also easy to see how most other filmmakers wou ..
Antagony & Ecstasy
5.0
The cast that Mr. Soderbergh has assembled is uniformly wonderful.
Big Picture Big Sound
5.0
There is a sense though that this is more of a movie you admire than one you love.
Montreal Film Journal
2.0
So he asks out loud, How can you wage a war against your own family The film soft pedals any advocacy for legalizing drugs and offers no hard hitting ..
Dennis Schwartz Reviews
4.5
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie.
Window To The Movies
4.4
Even the gritty, documentary style portions of the film retain a personal touch by making the cops, crooks and users into individuals with strong pers ..
Post Gazette
4.5
Soderberghs visual treatment of this story is compelling; the films globe (or at least America ) trotting style conveys the scale and scope of the sub ..
Film Quips Online
1.5
I dont see this slightly better than average drug thriller, with slightly better than average direction by Steven Soderbergh, as anything more than a ..
Chicago Reader
1.5
A film which is sometimes hard to take, but difficult to shake after youve seen it.
Jam! Movies
3.0
This story follows a predictable Drugs are bad, mmkay thread, but it manages to surpass Requiem For a Dream in only one tenth of the time.Impressive.
Flip Side Archive
4.5
It all finally boils down to a fast paced thrilling ride literally.
Mirchi9
1.5
Traffic sometimes has the impact of a tense war film or a grittily modernist, post Godfather crime epic such as Heat or Goodfellas.
Denver Post
2.0
This close dissection of the arguably inneffectual drug war being fought by the US government is so complex, so intricate, that I am surprised that th ..
Film Blather
5.0
As a tale about the most self destructive part of society, Soderbergh has created nothing short of a masterpiece.
Filmcritic.com
5.0
It examines our national drug problem on many different levels, leaving the audience with an accurate picture of what were up against.
Aisle Seat
5.0
After a suicide, heres what happens to the people left behind Because of the stigma and array of emotions felt by loss survivors after a loved ones su ..
Rochester Goes Out
3.5
The problem with this film is that it takes forever to get to where its going.
Need Coffee
5.0
Drugs are a system, and they never stop moving.At once indignant and sad, epic and detailed, Soderberghs movie has already won critics prizes and spot ..
Nitrate Online
5.0
Traffic (Stephen Soderbergh) 2000 Stephen Soderberghs Traffic left me fairly impressed by what I saw, especially by the standards of the Hollywood pol ..
Movie Martyr
3.8
Gritty, tense, distinctive and realistic, the movie is one of the most technically well crafted of its time.
Cinema Phile
2.0
You may agree with its message, and be impressed by the camerawork. But this movie is stretched too thin and eventually asks us to accept some pretty ..
Looking Closer
4.4
Director Steven Soderbergh is riding one of the hottest streaks in the movie world.
Globe and Mail
4.5
But Traffics unpardonable weakness is precisely that it settles for easy and superficial answers.
World Socialist Web Site
4.0
The film is marked with notable A list performances and great character work.
Blu Ray Ign
4.5
Based on a 1980s British Channel 4 television series, Traffic deftly compresses its story lines to make you feel youre watching half a dozen episodes ..
Boston Phoenix
4.5
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I Film
3.0
Resisting making a movie about characters instead of sweeping generalizations on the wide world of illegal drugs, fails to come up with a point.
5.0
Traffic does not pretend to solve the problem of illegal drugs. What it does do is lead the audience on a deeply textured journey through a contorted ..
4.5
Traffic is the kind of movie that will probably age rather quickly, but right now, in the first month of the new year and the second year of the new m ..
Sacramento Bee
4.0
This is a legitimate aesthetic choice and creates some striking moments, but considering the subject matter of Traffic it ultimately seems limited.Exc ..
Bfi
2.5
But does it have some of the years best acting and directing.Absolutely.
Phantom Tollbooth
5.0
Jammed with multi layered stories, stellar performances, and an intoxicating subject matter, Traffic is a riveting and powerful film that can best be ..
Movie Mantz
4.5
Traffic has become known as a film that finds a pointlessness in the drug war, but there is more to it than that.
4.5
Traffic offers a comment that speaks of the need to find moral support within the family unit before gathering the strength to confront the enemy.
4.5
Looking like the weathered film stock of a 70s exploitation film, the Tijuana sequences are shot through a haze of polluted, murky yellows.
4.0
Its not the kind of film that tells you how to think or feel, but its one that makes you think or feel something anyway.
5.0
But the performances make the films emotional effect complete.All are uniformly excellent, but a few stand out.
Newson 6
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