TRADING PLACES

Two very wealthy men make a bet that results in a brilliant Wall Street stockbroker exchanging his life for that of a petty criminal, a mediocre hustler who, contrary to all expectations, thrives in the world of finance. A moral and deeply cynical comedy, Trading Places was John Landis’s first collaboration with the phenomenal Eddie Murphy. The result is a brilliant movie, a cross between family comedy and a critical analysis of human relationships in the era of all-consuming capitalism.