Trading Places 7.4/10. The site's consensus states: "Featuring deft interplay between Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd, "Trading Places" is an immensely appealing social satire." Metacritic gave the film a score of 66 out of 100, based on 9 critics, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". Author and critic Richard Schickel of "Time" magazine called "Trading Places" "one of the most emotionally satisfying and morally gratifying comedies of recent times". While admitting Aykroyd's success in demonstrating "perfect prissiness as Winthorpe", Schickel commented on Murphy's performance as Valentine calling Murphy "a force to be reckoned with" and stating that he "makes "Trading Places" something more
Faces Places (film) communities of people and create large portraits of them to plaster on the surroundings. "Faces Places" received widespread acclaim from critics. Amy Taubin of "Film Comment" called the film an "unassuming masterpiece", describing it as "both personal and populist, a celebration of artisanal production (including cinema), worker solidarity, and the photographic arts in the face of mortality." On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 99% based on 93 reviews, with an average rating of 8.9/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Equal parts breezily charming and poignantly powerful, "Faces Places" is a unique cross-generational portrait of life in