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
Dark Places (2015 film) Louisiana. "Dark Places" was released in France on April 8, 2015. In November 2014, it was announced A24 Films and DirecTV Cinema had acquired rights to the film. The film began airing on DirecTV Cinema on June 18, 2015, and was released in limited release and through video on demand on August 7, 2015. The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 25% approval rating based on 77 reviews, with an average rating of 4.8/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigns a score of 39 out of 100,