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
Going Places (1974 film) of the year. Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" wrote: "Despite its occasional charm, its several amusing moments and the touching scenes played by Jeanne Moreau, "Going Places" is a film of truly cynical decadence. It's also, not incidentally, the most misogynistic movie I can remember; its hatred of women is palpable and embarrassing. ... I came away from "Going Places" feeling that I'd spent two hours in the company of a filmmaker I would never want to meet." "Los Angeles Times"' Kevin Thomas wrote in 1990, when the film was re-released in Los Angeles cinemas: "Blier has gone on