Trading Places four stars out of five, classifying "Trading Places" as "Excellent" per the magazine's star rating system, stating that Murphy and Aykroyd are the show-stealers. A review of the film published by "Variety" magazine called the film "a light romp geared up by the schtick shifted by Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy." The review gave further commendations to supporting actors, stating that Murphy and Aykroyd "couldn't have brought this one off without the contributions of three veterans - Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche and the droll Englishman, Denholm Elliott" and calling the presence of Jamie Lee Curtis "enjoyable." The film received several
Private Fears in Public Places (film) Private Fears in Public Places (film) Private Fears in Public Places ( ("Hearts"), is a 2006 French film directed by Alain Resnais. It was adapted from Alan Ayckbourn's play "Private Fears in Public Places". The film won several awards, including a Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival. For the second time in his career Alain Resnais turned to an Alan Ayckbourn play for his source material (having previously adapted another play for "Smoking/No Smoking"), and remained close to the original structure while transferring the setting and milieu from provincial England to the 13th arrondissement of Paris (contrary to his