Trading Places (1983)
They're not just getting rich... They're getting even.
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Trading Places rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7.5/10· 177K votes
Rotten Tomatoes87%
Metacritic69%
TMDb7.231/10· 4K votesWith 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.5/10 on IMDb and 69/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.
About Trading Places
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Cast of Trading Places
Dan Aykroyd
as Louis Winthorpe III
Eddie Murphy
as Billy Ray Valentine
Ralph Bellamy
as Randolph Duke
Don Ameche
as Mortimer Duke
Denholm Elliott
as Coleman
Jamie Lee Curtis
as Ophelia
Paul Gleason
as Clarence Beeks
Frank Oz
as Corrupt Cop
Jim Belushi
as Harvey
Kristin Holby
as Penelope Witherspoon
Alfred Drake
as President of Exchange
Bo Diddley
as Pawnbroker
Trading Places facts
- Budget
- $15M
- Box office
- $90.4M
Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources
Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Absurdist comedy with clever social satire and wit
- •Strong critical reception celebrating comedic craftsmanship
- •Fish-out-of-water premise executed with entertaining charm
What the audience disliked
- •Period humor may feel dated to contemporary viewers
- •Comedic pacing slower than modern genre conventions
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