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Traffic

5 Ratings: 4.6

Action & Adventure and Drama movie directed by Steven Soderbergh

Featuring a huge cast of characters, the ambitious and breathtakingTrafficis a tapestry of three separate stories woven together by a common theme: the war on drugs. In Ohio, there's the newly appointed government drug czar (Michael Douglas) who realizes … see full wiki

Tags: Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Dramas

Cast: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas, Benicio Del Toro, Jacob Vargas, Andrew Chavez

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Genre: Action, Drama, Adventure

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review by CharlesAshbacher. August 31, 2008

posted in Movie Hype

The drug traffic as it really is and from all three perspectives

This movie is intense, complex and firmly grounded in reality. The topic is the drug traffic between the United States and Mexico and it follows three interconnected yet somewhat distinct plotlines. One is set in suburban, affluent Ohio. Michael Douglas plays a judge who has just been nominated by the President of the United States to be the drug czar. Unknown to him, his sixteen-year-old daughter is a heavy user, regularly attending drug parties with her equally affluent friends. Although … more

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review by KevinTRod. September 29, 2007

A Movie As Important As It Is Excellent

While people are currently complaining that we are fighting a foreign war that we have no way of winning, there is in fact a homeland war that is looking just as grim that gets far less media attention. That war is the war on drugs, a war that is examined in all different angles in Steven Soderbergh's exceptionally brilliant "Traffic." "Traffic" covers drugs from beginning to end. While "Crash" and "Babel" may have ultimately brought the craft of hyperlink storytelling to popularity, it was "Traffic" … more

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review by MzJen_2_review. July 25, 2006

'The drug is not in the doll, the drug is the doll'

I have finally seen this film in it's entirety and I like to say that `Traffic' is a richly entertaining epic that recalls the great works of the 1970s, when directors like Robert Altman and Francis Ford Coppola engaged mass audiences with works of genuine substance. Soderbergh works on a larger canvass than he's ever done before, bouncing several characters and plot-lines against and off each other, so that images and themes rhyme and echo. Although the subject matter is drug trafficking, this … more

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review by vemartin. March 19, 2001

Traffic; America wake up!!!!!

Pros: Superb acting. Great script, and filming. Cons: Some Characters (Amy Irving) needed more depth. The Bottom Line: A daring film that is is well worth the effort. Makes you think and reflect... Plot Details: This opinion reveals minor details about the movie's plot. Although there are about 150 reviews of this movie at last count, allow me to add mine as to the growing number There is a lot that … more

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review by BaronSamedi3. January 21, 2001

posted in Movie Hype

Everything you ever wanted to know about the drug war

Pros: Great cast, script, doesn't hold back Cons: Very disturbing, can be confusing The Bottom Line: An excellent film, but don't see it unless you're truly prepared for the subject matter. Plot Details: This opinion reveals major details about the movie's plot. The best thing I can say about "Traffic" is that it was unique. It takes a very documentary-like approach to a fictional story about the drug war. Or, more specifically, … more

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