Traffic Reviews

Traffic Review
by Frankie Paiva (Rating: 3.5/4)
2000 – USA/Germany Director: Steven Soderbergh Starring: Michael Douglas, Benicio Del Toro, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Don Cheadle, Dennis Quaid, Erika Christensen, Miguel Ferrer, Topher Grace, Amy Irving, Benjamin Bratt, Albert Finney, Majandra Delfino, Luis...more

Traffic Review
by ChadPolenz AT aol DOT com
A top judge from Ohio is selected to be the new head of the DEA and learns the ropes of America's war on drugs while at the same time having to deal with the fact his  own daughter is an addict. Several other subplots intertwine with this story...more

Traffic Review
by ChadPolenz AT aol DOT com
A top judge from Ohio is selected to be the new head of the DEA and learns the ropes of America's war on drugs while at the same time having to deal with the fact his  own daughter is an addict. Several other subplots intertwine with this story...more

Traffic Review
by Jerry Saravia
Is it me or does director Steven Soderbergh have something akin to a great track record? From "Sex, Lies and Videotape" to "Schizopolis" to "The Limey" to two fairly good Hollywood productions, "Erin Brockovich" and now "Traffic," the latter two released...more

Traffic Review
by Bob Bloom
Traffic (2000) 3 1/2 stars out of 4. Starring Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Luis Guzman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Quaid, Miguel Ferrer, Amy Irving, Erika Christensen, Steven Bauer and Benjamin Bratt. Screenplay by Stephen Gaghan....more

Traffic Review
by Edward Johnson-Ott
Traffic (2000) Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, Luiz Guzman, Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Steven Bauer, Benjamin Bratt, James Brolin, Erika Christensen, Clifton Collins Jr., Miguel Ferrer, Albert Finney, Topher Grace, Amy Irving,...more

Traffic Review
by Michael Dequina
Featuring well over one hundred speaking parts over the course of a running time that just misses the two-and-a-half-hour mark, Steven Soderbergh's sprawling drama _Traffic_ is indeed jam-packed, but never does it reach a stall. This saga of the...more

Traffic Review
by Robin Clifford
The world of international drug trafficking is a high stakes and high-risk world where billions of dollars can be made pandering to the addictions of American society. Steven Soderbergh's latest work, "Traffic," explores that world and its players while...more

Traffic Review
by Scott Renshaw
TRAFFIC (USA Films) Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Michael Douglas, Erika Christensen, Don Cheadle, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Amy Irving, Luis Guzman. Screenplay: Stephen Gaghan, based on the BBC mini-series "Traffik" created by Simon Moore. Producers:...more

Traffic Review
by Laura Clifford
When conservative Judge Robert Wakefield is asked to lead the President's war against drugs, he takes the job seriously even as his predecessor (James Brolin) gives him edgy advice. From this springboard, director Steven Soderbergh takes us on a...more

Traffic Review
by Max Messier
How do you fight a war when the people that you love are the enemy? When the conflict is in your own neighborhood, or your own house? Such is the dilemma in the exceptional new film about the drug trade in the United States and Mexico, Traffic. more
Traffic Review
by Steve Rhodes
TRAFFIC, by director and cinematographer Steven Soderbergh (ERIN BROCKOVICH and OUT OF SIGHT), is an intriguing and cautionary tale of human duality (good/evil, honest/corrupt, confident/desperate, powerful/hopeless, rich/poor, etc.) set against the...more
Traffic Review
by Jon Popick
It’s really too bad that most people will think of Traffic as “that film with Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones.” While it’s true that the presence of the newlyweds could help the film in terms of its take at the box office, it would be wrong to...more