Chicago Tribune by Gene Siskel

It's the funniest new movie on town. [July 22, 1983]

Boston Globe by Jay Carr

It's easily the best of the movies I've seen by the various "Saturday Night Live" alumni, and part of the reason it's funny and satisfying is that it doesn't strain. [09 Jun 1983]

Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert

But what's most visible in the movie is the engaging acting. Murphy and Aykroyd are perfect foils for each other.

Time by Richard Schickel

[Murphy] makes Trading Places something more than a good-hearted comedy. He turns it into an event.

TV Guide Magazine by Ethan Alter

Although it tends to rely heavily on slapstick in the second half, the movie provides plenty of laughs and is one of director Landis's best efforts.

The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Trading Places, which is wildly funny at times, is Murphy's film. [10 Jun 1983]

Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt

Directed by John Landis with a surprising amount of class, though he lets some of his old ''Animal House'' vulgarity slip ostentatiously into the action.

Chicago Reader by Dave Kehr

Director John Landis is so deficient in basic storytelling skills that he must spend hours explicating the most elementary plot points while and Murphy are sidelined.