Traffic (DVD) Reviews

note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room When compiling a list recently of my favourite films of the current decade, Traffic ranked highly on my scoreboard, for it is a gripping look at how one country and its citizens attempts to deal with an escalating proliferation of drugs in our schools and in both poor and ...  Read the complete review

Originally pinned as a Tv series Traffic was developed into a feature film during a period when western governments were unsuccsessfully fighting real life drug wars. In a way this was a spectacular premise for the film because while you were watching Traffic, in the back of your head you knew that some truth lay in its roots. Traffic is a story ...  Read the complete review

Traffic is a very powerful film that focuses on the drug problems in the United States and it boasts an excellent cast of performers. In terms of filming style the action moves across to different characters at various levels in the drug business, both on the side of the criminals and those charged with bringing them to justice. Not ...  Read the complete review

This film won a lot of awards when it was released, 4 Oscars and 5 Golden Globe Awards, and was also in receipt of much critical acclaim. The first time that I saw this film I was disappointed and certainly did not feel that it deserved the praise that it received. However, having recently watched it for a second time I have changed my opinion ...  Read the complete review

--------Introduction-------- The film is directed by Steven Soderbergh (Out of Sight/ Erin Brockenvich) and contains many high profile actors. This was a film nominated for some 8 Oscars and eventually winning 4 including 'Best Director' for Soderbergh. It is a film largely based on a mini series 'Traffik' which was on Channel 4 over 10 ...  Read the complete review

This film won a lot of awards when it was released, 4 Oscars and 5 Golden Globe Awards, and was also in receipt of much critical acclaim. The first time that I saw this film I was disappointed and certainly did not feel that it deserved the praise that it received. However, having recently watched it for a second time I have changed my opinion ...  Read the complete review

Well hearing a lot of good things about this film I personally assumed it was going to be a top notch film. But I walked away disappointed. Of course this doesn't mean at all to say I thought it was a bad film, no, no it was an interesting and adventurous film from at least directorial points of view. Soderburg crams a lot into this film and ...  Read the complete review

There are some who argue the so-called 'war on drugs' can never be won. In Steven Soderbergh's superior 'Traffic', it can be seen that minor victories are achievable, but at what cost? The cocaine industry is worth billions of dollars each year. With inadequate laws and widespread corruption, the trafficking of the ...  Read the complete review

I didnt think Traffic it wasnt good enough as what people said it was. The plot seemed very convincing allthough. The film was very dark and very very boring. I thought that because of the price it must have been good but I was wrong. I only watched it half through and hated it. It didnt get better kept telling me that. The only advice i can give ...  Read the complete review

Traffic can give you a real headache. This superbly filmed muckrake about the illegal drug trade poses the sort of questions that could cross Solomon's eyes. They're Earth-shattering inquiries, like how can we free civilisation from the stranglehold of the drug cartels? And what should we do to protect our children from their virulent ...  Read the complete review

At last we see the return of the mighty Benicio Del Toro. Of all the sultry mexican type actors currently treading the boards such as long haired hippie type Antonio Banderas and the ugly one from Dusk till Ddawn who's name no one can ever remember, Toro is the connoisseurs favourite. Ans this filmis no exception. He bring his heavy lidded ...  Read the complete review

The Steven Soderburgh crusade for actually making decent films in Hollywood continued with Traffic. The film's origins are set in a Channel 4 mini-series and taken across the Atlantic to America. Here we see a number of stories all surrounding the drug trade. We have a Mexican policeman caught up in corruption. A suburban housewife whose ...  Read the complete review

Traffic is a pretty good, though somewhat overrated film. It portrays the ridiculous War on Drugs that US (and occasionally other) politicians run in a grab for cheap votes. The movie is quite ambitious in that it tries to show three different angles to the story. There's the side of the Mexican cop played by Benicio Del Toro who has to fight ...  Read the complete review

I know that this is a critically acclaimed, lauded, extolled and awarded film. It created lots of buzz, and did quite well at the Oscars. But I just don't get it. On the surface, the film developes several different story lines, all focused on drugs. In one story, we have Michael Douglas as the new appointee to the war on drugs. His ...  Read the complete review

Ok ok, so maybe they don't mean THAT sort of traffic but I couldn't think of any title with a witty drugs reference in I'm afraid! Nevertheless, here is my op on the movie Traffic, directed by the ever impressive Oscar favourite Steven Soderbergh (Erin Brockovich, Out of Sight). Lack of talent is obviously something that ...  Read the complete review

The new US Drug Czar Michael Wakefield (Douglas) finds that his battles with a drug addicted US public hit his own home, with his daughter Caroline (Erika Christensen). In San Diego, California, the problems of drugs coming across the border from Tijuana, Mexico, are severe. Two Mexican policemen, Javier Rodriguez (Del Toro) and Manolo Sanchez ...  Read the complete review

A disaster would be to underestimate TRAFFIC'S language. The film plays upon the hand-held camera-work of Steven Soderbergh,(Out of Sight, Sex, Lies and Videotape), and with it adapts a more personal reasoning between the charcters, the camera and the audience. The amazing interplay of worlds along with the astute colouring for seperate places ...  Read the complete review

With missiles falling in Kabul and the skies as gray wet and mucky as that color we got as kids mixing up all the paints i thought I would tuck into traffic. No not the kind still jammed up on the M6 week in and out, but the Oscar winning Steven Soddenburg movie. Michael Douglas has enough clout as the star to muscle in his misses in the ...  Read the complete review

The Steven Soderburgh crusade for actually making decent films in Hollywood continued with Traffic. The film's origins are set in a Channel 4 mini-series and taken across the Atlantic to America. Here we see a number of stories all surrounding the drug trade. We have a Mexican policeman caught up in corruption. A suburban housewife whose ...  Read the complete review

Ignoring warnings from several people that this film was too long and boring, I decided to give it a try. The premise sounded interesting, the trailer was great and the critics seemed to love it. Big mistake. I found the film to be tedious, drawn out, the shaky camera very irritating, as were the weird colourings for different ...  Read the complete review