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(1 - 39) of 39 OFCS Rating: 92% Fresh Page   1   3.5/4 "great achievement in filmmaking and visual style—worthy of some, but not quite all, of its great acclamation"   NutzWorld   Blake French "If there's a worthier project for an aggressively marketed, must-see Movie Event, I don't know it."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 3/4 "Gritty, tense, distinctive and realistic, the movie is one of the most technically well-crafted of its time."   Cinemaphile.org   David Keyes C+ "The film soft pedals any advocacy for legalizing drugs and offers no hard-hitting critique of current policies, except to say it doesn't work."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 4/4 "A grand entertainment. One of the best Hollywood productions to come out of the pipeline in years."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman B+ "An ambitious film with some elements of true greatness."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider A "This close dissection of the arguably inneffectual drug war being fought by the US government is so complex, so intricate, that I am surprised that the film has met with commercial success."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov B+ "A beautifully-crafted, intermittently powerful drama which, even at 147 minutes, maintains interest throughout."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 4/5 "A real eye opener; it offers a devastating critique of the present status of the war on drugs."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3.5/4 "The narrative pallet of Traffic is rich, tightly woven, and consistently involving, with characters that are as well developed as their necessarily limited screen time allows."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 4/4 "An Altmanesque multi-layered narrative that covers every aspect of the illegal drug trade between Mexico and the United States."   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 5/5 "Simply put: This is the best American film since The Godfather."   Netflix   James Rocchi 9/10 "Le film de Steven Soderbergh et Stephen Gaghan est visiblement le fruit d'un travail de recherche exhaustif et d'une démarche narrative tout aussi réfléchie et cohérente."   Panorama   Jean-François Vandeuren 9/10 "Hits home because of what it is portraying ... the drug war feels ultimately futile, but its victims and consequences can not be ignored."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen B "Steven Soderbergh has been consistently honing a cinematic approach which is perhaps the freshest, most intelligent and original in mainstream American films today."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Jeremiah Kipp 4/4 "All in all, it's one of the best (though not the best) films of the year."   MovieMartyr.com   Jeremy Heilman "Completely absorbing."   Screen It!   Jim Judy 8/10 "One of the most complete, uncommercial and realistic movie presentations of the drug wars ever put together."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 4/4 "Mr. Soderburgh never insults or spoon-feeds his audience. His camera only documents and observes what's out there. And with a subject like this, that can be the most effective technique."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 3.5/4 "Vivo y crudo retrato de la forma en que las drogas penetran en cualquier estrato social, mental, político, religioso, económico o sexual del ser humano"   Moviola   Jorge Avila Andrade 4/5 "The problem with Traffic is that it has a lot of things to say and a lot of style to say it with, the end result being a big mish mosh with little mesh."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 4/4 "This is still a very, very good film (it makes the lower half of my 2000 top ten), but not quite the masterpiece many critics are calling it."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest 10/10 "Soderbergh gives his audience a lot to think about with this powerful film, while also delivering an entertaining crime thriller."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 9/10 "Meticulously researched, well acted and filled with striking moments."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh "Ambitious, intricate and cast to a fare-thee-well."   Film Journal International   Maitland McDonagh 3.5/4 "There are moments when director Steven Soderbergh slips up, but on the whole, Traffic is a very good film."   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes "Conquers its own threatening conventionality with Soderbergh's unromantic documentary style and terrific -- and often terrifying -- performances all around, especially from Del Toro."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 4/4 "The film's essence are its painfully, truthfully imperfect people, who show how everyone, knowingly or not, in some way becomes a casualty and a perpetuator of the war machine."   TheMovieReport.com   Michael Dequina 4/4 "It examines our national drug problem on many different levels, leaving the audience with an accurate picture of what we're up against."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan 3/5 "Despite a first-rate all-star cast, the stories never connect or illuminate."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 5/5 "Didático e provocante..."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 5/5 "It should be mandatory viewing for absolutely everyone ... especially those involved in the war on drugs."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 3/5 "Traffic is one of those square-up-the-middle tracts that make people think they're thinking."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves 3.5/4 "It has plenty of drama, action, comedy and tension. It could have been a little tighter, however."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten A "One of the best, if not the best, American films of year 2000."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 10/10 "There's not a smarter, more demanding American film from the past year."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker 3.5/4 ""Traffic" is a great morality play on the sensationalism and dangerousness of the drug wars."   Oscar Guy   Wesley Lovell Read review   Cinema Crazed   Felix Vasquez Jr. Read review   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 39) of 39 OFCS Rating: 92% Fresh Page   1