Trade

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Trade

R,

2007,

1h 59m,

Drama

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34%

70 Reviews

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74%

25,000+ Ratings

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34%

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70 Reviews

74%

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25,000+ Ratings

A Texas cop (Kevin Kline), whose own daughter might have been forced into sexual slavery, joins forces with a Mexican youth (Cesar Ramos) to find the boy's sister, who was abducted and forced into prostitution. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian woman who was promised a better life in America also becomes a victim.

Critics Consensus

With an exploitative style that seems more suited for TV shows like CSI, Trade's message about the reality of child exploitation is easily lost.

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Anna Smith

Metro Newspaper (UK)

Dec 12, 2008

3/5

Heartfelt and fitfully suspenseful, it's grim, message-led stuff.

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Ian Freer

Empire Magazine

Dec 12, 2008

2/5

If only the whole matched the power and potency of the details. Masquerades as a searing exposé, but turns out to be a lurid and overwrought account.

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James Christopher

The Times (UK)

Dec 12, 2008

2/5

This cockeyed odd-couple road movie is well-intentioned, but it comes perilously close to feeding off the crimes it condemns.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Nov 28, 2020

8/10

A ruthlessly disturbing yet important film.

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David Lamble

Bay Area Reporter

May 20, 2020

The delightfully boyish queer helmer Marco Kreuzpainter now does a complete switch in theme and tone to tell the story...

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Nov 9, 2019

Intense, gritty, substantive, compelling, humanizing. Trade begs for Oscar acknowledgment and yours.

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Han P

Aug 19, 2018

This shows the perfect example of why it's never a good idea for women and children to be out in public or in big cities by themselves without protection and/or being fully aware of what's going on. Kevin (Kline) was amazing in this. I didn't think it would be that good.

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Ray

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Jorge

Alicja Bachleda-Curuś

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Paulina Gaitán

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Synopsis

A Texas cop (Kevin Kline), whose own daughter might have been forced into sexual slavery, joins forces with a Mexican youth (Cesar Ramos) to find the boy's sister, who was abducted and forced into prostitution. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian woman who was promised a better life in America also becomes a victim.

Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner
Producer: Roland Emmerich, Rosilyn Heller
Screenwriter: Jose Rivera
Distributor: Roadside Attractions
Production Co: Centropolis Entertainment, VIP 4 Medienfonds, Reelmachine
Rating: R (Involving Minors|Disturbing Sexual Material|Language|Some Drug Content|Violence Including a Rape)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 28, 2007, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 1, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $214.2K
Runtime: 1h 59m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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