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34 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyEnormously ambitious and masterfully made, Traffic represents docudrama-style storytelling at a very high level.
- 100Dallas ObserverRobert WilonskyDallas ObserverRobert WilonskyIt is a remarkable achievement in filmmaking, a beautiful and brutal work.
- 90L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorHis (Soderbergh's) work has taken on echoes of a classier, bygone age of cinema, at once more literate and lighthearted.
- 90Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanTraffic is not just an ultra-procedural--it's the Big Picture, the Whole Enchilada, complete with a complicated war between two Mexican drug cartels.
- 88Baltimore SunChris KaltenbachBaltimore SunChris KaltenbachIt's every bit as thrilling and engrossing as the best spy thriller or cop flick.
- 88Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanHe's (Soderbergh) among the few directors working today who makes me wonder what he'll do next - and draws me into the movie house, whatever it may be.
- 75Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe picture's thoughtfulness and ambition make it unusually suspenseful, gripping, and disturbing.
- 75Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezWhere Traffic stumbles is in its inability to engage the heart with the same fervor it engages the intellect.
- 70TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThough meticulously researched, well acted and filled with striking moments, the movie ultimately feels oddly disconnected.
- 50SlateDavid EdelsteinSlateDavid EdelsteinYou could get high on this movie's technique, dizzy on its storytelling. Yet it's one of the most lucid bad trips ever made.