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  • 2012
  • PG-13
  • Monterey Media
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2012
  • PG-13
  • Monterey Media
  • 1 h 28 m

Summary In the back streets of a tourist town in present-day Southeast Asia, we find a filthy cinder block room; a bed with soiled sheets; a little girl waits for the next man. Alex, a human trafficking investigator, plays the role of her next customer as he negotiates with the pimp for the use of the child. Claire, Alex's wife, is caught up in ...

Directed By: Christopher M. Bessette

Written By: Christopher M. Bessette

  • 2012
  • PG-13
  • Monterey Media
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2012
  • PG-13
  • Monterey Media
  • 1 h 28 m

Trade of Innocents

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary In the back streets of a tourist town in present-day Southeast Asia, we find a filthy cinder block room; a bed with soiled sheets; a little girl waits for the next man. Alex, a human trafficking investigator, plays the role of her next customer as he negotiates with the pimp for the use of the child. Claire, Alex's wife, is caught up in ...

Directed By: Christopher M. Bessette

Written By: Christopher M. Bessette

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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33% Mixed
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67% Negative
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40
Oct 6, 2012
This thriller about child sex trafficking is well-intentioned but dramatically stilted.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 4, 2012
Part infomercial, part public-service announcement, Trade of Innocents carries such a suffocating human-rights burden that it never had much chance of becoming an actual movie. Yes, child trafficking is horrific; but embedding your raise-the-alarm mission in a film this inept runs the risk of arousing more amusement than activism.
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Oct 5, 2012
Aside from an additional 30 minutes or so of plot, Trade of Innocents offers no more than a middling episode of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit."
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30
Oct 2, 2012
Not for the first time in films, noble intent is at odds with aesthetics.
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Oct 2, 2012
Unfortunately, with its unconvincing action, preachy script and flat performances, the picture winds up less moving than most typical journeyman documentaries on the subject.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW
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Oct 1, 2012
Trade of Innocents is as much a piece of social-justice campaigning as it is a work unto itself, an important fact to remember when considering its many flaws.
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Production Company Dean River Productions, Thai Occidental Productions
Release Date Oct 5, 2012
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline Justice needs a hero.
Website https://www.facebook.com/TradeofInnocents
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Awards

Canadian International Faith & Family Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
Breckenridge Festival of Film
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Milano International Film Festival Awards (MIFF Awards)
• 2 Nominations

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