Human Traffic

Name: Human Traffic
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Music
Released: May 5, 2000
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 53

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Miramax Films | Release Date: May 5, 2000 | R

Summary: A group of best friends in downbeat, industrial Cardiff, Wales, sheds their dead-end jobs on Fridays for raves, clubs and a party scene where ecstasy and techno tunes abound.

Director: Justin Kerrigan

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Music

Rating: R

Runtime: 99 min

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Jack Mathews

Funny and masterfully inventive. Read full review

Peter Stack

This British film also mocks the rave culture it celebrates, and it's charming in a way that is hip but surprisingly down to earth. Read full review

Amy Taubin

Sweet, ribald, and even inspired in an off-the-cuff way. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

The movie is too cute to lose its head in the music. It never generates its own ecstasy. Read full review

Marc Savlov

It's a 24-hour-party-people travelogue, entertaining enough to grab your eyes... but less memorable than it may at first appear. Read full review

Film.com Ernest Hardy

Stripped of the pretension of the overrated "Trainspotting," but it's also void of the earlier film's ambition or glimmers of real cultural insight. Read full review

Desson Thomson

I'd rather sit in bumper-to-bumper hell on I-495 for two hours than get caught in Traffic again. Read full review

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JaydeeL.

Aug 30, 2006

I love this movie cant get enough of it. Its actually my favourite movie. Nice one brotha!

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Mattb

Jul 15, 2006

Is there some way to measure the voices of the critic against sales over time to see whether they got it right or not? To say that human traffic dialogue is not memorable for isntance when it is quoted in every nightclub every night all around the world X number of years after release Is there some way to measure the voices of the critic against sales over time to see whether they got it right or not? To say that human traffic dialogue is not memorable for isntance when it is quoted in every nightclub every night all around the world X number of years after release surely indicates critic error?… Expand

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TomN.

May 11, 2007

This must be one of the most underrated films I've seen on Metacritic. The reviewers must have been judging it against Trainspotting alone. Firstly, Trainspotting is about junkies and the mess that H and drugs will get you in, whereas Human Traffic is about the average weekend of a This must be one of the most underrated films I've seen on Metacritic. The reviewers must have been judging it against Trainspotting alone. Firstly, Trainspotting is about junkies and the mess that H and drugs will get you in, whereas Human Traffic is about the average weekend of a British pill popping punter. Secondly, Trainspotting is depressing where Human Traffic is uplifting (one of the best films to watch on a comedown). So check it out and forget the preconceptions!… Expand

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glacier777

Aug 3, 2013

I loved this film (I watched the original British version). All 5 actors are very good and it is very believable. The music is epic too! (I love all Trance/House/Techno music so I was completely hooked). This Movie has left me in a positive mood and made me want to Rave all night too.
TheI loved this film (I watched the original British version). All 5 actors are very good and it is very believable. The music is epic too! (I love all Trance/House/Techno music so I was completely hooked). This Movie has left me in a positive mood and made me want to Rave all night too.
The relationships with their families were a bit unbelievable and felt unrealistic compared to the other parts.
I think the film sends a crucial message too because it doesn't comment on the morals of the Rave scene, it simply shows us what the 90's Rave scene was about. It shows that the Rave culture and that particular drug culture is here to stay, whatever the British Government think.… Expand

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RoryP.

Feb 21, 2008

Could everyone stop talking about trainspotting! I think such a ploy detracts from criticizing what is essentially a bad bad movie, one with its head firmly up its own arse. To be a bit more controversial, this film is a silly movie with a silly message, aimed directly at the market of pill Could everyone stop talking about trainspotting! I think such a ploy detracts from criticizing what is essentially a bad bad movie, one with its head firmly up its own arse. To be a bit more controversial, this film is a silly movie with a silly message, aimed directly at the market of pill popping 'hipsters' the characters attempt to emulate, (and do quite well in some ways.) It all feels like slimy propaganda, an attempt to justify the nightmarish existence of working a soul sucking 9-5 job by escaping into drug induced euphoria at the weekend. THEY think they have found that excuse in a film that, to be fair, does manufacture a fair bit of vibrancy in its production values, its writing and its acting (John Simms, you rock!). THEY secretly close their eyes and hope they have found the holy grail of excuses in this film. Unfortunately, they haven't. Its all quite shallow and empty actually, just like the lifestyle is espouses. Yes. quite controversial.… Expand

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