Synopsis
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin's sheltered trophy wife must learn her husband's ruthless business after he is arrested, endangering her luxurious lifestyle.
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Cast
- Michael DouglasRobert Wakefield
- Benicio del ToroJavier Rodriguez
- Catherine Zeta-JonesHelena Ayala
- Erika ChristensenCaroline Wakefield
- Don CheadleMontel Gordon
- Jacob VargasManolo Sanchez
- Miguel FerrerEduardo Ruiz
- Luis GuzmánRay Castro
- Topher GraceSeth Abrahms
- Tomas MilianGen. Arturo Salazar
Recommendations
- 100
Variety
Enormously ambitious and masterfully made, Traffic represents docudrama-style storytelling at a very high level. - 100
Dallas Observer
It is a remarkable achievement in filmmaking, a beautiful and brutal work. - 90
L.A. Weekly
His (Soderbergh's) work has taken on echoes of a classier, bygone age of cinema, at once more literate and lighthearted. - 90
Village Voice
Traffic is not just an ultra-procedural--it's the Big Picture, the Whole Enchilada, complete with a complicated war between two Mexican drug cartels. - 88
Baltimore Sun
It's every bit as thrilling and engrossing as the best spy thriller or cop flick. - 88
Charlotte Observer
He'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. - 75
Christian Science Monitor
The picture's thoughtfulness and ambition make it unusually suspenseful, gripping, and disturbing. - 75
Miami Herald
Where Traffic stumbles is in its inability to engage the heart with the same fervor it engages the intellect.
