Traffic

About Traffic

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.

Traffic is a 2000 crime thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh. Released in December 2000, it runs 147 minutes.

Michael Douglas appears as Robert Wakefield, Benicio del Toro as Javier Rodriguez, Catherine Zeta-Jones as Helena Ayala, and Erika Christensen as Caroline Wakefield. Written by Stephen Gaghan. It was produced by Bedford Falls Productions and Initial Entertainment Group.

Shelv files it under daughter, drug dealer, mother, and father.

Trainspotting, We're the Millers, and Training Day make useful companions to Traffic, all filed under addiction and drug abuse. It scores 7.1 out of 10 from 2,515 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.