Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- urgent
- serious
- earnest
- weekend thriller viewing
- road movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the ensemble performances and tight intentions while finding the remake uneven, rushed, and less urgent than its premise suggests.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The central road trip depends on traffic coordination, emergency decisions, and overcoming practical obstacles between Mumbai and Pune.
The cast includes Godbole, Gurbir Singh, Maya Kapoor, Dr. Abel, Dev Kapoor, and Rehaan's father, whose perspectives converge around the journey.
The road-trip crisis places police, doctors, families, and other participants in positions where cooperation and public duty determine the outcome.
The Mumbai-to-Pune drive is framed as an emotionally consequential passage shaped by sacrifice, responsibility, and collective action.
Films like Traffic, and why
Thedaam
shared road movie structure, urgent thriller pacing, and moral stakes surrounding a dangerous journey
A Wednesday!
shared ensemble-driven suspense, real-world crisis, and emotionally charged procedural storytelling
Argo
shared true-story inspiration, compressed time pressure, and humanist drama under institutional strain
Movie Details
- Director
- Rajesh Pillai
- Release Date
- 2016-05-06
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 (16)
Cast
- Manoj Bajpayee
- Jimmy Shergill
- Divya Dutta
- Parambrata Chatterjee
- Prosenjit Chatterjee
- Sachin Khedekar
- Kitu Gidwani
- Nikita Thukral
- Amol Parashar
- Vishal Singh
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Traffic about?
- An urgent Mumbai-to-Pune road journey turns traffic, duty, and human cooperation into a life-or-death emotional thriller.
- What is Traffic like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Traffic as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Traffic violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Traffic.
- What did critics think of Traffic?
- Critics broadly praised the ensemble performances and tight intentions while finding the remake uneven, rushed, and less urgent than its premise suggests.
- Which films are like Traffic?
- Films with a similar feel include Thedaam, A Wednesday!, and Argo.
- How long is Traffic?
- Traffic runs 104 minutes.
- Where can I watch Traffic?
- In United States, Traffic is available to rent or buy from Google Play Movies, YouTube.
