The Trick
Directed byPip Broughton
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerAdrian Bate
Running time89 minutes[1]
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release
  • 18 October 2021 (2021-10-18)

The Trick is a 2021 British television film directed by Pip Broughton and produced by Adrian Bate. It aired on BBC One on 18 October 2021.[1] The film is a dramatisation of the Climatic Research Unit email controversy.[2]

Cast

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Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, there were four critics' reviews with an average rating of 60%.[4] The Daily Telegraph's Anita Singh gave the film a rating of two out of five stars, concluding that the attempts to force the story to be a thriller fell flat.[5] The Independent's Ed Cumming found the characters boring and also rated the film two out of five stars.[2] The New Scientist's Elle Hunt wrote that the film was lacking in action, but felt that the filmmakers deserved kudos nonetheless for tackling such an important story.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "The Trick". BBC. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 Cumming, Ed (18 October 2021). "The Trick review: Climategate drama fails to turn shocking data into tense telly". The Independent. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "The Trick". Radio Times. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "The Trick". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  5. ↑ Singh, Anita (18 October 2021). "The Trick, review: Jason Watkins does his best in dull climate change 'thriller'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  6. ↑ Hunt, Elle (18 October 2021). "The Trick review: How the Climategate scandal rocked the world". New Scientist. Retrieved 4 October 2022.


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