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
- Jason Watkins as Phil Jones
- Victoria Hamilton as Ruth Jones
- George MacKay as Sam Bowen
- Jerome Flynn as Neil Wallis
- Aneirin Hughes as Trevor Davies
- Ade Edmondson as Edward Acton
- Pooky Quesnel as Stella Acton
- Tara Divina as DS Anita Suppiah
- Rhashan Stone as Gareth Ellman
- Justin Salinger as DSI Julian Gregory
- David Calder as Sir David King
- Andrew Dunn as Graham Stringer
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
- ^ a b "The Trick". BBC. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ a b Cumming, Ed (18 October 2021). "The Trick review: Climategate drama fails to turn shocking data into tense telly". The Independent. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ "The Trick". Radio Times. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "The Trick". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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