The Trick

Ignore the ultra negative reviews. This was bound to bring out the climate change deniers , flat earthers, anti vax brigade et al. So nutters aside, this an interesting although very dry recount of a hack, that produced a global storm about a world wide scientific conspiracy to falsify the evidence for global warming. The acting is solid but the story is kind of delivered in a very uninteresting way. Its worth a watch but if you think what you read on Facebook is the same as a peer reviewed scientific paper its probably not for you.

Anyone with half a brain can do 5 mins research and you will see that the Professor and his science was ultimately proven correct.

He did not manipulate his data and he did not get exposed.

Those who say otherwise exist in an alternate reality.

Do your own fact check before believing the denier brigade.

No surprise here. All the low score reviews are from climate change deniers. Just get with the programme you lot. Most have moved on from 'it's not happening' and 'it's a conspiracy' (why? To what end?) and now are saying 'we'll ok it is happening but what about China it's mostly/all their fault so we in the west don't need to do anything'.

But, what did you think of the film?

Several reviewers barely mentioned the film itself which makes it suspicious that they actually watched it.

I'd give it 6/10 as it's not terribly exciting though very well acted. But I've upped my score to compensate for the idiot reviews.

It's a truly fascinating story, the outcomes of what happened could quite literally have changed how the world thinks and acts.

A somewhat strange choice of material for a drama, but it made a change from cop shows, and it was nice to only have to invest 90 minutes of time in a one off drama, and not the usual six weeks.

I found it a little slow, half baked perhaps the right term, it was well acted for sure, nicely produced, but I don't think they made full use of the material, until the last fifteen minutes or so.

The impacts could have been incalculable, they were hardly mentioned.

As mentioned though the acting was great, Watkins and Hamilton never disappoint.

Worth watching, but be aware it's not the usual pulse racing drama that's generally on, 7/10.

My Review - The Trick A BBC Production

My Rating 7/10

This new movie from The BBC is promoted as a thriller , sorry it's not a thriller at all .

Actually there's nothing thrilling at all about this movie the word Id use to describe it is chilling.

It's a true account of events in 2009 when Professor Phil Jones a renown Climatologist played by Jason Watkins found himself at the center of "an international media storm, and the victim of cyberterrorism" Jason Watkins is so convincing as the scientist who is suffering anxiety and not prepared to handle the media onslaught as he needs to be to defend his reputation.

"With time running out against an unseen enemy, The Trick looks at the potentially devastating consequences to humanity from climate change denial; how a media storm undermined public confidence in the science and how the concept of 'truth' took a back seat -- causing us to lose a decade of action," The film also features Victoria Hamilton, George MacKay, Jerome Flynn, Adrian Edmondson, Aneirin Hughes, Pooky Quesnel, Richard Elfyn and Rhashan Stone.

Jerome Flynn stars as Neil Wallis, a former News of the World executive and George MacKay as Sam Bowen, they have the daunting task of defending the reputation of Professor Jones and The University of East Anglia. "The film also charts the unjustified persecution of Phil Jones, his wife Ruth's support of her husband and the fight for the ultimate exoneration of himself and the science." The Trick is written by Owen Sheers and directed by Pip Broughton. Ben Irving serves as executive producer, with Adrian Bate as producer.

This film is well acted well directed with no tricks it just tells a story and an important story it's a little dull in places but so worth a look.