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The Trick

Name: The Trick
Director: Pip Broughton
Released: 2021
Duration: 89 min

Representation Score

5.2/10

Fair

2021

Director

Pip Broughton

Runtime

89 minutes

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The film functions as a procedural drama exploring the intersection of climate science and cyber-warfare. It prioritizes a thematic critique of institutional trust and the manipulation of public discourse over demographic breadth. While the narrative architecture challenges the stability of Western scientific authority, the specific character identities remain largely unexamined. The focus stays on the systemic vulnerability of truth rather than diverse personal identities. Ultimately, the work's diversity is found in its global, progressive outlook on humanity's shared crises, even if the immediate cast and character arcs lack explicit representation.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Trick have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The story focuses on professional and political conflicts rather than identity-driven themes. There are no explicit LGBTQ+ character arcs or non-straight storylines.

How does The Trick portray gender?

Fair

The story centers on Professor Philip Jones, a male figure in institutional authority. It is unclear how much the film explores women's roles within the scientific or media sectors.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Trick?

Fair

The conflict is centered on Western scientific institutions like the University of East Anglia. There is no immediate evidence of a non-Anglo-Saxon majority cast.

How does The Trick represent religion and culture?

Excellent

The film engages with progressive themes by critiquing traditional Western information structures. It prioritizes global systemic crises over individualistic or nationalist interests.

Does The Trick include disability representation?

Minimal

The film provides no mention of characters navigating physical, sensory, or neurodivergent experiences.

Present on Screen

The narrative prioritizes global, systemic crises over narrow nationalist interests.
It offers a progressive critique of traditional Western information and power structures.

Limited or Absent

The central focus on a male authority figure limits gender-based ability to act.
The setting lacks explicit evidence of racial or ethnic diversity.
There is no visible representation of disability or neurodivergent experiences.

Official Synopsis

The Trick tells the story of world-renowned Professor Philip Jones; Director of Climate Research at the University of East Anglia, who back in 2009 found himself at the eye of an international media storm and the victim of cyberterrorism. 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.

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