New Tricks

2004

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8| 0h30m| TV-PG| en
Synopsis

New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes.

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Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.
Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.
Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.
Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
Bottlebrush I've just started watching the reruns of this series on TV (I had watched some of it originally). It is brilliant - so funny, original, well acted and with brilliant story writing, each episode actually being unique. All the cast members are great - I remember I went off it a bit when most of the original cast disappeared rather abruptly. The replacements were OK - just not nearly as good as the originals.It's a great shame the BBC doesn't produce such programmes any more. I rarely find the BBC watchable at all nowadays, with its dramas with unpleasant, ugly characters that one doesn't relate to or wouldn't aspire to be like, annoying forced PC messages, and generally poor scriptwriting.But New Tricks is thoroughly recommended!
DegustateurDeChocolat I must say that when I first approached this TV series I was kind of skeptic. I thought that it would be based on the predictable jokes on retired cops and on aged people in general. I was quite surprised to see instead that the jokes are funny and work well thanks to the 4 main characters, each one with a defined personality. Besides this the plots are well made and the murderer is never obvious. Plus,the stories are credible and are not exaggeratedly far from reality. An interesting feature of the "New Tricks" is that each character has some dramatic event or problem left behind that arises now and then in the story, which contributes to give more definition to the personality and it also represents a constant present during the entire series. To wrap it up I would say unexpectedly original.
Neil Doyle AMANDA REDMAN is the tough police boss of a squad of discontented officers she has to keep in line in order to solve unsolved murder cases. I've only watched one from this series but intend to watch more because it moves swiftly, has interesting and rather eccentric characters, and the plot took some unpredictable turns before the solution came.The British do this sort of thing well. Instead of Inspector Morse, we have Redman's female boss dealing with detectives who'd rather not handle some of the cases they're assigned to.Handsome production values help, as does the intelligent writing. Worth watching if you like your detective stories told in British style.
winstonfg For us Brits, it's always nice to see familiar faces back where they belong, and this show does that for both Dennis Waterman and James Bolam. While not quite reaching the heights that 'Minder' did for Waterman, it's nevertheless highly entertaining - and he does get to sing the title theme...AGAIN.The real star though, is Alun Armstrong, whose portrayal of obsessive alcoholic savant Brian is both funny and touching; and the storybase of a "cold case" police unit made up of retired ex-coppers allows plenty of latitude for self-deprecating humour. Amanda Redman is always good value too, and she doesn't disappoint here as the no-nonsense boss of this team of superannuated mavericks.Yes, there are lots of clichés and several improbable situations, but overall it's a good-natured romp with a bunch of old pros. I always try to watch it if I'm in.