Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- irreverent
- absurd
- lazy sunday
- comedy night
What critics said
Broader critical reception is not substantially documented in the supplied data, though the score received recognition from the German Film Critics Association.
What sets it apart
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The film sends Scotland Yard investigators through serial-killer clues and Blackwhite Castle while parodying classic detective fiction.
Its listed slapstick mode and comic character conceits, including Inspector Very Long and Chief Inspector Even Longer, foreground physical and verbal absurdity.
The serial-killer investigation leads to Blackwhite Castle and features an underworld, criminal mastermind, and stylized aristocratic figures.
The film is identified as a parody film and transforms Scotland Yard, murder investigation, and gothic crime imagery into comedy.
Films like The Trixxer, and why
Hot Fuzz
shared slapstick crime parody, eccentric detectives, and deliberately absurd criminal investigation
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
shared spoof of gothic mystery conventions, exaggerated villains, and broad physical comedy
Murder by Death
shared deadpan parody of classic detective stories, stylized murder intrigue, and ensemble comic performances
Movie Details
- Director
- Tobi Baumann
- Release Date
- 2004-05-20
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (239)
Cast
- Oliver Kalkofe
- Bastian Pastewka
- Thomas Fritsch
- Tanja Wenzel
- Olli Dittrich
- Christoph Maria Herbst
- Thomas Heinze
- Anke Engelke
- Wolfgang Völz
- Grit Boettcher
Common questions
- What is The Trixxer about?
- A pair of Scotland Yard detectives stumble through a flamboyant serial-killer mystery in a gleefully broad German spoof of gothic crime cinema.
- What is The Trixxer like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Trixxer as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as simple.
- Is The Trixxer violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Trixxer as mild.
- What did critics think of The Trixxer?
- Broader critical reception is not substantially documented in the supplied data, though the score received recognition from the German Film Critics Association.
- Which films are like The Trixxer?
- Films with a similar feel include Hot Fuzz, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, and Murder by Death.
- How long is The Trixxer?
- The Trixxer runs 85 minutes.
