Described as a "darkly humorous coming-of-age story," The Trickster is a supernatural thriller that follows an Indigenous teen named Jared who struggles to keep his family afloat when a stranger named Wade ruptures the balance. "What begins as an unnerving slow burn of strange events in Jared's already-messy life crescendos to an epic clash of magic, monsters and mayhem," said the CBC in a press release. 　　译文(2): 被描述为“黑色幽默的成长故事”，魔术师是一个超自然的惊悚片，讲述了一个名叫贾里德的土著少年，当一个名叫韦德的陌生人打破了平衡，他挣扎着维持他的家庭。加拿大广播公司在新闻发布会上说: “在贾里德本已混乱的生活中，一系列奇怪事件令人不安地缓慢燃烧，最终演变成了魔法、怪物和混乱的史诗般冲突。”。