Set to broadcast in two one-hour films, this family treat is inspired by the classic books of Barbara Euphan Todd and is pegged to be the TV event of the season. Mackenzie Crook has taken Scatterbrook farm and the infamous characters of this well-loved tale and injected them with a tender and authentic charm. This is the perfect family adventure, packed with a fun, mischievous spirit and delivered with an environmental message.
Mackenzie Crook, (Pirates Of The Caribbean, Detectorists) who has written, directed and stars as Worzel Gummidge, has gathered a host of both accomplished and brilliant actors who are set to appear in this eagerly anticipated adaptation.
Playing The Green Man, creator of the scarecrows, who arrives to Scatterbrook in episode two, is comedy legend Sir Michael Palin. He says: “It’s a lovely part for me, but the whole script is very memorable and touching, and very funny too. It quite skillfully weaves in something for everybody all the time.”
Zoë Wanamaker (My Family, Harry Potter And The Philosophers Stone) will play the eccentric local aristocrat, Lady Bloomsbury Barton in episode two. She says: “The whole thing is so charming and inventive. It’s the sort of thing I’d watch. I’m sure it will be a huge success. I know it will - it’s divine.”
Vicki Pepperdine (Getting On, The Windsors) takes on the role of the formidable Aunt Sally in episode one. She says: “There’s something for everybody. It’s got this heart to it, and you’d be hard pushed as an adult not to engage with it.”
Steve Pemberton (League Of Gentleman, Benidorm) will play Mr Braithwaite, the farmer. He says: “This is the kind of show the whole family can enjoy together. It has a lot of humour, a lot of visual humour too, and I think kids will enjoy watching the children being central to the story.”
Rosie Cavaliero (Gentleman Jack, Cleaning Up) will play Mrs Braithwaite, she added: “It’s a story about the imagination, and children escaping into this different world. Mackenzie’s version is totally contemporary.”
Ones to watch India Brown (Hetty Feather) and Thierry Wickens (making his TV debut) will play Susan and John, two city children spending their summer at Scatterbrook farm who quickly befriend Worzel and begin a summer of adventures.
The first episode, The Scarecrow Of Scatterbrook, sees two young strangers arrive in the village of Scatterbrook. It’s not long before Susan and John encounter Worzel Gummidge, the Scarecrow of Ten Acre Field. Their world is sent spinning into confusion when they realise Gummidge comes to life. The only person more shocked is Worzel, when he discovers that the children are not in fact fellow scarecrows but humans.
Their worlds should never commune but fate has conspired to create an extraordinary union. The seasons have stopped and the harvest hasn’t arrived. The rhythm of the natural world is out of kilter and this unlikely trio must try to put it right. Magic, mystery and mayhem unfurl.
The second episode, The Green Man, welcomes another mysterious arrival to Scatterbrook. The Green Man is the creator of scarecrows and keeper of scarecrow lore. He isn’t at all happy that Worzel is consorting with humans. Elsewhere, local aristocrat Lady Bloomsbury Barton is holding a fete, with a Scarecrow competition that Worzel is determined to win. What will The Green Man and Worzel's most competitive rival, Soggy Bogart make of it all?
Worzel Gummidge is written and directed by Mackenzie Crook and is a Leopard Pictures, Treasure Trove Productions and Lola Entertainment production for BBC One. It is Executive Produced by Kristian Smith for Leopard Pictures, Lisa Thomas for Lola Entertainment, Mackenzie Crook for Treasure Trove Productions, with rights holders Patrick D. Pidgeon and Eric S. Rollman executive producers for Pidgeon Entertainment, Inc. It is produced by Georgie Fallon and Alex Moody is the Commissioning Editor for the BBC.
Further casting:
Francesca Mills - Earthy Mangold
Tim Plester - Clarty
Colin Michael Carmichael - Soggy Bogart
Andrew James Spooner - Flat Alistair
Phil Hulford - Hannah Harrow
Tom Meeten - HMS Odney
Christopher-Robert Barlow - Rag Bag
Kiran Shah - Chopper and Root Bound
Charlie Mayhew - Rustle Sprouter
Lucy Montgomery - Jackie Pudding
Gus Brown - Oswald Pollypop
Malik Ibheis - Trike
Ben Langley - Driver
Mariam Haque - Receptionist
迷住了戏里戏外的所有人。
同热评，这部剧包含了如此多的现实话题，让我惊讶，连印度片都这么敢拍了……真的厉害
最后二十分钟腹泻般的角色关系介绍毁了一切。
印度导演们也太喜欢用慢动作了。。。去掉五首歌，去掉所有慢动作（勉强保留一两处）删减精简前半场冗长的情绪积累（有的是办法积累情绪）90分钟快节奏叙事，将会是一个更nb的电影。“媒体报道真相，还是媒体说的就是真相”这剧台词真心屌。
最后一个长镜头，主演们的观影习惯，我认为费里尼有被冒犯到，也引起我的生理不适。我不认为，这是一种致敬方式，如果仅仅讲一个嵌套费里尼《爱情神话》的“罗马假日”式的偶遇故事，就是「神话」了，那爱情，未免也太肤浅了吧。全片像极了上海地方台的生活情景剧，丝毫没有get到笑点，徐峥与小女孩的台词抖包袱，也是一个“尬”字了得。你可以说，它是夹带了导演私货，献给上海的情诗，是不是也可以说，在上海这样开放的大都会，却使用了沪语甚至只有上海人才懂的梗，来呈现故事叙事。真的想说，这也太狭隘和没有格局了。全片可惜了这阵容卡司演员，导演拍出40集电视连续剧既视感，但却连情节剧的叙事能力，也没有。可能抱有太高期待，全程真是失望透顶。如果「题眼」是离异人群的中年友情与爱情，那我也不愿意接受这种假惺惺的扭捏和造作。
以戏论戏，并没有拍得很好。后面的连串反转，也过于表面化。至于高分，不言而喻了。
现实主义题材力作，直面多种印度社会问题，主角律师在法庭上的发言振聋发聩！虽然最终变成了复仇主题，但是瑕不掩瑜，这仍旧是一部非常有感染力的好电影！
但是也是在这类问题上的佳作。
老灵额！确是一部与上海气脉相连的佳作。魔都的精明、世故、软糯与包容劲儿，那种华洋杂处传统与现代交汇的气息，还有既忙于油盐酱醋又欣赏得了高雅艺术的底气，都被本片轻盈鲜活得呈现出来。每位角色都刻画得不同于大部分电影中的刻板印象，尤其是女性书写更是丰富而不羁，展厅里李小姐、格洛瑞亚对老白的“女性凝视”令人印象深刻，直言不讳揭露文艺作品中男性视角下单薄片面程式化的女性形象，并让他代表中国（直）男导演道歉。满嘴名言看透人生的“哲学家”修鞋匠讽刺又喜感。多次复现的“艺辉国际学校”与“红拂杂货铺”都属导演的作者签名。烟火味十足的同时也不忘迷影梗儿，老乌的索菲娅罗兰爱情神话与李小姐名牌高跟鞋的真假已不再重要，毕竟只要情感真挚便已足够，结尾如神来之笔，投影仪之光闪耀跃动，观众与演员穿透银幕合一。（8.5/10）
印度这几年的社会题材电影有点韩国电影的赶脚啊。
观影结束后我甚至想站起来鼓掌👏
前面反转2次真的很好看啦，后面结尾是在埋伏笔？有2？上升高度大可不必，太像韩剧了。
剧情真的很拖沓，动不动就慢镜头。。。讲的点太多，倒是反转很无聊，不如拍连续剧吧。只能说三星的一星给题材吧
这个平安夜过的很开心
印度电影人已经意识到，以种姓制度作为内核，可以包装出各种各样有力量的电影，很容易得到全球观众的认可，本片亦是如此。导演在故事讲述的方式上很下功夫，先将案子抛出抓住观众，随着男主角在影片过半时登场，抽丝剥茧，真相一层层被剖开，几次反转合情合理，每个人心中都有一份正义，很热血，很励志。问题在于，故事讲的太满，越是宏大叙事越应该留白，留一些观众思考的空间，太满了反而显得炫技了，破坏了观影感。“一个国家的尊严，就等同于它给女性的尊严”，为这句话加多一颗星。
手法有点太老套，人物塑造也蛮刻板，好多渲染情绪的慢镜头，下半部的反转有点厉害，男主的故事有些一带而过，如果改编成mini剧也许能讲得更好，一部电影杂糅了学术腐败、把控舆论、操纵民意、女性处境、种姓歧视等等议题，虽然讨论都不深刻但也着实让人惊讶印度电影已经掌握了流量密码（褒义）总之瑕不掩瑜！一个不负责任的预感，再过五年陈思诚会买下版权翻牌成误杀5哈哈哈
一部看了之后让我在大夏天里不开空调和风扇却能起鸡皮疙瘩的电影……国家花重金搞教育，是想让我们的居住地变得更干净更美好，为什么那么多人热衷搞脏它？私欲真的凌驾一切吗？净土究竟在哪里？怎样才能找到？或许在于多数人有勇气不是只抱怨，而是用行动去实践正义、抗议不公吧。太喜欢影片讲故事的方式了，几连反转，将真相抽丝剥茧，里面的每一个重要角色都有私与公的暗与光之面，尽管遵从的是种因得果的朴素法理逻辑，但善恶背后的复杂性一览无余，更兼着耐人寻味
让我感觉别扭的地方是，导演既想歌颂爱情，又迷恋于一种温馨的“同层文化景观”。——但爱情之所以能成为神话，在于它是一种颠覆性的情感，能跨越难以逾越的障碍（通常表现为阶层障碍）。——就好像，导演既要向费里尼致敬，又要在片尾用上海小吃揶揄大师的阳春白雪。和其他经典的文艺片一样，费里尼的《爱情神话》的精彩在于其极端的创造性实践（“一部关于古罗马的科幻片”），这种艺术密度往往会遭到普通观众的拒绝或嘲笑。所以，本片结尾其实是在用“日常生活最伟大”的主流论调否认了前面挖空心思营造（我更愿称之为“想象”）出来的上海文化格调，也否认了超越世俗而存在的爱情。
雪天一盆火，苦药一勺糖。有房、离异、文艺、颓唐，不爱出厅堂，挺会下厨房。男人共情的是我熬了半辈子鲫鱼汤也该老来one night stand，女人幻想的是我倔了几十年总会有半个肩膀一袋吃食。沪上当然是精致的摆盘，但每一个要素都戳在普通话审美霸权的肋眼上，你能怎么样呢？导演一等一聪明，端上一锅老少咸宜浓淡适中的汤。微信里来来回回差半步就是油腻，牺牲了老乌总算是有了妥当的圆场。中国每年应该有十部这样的作品，一不小心让它出头了，其实真不是故意的。
前半部分太缓慢，一度想放弃了都，后面节奏快多了。
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