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
back to 2003（inasadway ( 最后的陈绮贞..有够杀（吴沛绫音乐也写得蛮好
3.5 可能过高期望在于她能把文化背景层次讲高深一点，我现在很少能吃进去有些温吞表达，也可能是太平淡了~
她把女儿带到了美国，却要责怪她拥有了美国人的思维，真是可笑
单调却真诚，倾注了沉甸甸的生命体验，刻骨铭心。每一次争吵后混杂着温情和痛苦的余震，对身边人乃至对自己的恨意的反复回荡，当这些真实可感甚至能唤醒记忆的情感的时候，再多技巧都显得多余。
幾乎從頭哭到尾，不斷想起最自我最任性的那個小女孩時期的我，兒時的我完全無法控制自己的叛逆和情緒。爸媽一定很辛苦吧，如果沒有父母無盡的包容和愛，我現在應該是個反社會亞逼，不管遇到什麼事情，只要跟媽媽說幾句話就會被治愈，獲得平靜。能安撫到這樣暴戾的我的媽媽，一定很辛苦吧。
三星半。电影很多场景很琐碎，也放了很多细节，有些地方有心无力，但又很真实。
用一种很细腻的方式呈现了在非典背景之下，一个移民/癌症家庭的困境——小孩有小孩的迷茫与恐惧，大人有大人的无力与痛苦，无法沟通，无法理解对方，所有的情感都只能通过愤怒发泄出来。因此女孩与马的互动成为一则寓言——无法驯服对方，但放弃驯服，便能对视，并在这种对视中看见彼此，理解脆弱，达成身份与关系的和解。虽然也许可以有一个更好的结尾，但并不妨碍它是一个很好的故事。
很好看，演员的气质和表演把一个快要分崩离析的家庭矛盾演绎的绝妙，叛逆期的女儿，心理素质面临崩溃的癌症妈妈，隐忍负担的爸爸，天真无邪的妹妹，加上海外归国的各种格格不入，文本囊括了时代和人生的诸多变故，每一位都承载着变故后带来的压力，拥堵和夹杂在这个几近破碎的家庭里，充斥着火焰般的张力，与焦灼又力不从心的悲伤。镜头借姐姐的成长来见证家庭关系的升华，用妹妹的大病初愈来给予重生的希望，爱与恨的一体两面，都在文本中开了花，才让这个故事处处充满力量。★★★★
细腻真实的感情，果然是女导演的作品。 sars的时代背景基本没用上，略显累赘。
矛盾展开的地方远远大于矛盾解决的办法，导演撕开了家庭表面和睦的口子，却没有办法把它缝补好，不同的文化环境只是借力点，我没有看到背后深层的力量，最后活脱脱变成了一出狗血大赏，除了小妹，感觉这一家都需要去看一下心理医生。
長片處女作，細節很棒，也很有千禧年的氛圍，能讓人共情。方郁婷有好幾個很美的鏡頭，比如坐在公車上的側臉和與馬的對視。2021.12.6，光點華山。
虽然导演在感慨台湾的“景气”，但是看完觉得台湾还是挺好的，不用为生病发愁，老婆可以去美国实现自我，生病了可以回台湾免费医疗，老公也可以飞去大陆赚钱。至少个体还是有一定的自由选择空间。跑题了，这个片子是台湾家庭片既有的温情路线，吵架是为了彼此更好的靠近。母女之间纵使再有隔阂，最终的水乳交融可能是多数父子之间很难达到的。
上中学最叛逆的那段时间，恨过讨厌过我妈。今年30了，我很感谢我妈，很爱她，终于懂世上只有妈妈好。也许有时候会被当作妈宝，那是因为她太强了，我崇拜她，我觉得她说的很多事都是对的。希望妈妈会活很久很久，一直一直健康平安，一直一直很幸福。有一句话我想这辈子都不可能当面说出口，I LOVE YOU，Mom。
爸爸辛苦养家，妈妈得了癌症，女儿想回美国，一家人似乎永远处在“一切人对一切人”的“战争状态”中。在一个四口之家，生动地上演了一场有关代际冲突与文化隔阂的家庭战争。最为悲哀的是，其实互相都是有爱的，只不过以争吵的形式不适当地表达了出来。
3.5接近四星 没有解决根本问题 有一些共通的场景情境有点触动吧 ，ps 中国妈妈的囊肿结节都是被孩子气出来的
*最后十分钟崩溃哭到无法呼吸
5.0/10.0。浅尝辄止，我觉得这部电影是拍给青春期少年看的。
1、中美文化冲突的部分，有几处确实挺锋利的。妈妈说“我把你们送到美国是想让你们更好”，而女儿却说“更好就是不一样”。很长一段时间以来，我们都坚信“外来文化”的魅力，但出国潮，留学热褪去后，我们才发现，不管是先进还是落后，大家在人类发展本质这件事上，似乎没有太大区别。而且，说实话，我们急于摒弃的未必就是坏，急于拥抱的也未必就是好，任何事物都有两面性。2 、家庭冲突的戏份不够细腻，使得这个原本特殊的家庭，不够落地。主角人物的语言和行事没有逻辑性，不能引起共鸣。3，制作粗糙，疫情下的《倾城之恋》，功力不及《倾城之恋》十分之一功力。疫情电影，没能完成成拯救家庭的任务。
用一种很细腻的方式呈现了在非典背景之下，一个移民/癌症家庭的困境——小孩有小孩的迷茫与恐惧，大人有大人的无力与痛苦，无法沟通，无法理解对方，所有的情感都只能通过愤怒发泄出来。因此女孩与马的互动成为一则寓言——无法驯服对方，但放弃驯服，便能对视，并在这种对视中看见彼此，理解脆弱，达成身份与关系的和解。虽然也许可以有一个更好的结尾，但并不妨碍它是一个很好的故事。
这种片子看多了，就像看多了陈凯歌张艺谋起家的类型片一样：压抑晦涩，充满阴霾。为什么华人的家庭片大都这种格调？让人选择的话，有多少人不会首先选择那种第一次见面就能嘿咻的生活方式？人生本已不易，内心多有伤势，这种泛泛的故事，真的只能唤起心中的无奈。而且，影片的这种结尾，在华人影片里也是烂大街了，或许这种形式是泊来的，但“微微一笑泯恩仇，轻轻一转待明天”的意境，并不是这么简单就能表现出来的。不需要结果…别指望明天…过好当下…这才更能让人心静。
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