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
喔，好看！制作精良。尤为喜欢片中对岭南乡村的生动呈现。故事是典型的“弱者逆袭”的叙述模式，但依旧看得热血沸腾，原因在于前面情感积蓄得足够多，到后面释放时才如此动人。看完后，我想这是留守儿童的一个梦，多少人能够真的从如此艰难的处境中绽放出来呢？很少。很多人只是重复着父母辈的命运。
除了人物外表设计“不符合传统古典审美”外，其他全片都真实到接近不像动画，戳心戳肺的细节完美再现；分镜头、节奏感爆棚，气质大气磅礴，所有参赛舞狮队伍集体击鼓燃爆，然而归根到底这部片的心境却是苦楚悲伤的，黝黑肤色，深深锁骨，一身肌肉，在大城市脱胎换骨的阿娟与妈妈打电话是全片最泪奔场面，所以啊，所以本片成为黑马横空出世，片尾曲里藏着缘由：它不只是励志片，更是一支唱到所有打工人心坎里的歌，是举杯致敬所有离家的人、无名的人、在楼宇的缝隙中残喘谋生的人、我们这些仅仅只是活着就已拼尽全力的人们的，一杯醇厚动人的酒
任凭心胸狭窄心理阴暗的精神眯眯眼疯狂诋毁，也不能阻止这部动画的声名远扬海内外
最直观的感受是剧本太糟糕了，很多地方都太低幼，太生硬，太脸谱化，太刻意煽情了。编剧大概没什么底层生活经验，空有一腔关怀。台词中的“我爱你”“如果发生奇迹”“是在慢性自杀吧”“心里有一声怒吼”“是我老公啊”，如果改成“媳妇你真好”“要是老天开眼”“快把自己吃死了”“心里有一股劲”“我家那口子上电视了”，会不会好很多？不上学的留守儿童背李白的诗作为剧情关键转折点，45岁咸鱼店主说出“只要鼓点还能在心中响起，我们就是雄狮”作为关键台词，不真实，也缺乏说服力和感染力。臭脚段落配合帕瓦罗蒂的演唱实在有够低俗。但无论如何也是一部底层人民站在舞台中央的作品，画面美轮美奂怎么夸赞都不为过，还有楼顶孤独舞狮配合打工仔生活蒙太奇的段落，和这个收的恰到好处的结尾，还是值得一个好评！
《雄狮少年》是可以安利给成年人的浪漫动画，是敢突破一些桎梏和枷锁的，是想做出一些东西的，是有勇气舍弃一些东西的，瑕不掩瑜值得票价，可以看看。
整个影片就是一篇主题先行的中学作文，只要反复喊出主题，就能混个高分。
在熬过前半段的真空叙事后，影片从少年登上开往广州的大巴车的时刻起精彩了起来，不逃避现实的态度是可贵的，从观众反应来看也是有效的。编剧还写了《燃野》，基本可以看作一本两拍，好在《燃野》犯的错，大部分都被《雄狮》规避掉了。看到最后我哭的很伤心，登上山头的终究是狮头而不是少年，而这就是生活的常态。
加一星给不公正待遇。如果我们无法改变大环境，至少尽力保护创作者自我表达的小空间。在手里拿着锤子，眼里都是钉子的时代，到最后所有人都会变成被捶打的钉子。别认。共勉。
剧本本身其实挺无趣的，充斥着大量似曾相识甚至些许烂俗的对白与桥段，主创们似乎是在所谓“热血励志加点现实关怀”的前提下随便抽签选中了这个题材；但收尾部分的编排相当出挑，讲究化劲点到为止。
完全按电影分镜画的吧，调度运镜都太牛了。一切都恰到好处，乍一看还是老励志套路，但其中的分寸拿捏的太好了。被剧透了五条人和九连，怎么没人和我说还有椅子啊。
最爱天台上的那段舞狮，雄狮在钢筋水泥中奋醒，向着现实发出咆哮。这段演出已经超越了舞狮这一主题，红日升起在逼仄的城市，人们都是在梦想与现实的夹缝间热闹而又平淡地生活。
人物完全是被推着走的，不是自己主动的行为。人物描写刻画全靠旁白，而非动作和画面。师母的后悔只是太过情怀的对梦想的追逐，并没有其它的考量。很多地方不符合逻辑，也不符合现实的情况。
我愿誉为“中国现实主义动画”开山之作！非常棒~
每位渴望成为艺术家的内地新导演，都应该好好学学本片是如何设计场面、调遣运镜、丰富调度的。舞狮这样的传统文化成为了合理的叙事背景，不止是知识普及，更通过阿娟这样的弱小个体提炼出精神层面的坚定。而在美轮美奂的画面下，才是本片最出色的部分——城市的快速发展和传统文化的衰落是并行的。发展的代价太大，落在了人、文化、环境等方方面面。影片末尾的舞狮大赛，鲜艳的各色狮头背后是苍凉的阴霾城市，舞狮的凝聚力激荡人心，却也抵挡不住遍地的寒意。留守儿童的命运往复，很可能就是社会未来模样的缩影。影片彩蛋绝妙地点出了这层内核。当然，从叙事表达上，影片有着强烈的周星驰灵魂覆盖，对话的遣词用句可调整的地方也很多，是比较明显的遗憾。最感叹的是监制张苗多年来判断项目的眼光，市场进步不可或缺的一份子。
对于国漫来说，技术早就不是最大的问题了，审美和故事才是。人太丑了啊，太丑了，还是每一个都丑……故事太旧太馊太硬了，周星驰能气吐血那种。
眼睛并未让我产生任何不好的联想，如果有，那就是整张脸绝类狮子，莫非有意为之？阿猫太像悟空了，以至于我把阿狗认作八戒，阿娟认作三藏，尤其是他刚剃完头的那会儿。
3.5。事件意义大于电影本身，四星可以打给这个意义以及各种引申思考的。就电影而言，前半段刑讯逼供戏的尺度和篇幅大到撕心裂肺令人发指，后半段正义的伸张又过于顺利，有点让人纳闷，挑战这种固化的难度似乎太低了。
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熟悉的小人物热血传奇，对无厘头经典梗的化用充满周星驰作品的影子。剧情虽无出人意表之处，但节奏张弛有度，情绪收放自如。作为跳出神话改编窠臼的现实题材原创国产动画电影，以罕见的舞狮元素为载体，令人耳目一新，既弘扬了传统文化，又映射出当代痛点，实属难能可贵。而且这制作也未免太精良了吧，场景拟真度直达国漫天花板，光影效果和毛发渲染碾压某些三维动画爆款，没有强行3D化更是业界良心。至于所谓的人设争议，分明是居心不良的无稽之谈，刻意用惺忪的睡眼表现人物初始性格和精神状态，再随着剧情推进使少年们的眼神逐渐坚毅且光芒闪烁，显然是旨在营造强烈的反差效果。狮头悬天，咸鱼落水。这一上一下，堪称神来之笔。赛场上的奇迹并不会直接给生活带来质变，高光过后还是要回归现实。但那又如何？鼓点已在心中响起，雄狮必将昂首挺立。
哭得泣不成声，这明明是一个非常……非常悲伤的故事，一个非常难过的结局。明知最终会摔得头破血流，明知命不可逆……还是慷慨就义似的、拼死一博似的，在这该死的命运面前，明知不可为而为之地挑战“天”挑战敬畏！我唯有看到绝望与悲壮，命不由我，认与不认都无法改变结局，但也明白了师傅说：阿娟，不要认啊，不要认……
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