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
上海话成为粤语之外第二喜欢的方言，嗲的浑然天成，嬉笑怒骂都有一股别样风情，这样想想选择去上海工作说不定也会有一些不一样的体验。
作为处女作这样的水准真的不错了，很松弛（应该再多拍一两个空镜头），甚至有那么一点点像伍迪艾伦，但配乐不太行，不够滑稽，前半段那几首英文歌尤其出戏。徐峥去找鞋匠理论那段从一个弹钢琴的女人室内镜头推出窗外，以及老乌讲故事镜头先从特写拉远又推近到特写，这两个地方很不错，最后看完感觉只有上海男人（女人）才能搞定上海女人（男人），外地人搞不定的
私心的年度华语最佳。我从看到大家一起聊索菲亚罗兰开始就泪流不止，没道理的那种，在单身又无儿无女的中年男人面前，爱情的神话一半在现实、一半在想象，一半在天上、一半在地下，一半在回头望，一半在朋友圈。
不知道该不该说，会觉得上海话稍微缺了点什么？也不是说不对，就可能某些词会有当地话的讲法（虽然脑子里只有“落惠”这种词出现）
导演水平比《夏日友晴天》还要弱一截，问题倒是如出一辙：情感到位却又维持绝对保守，触碰议题但又总不够勇敢，结尾高潮华丽却毫无必要，设定立足于隐喻而故事却本就无需隐喻。并入迪士尼后的皮克斯，依旧在创造新世界，却很少再创造新规则，更多的只是在把幻想向我们早已熟悉的社会和类型片原型上靠而已。
1、觉得导演名字很熟，问了知情人，才知道她就是几年前卖电子烟的北电女生，当年以此为引子写过一篇爆款公号文。2、此片公映，邵导也算咸鱼翻身了，发现其豆瓣页面的主照片都换了，形象焕然一新。3、邵是张老师的学生，张老师发了一条动态，遭到群殴，甚至有人身攻击。记得某年在某影院，见到张老师，张老师说影院里放的这些片都是啥玩意啊（大意）。张老师对院线片的“敌意”，可能是有“鄙”无类的。4、费里尼，《爱情神话》，索菲亚•罗兰，我全都理解为致敬与迷影吧，当然，也是调侃和解构，一如“变态”与“可爱”同义。5、上海话的爱与撩，城市的市井与韵味，不那么低级的喜感与闹剧，配乐的美妙与疏离，以及，一颗装腔作势的文艺的心，都是大体妥的，算是近年爱情片这个类型中四平八稳的奇葩。
走了太多下坡路？那就爬山去吧！所谓人生，忽然爱情，大抵如此。
上海，费里尼，索菲罗兰；小资，话痨，中年危机，真的是全都踩在我的点上。没想到生活中熟悉得不得了的场景，就这么被搬到大荧幕上，爱死了。
不知道该不该说，会觉得上海话稍微缺了点什么？也不是说不对，就可能某些词会有当地话的讲法（虽然脑子里只有“落惠”这种词出现）
哈扎劲 好难得能再看到这么多沪语对白的电影，这确实是不能更鲜活真实的上海腔调，此刻的身边的上海会发生的故事，我们之间会说的话，会用的词，会做的事，会骂的山门，会做的掩饰，用得亲切又恰到好处，吐槽吐得余音绕梁。在不那么出彩甚至不堪中撑足体面活泼的生活，雅致和粗俗共存的人间烟火。对我就是要打五星！
我的家就在二环路的里边，这里的人们有着那么多的时间，他们正在说着谁家的三长两短，他们正在看着你掏出什么牌子的烟——倘若华语版《门锁》是在贩卖「独居女性」焦虑，那么沪语参杂《蹩脚英语》版的《爱情神话》则是在安抚和劝退「独立女性」快要泛滥成灾的情绪。这幅中产阶级自画像为广大「古典」艺术爱好者描绘了这样一个群体：把白纸般的生活「亲手」塑造成了一部只能喜剧化的悲剧。年轻时向往的爱情只存在于电影和剩饭里，吃惯了「私房菜」自视甚高的中年人不敢「下凡」去碰它，只能谈论它。怪谁呢？不能怪罪于时代、社会、前任和资本家，因为这些都是曾经、正在、即将建构自己的敲门砖。坦白讲，只能怪「爱情」门槛太高，过道太窄，这张卷子太难——到处全都是正确答案。钟鼓楼吸着那尘烟，任你们画着他的脸，你的声音我听不见，现在是太吵太乱。
仿佛就是在我家门口拍的，都是我走过的路，住过的屋，看过的剧和展，反复拍摄过的春日鲜绿梧桐与疯狂落叶的香樟。
最喜欢皮匠。大隐隐于市的哲人。在咖啡馆和古典音乐边上修鞋。演技真好！
其实说有多好，并没有那么好，但它带来的那种轻松流畅同时平淡又幽默的感觉在国产电影里是如此稀缺以至于很难讲不好。上海的生活真的很特别，即使拍得如此纽约布鲁克林也毫不违和，但最终的生活的真谛还是上海的。中年女性有这样多样的设定也很难得，还是女导演行啊！就是能不能找个稍微帅点的男的演这种trophy式上海爷叔，比如宁理，徐峥去修鞋（不是
支持电影用方言的我对于接地气的上海话感觉每个字都叨叨叨在我神经上 生理不适 但是不得不承认这部电影把上海和上海人表现得真挚又可爱 饭桌戏很好看 （但是没事就靠配英文歌铺情绪很低级 跟某些人打造的上海的“洋气”一样非常刻意
欣赏周野芒，张芝华，吴冕的表演是一种享受，这片再加个林栋甫就完美了，林栋甫可以演宁理那个角色
4. 李小姐和格罗瑞亚的微信使用习惯：李小姐从来都是文字输入，而且一两个字的回复也必用句号结尾。格罗瑞亚从来都是语音输入。
真的好“新”，每次看到那些国产悬浮片，再去看看同时间国外讲述都市生活的叙事，都会想如果不悬浮的话，那究竟到底应该如何去表述我们当下的生活呢，这部电影给出了一种答案，虽然明显法租界的独栋洋房、外滩18号，离普通打工人的生活也有点遥远，但是你会相信确实有这样的人生活在这片土地上。
感觉这剧本是坂元裕二写出来的，当然还有这北电戏文专业练就的会写段子的伶牙俐齿。最后的镜头挺好，最让人感动的老乌的故事感觉像是“青年破处”版广岛之恋。
果然是年末惊喜多，关于爱情的那些事被导演和编剧融进了台词和情节中，充分融合上海的市井气和知识分子的小情调，观感上很舒服，方言很加分。三位女性角色的塑造非常出彩，坏掉的高跟鞋用的巧妙，饭桌和画廊两段对话戏写的太猜彩，结尾老乌的故事既大方致敬了原版电影，还巧妙点了题，最后以看不懂原版电影而收场不落俗，没陷入自我感动的怪圈，作为处女作完成度非常好，推荐一看。（8.5/10）
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