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
小偷入室盗窃，偶遇命案…
临睡前的沙发电影。本来想找一部轻松的喜剧片来看，看了一半的时候突然被问：「这真的是喜剧吗？」我自圆其说地说到：「黑色幽默，也算是幽默吧。」其实还可以，没有6.7分那么差，但是这么好的卡司、不逊色的剧本、以及很棒的剪辑拍摄，却只是拍出了一个低配版的《疯狂的石头》，可惜了。一个入室行窃的小偷、一个离职警官、一个假冒的外卖员、一个风骚小三、一个赚不义之财的小老头、两个不太聪明的人贩子，从一次临时的入室偷窃、到一桩看似情杀的凶案、再到一场阴差阳错的贩卖儿童的交易。段落式的反转剧情、剧情和人物在每一次的倒叙中抽丝剥茧，前半部分的节奏很好，但是后半部分 总有一种为了反转而反转的感觉，突然间让整个故事都没那么灵了。谢幕的时候发现导演居然身兼编剧、摄影和导演三个职位，期待如此有才华的他可以带来更好的电影。
1、分这么低的？还不错啊 节奏也可以 反转反转再反转 有意思 没在影院看错过了 不过在家投影也不错 3.3星 多一点星是因为总分太低了2、就觉得肥水眼熟 原来是菜鹭 还有八字眉张总 一说陕西话认出来了哈哈哈（12.20）但是二刷的时候就发现有些逻辑上的问题 不能细想
非线性叙事结构，很点题的是一个小屋里出现着不同的不速来客，然后通过他们各自的视角还原一个事件的真相，随着迷云拨开，也体现出了许多人性的故事，总的来说这种把故事发展时间打乱又重建的拍摄手法还是很吸引人的，也看得出难度很大。
最后才呈现出真相。回味一下，前面埋伏了很多小细节，小线索，到后面逐一呼应。佩服！细节之处见真功。
剧本杀式拼图故事，密闭狭小空间的充分利用，人物关系、行为逻辑和故事情节，都形成了完整的闭环。每组人物的登场，都是从天井上空的俯拍镜头，本不相关的人物渐次入局，如进入环形斗兽场，但并不遵循弱肉强食的规律，而是无法预料的意外残杀——所以更像“天黑请闭眼”，游戏中的决定有着更大的随机性，不过这局好人险胜。完成度不错，故事也稳扎稳打，虽然节奏和包袱稍微有点垮，但总体来说有这样处女作的编剧/导演还挺值得期待的。以及，片尾曲竟是周深放出了周浅，中低音区唱电音有些许陌生，走到影厅门口也仍要让我识别并惊觉真是好听。
张继聪、梁仲恒、杨伟伦和胡子彤等演员，贡献了真实而又接地气的演技。
搁五六年前，这种反转再反转，悬疑，密闭空间，小成本黑色幽默，我还觉得新鲜，可是看多了，就真不新鲜了，范伟、窦骁表现是不错，其他演员也很卖力，但掩盖不了剧情硬伤，逻辑也站不住脚，明显一群老戏骨捧刘姓导演，我记得分数会往下掉，个人打6.5分，算给多啦。
与《两杆大烟枪》、《疯狂的石头》此类多线并行的作品不同，此片是线索逐个展开。前者会让观众拥有全知视角，后者则是拨粽子，不到最后你不知道里面是什么馅。不过可以看出导演有戏仿宁浩的地方，比如虾毛的造型神似《疯狂的赛车》里的高博，还有最后爆炸的横移镜头。
还是差了些细节 虽然是从母亲视角切入 但完全的对二儿子的忽视和传统的意外发现天才 严肃教练队员内讧都有些俗套 令人惊喜的时母亲扮演这吴君如 在时间跨度较大时还能准确把握符合年龄段的表演很厉害 比较惊艳的是片头把孩子放上蒸汽运输带决定放弃孩子 那种面对现实的无奈展现的淋漓尽致
A large bamboo basket of stupid thieves.
配乐实在是太失败了， 交响乐的一镜到底，剧情实在是不饱满
香港的电影真是堕落到极点,那么好的题材能拍的那么烂也是醉了
ps14岁的阿伟演员神似荣梓杉..
和《疯狂的石头》《疯狂的赛车》有相似的地方，尤其爆炸场面，《疯狂的赛车》中有相似的。
国产小成本剧本杀电影，叙述性诡计，倒叙信息差，剧本扎实，窦骁演技不错
中规中矩的一部真人故事的励志电影，体现残疾人运动员的不易，演员演的也很好，不知道为什么总觉得缺点什么，泪点不够。
上帝全知视角，生怕观众看不懂么？为了反转而反转，也是国产此类电影的另一通病
罗生门式剧本杀，不断嵌套的闪回抽丝剥茧，带观众一起破案，悬疑情节是吊足胃口，一次次印证“眼见为虚”的电影主题，黑色幽默有《无名之辈》的调调，线索的前期铺垫还是很用心，夹带在情节铺成中很成功。但不能每次的反转都靠闪回来完成，甚至还有重复片段，是大大的扣分项。范伟的小品腔太让人出戏了，真难受。窦饶倒是突破了，又怂又狠的样子很到位。认识张颂文是因为主旋律片，所以有些不成文的剧透。牵涉一些严肃的社会关注话题，带着喜剧色彩去解读有待商榷，但剧本的确扎实，在对白上下足了功夫是值得肯定的。感谢不散电影，拍摄地又在重庆，点映主创一个都不来是不是不太合适啊。
明明是原創劇本，卻拍出了舞台劇改編即視感，電影感告急，故事反轉一次兩次三四次不夠，五次六次七八次不滿足，反轉到最後還硬反轉，直到審美疲勞，直到邏輯崩盤，在適合有喜劇元素的時候不加，在不適合有喜劇元素的時候亂加，屎尿屁的爛梗只讓人覺得惡心而非好笑。想念起了曾經片尾黑屏字幕過審的時代，至少那時候可以自欺欺人的五十步時代，至少那時候還能有一個尚且完整的故事。
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