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
方言是一项挑战，运镜有时候让让眼睛不适，剧本里，老乌最有意思，好几场聚会亚历山大强行加入，心想他没自己事情的？挺尬的，算国产里不同印象了
8 女导演多好，能拍出女性的可爱。老早关注她的微博和公众号，会看到不少自嘲的梗，小资和精致在最后无聊的思悼观影会上消解了大半，传护手霜那段我太喜欢了哈哈哈。感觉音乐很一般，没跟上剧作。
徐峥做监制还是厉害的，题材选的好，生活中的小细节可以说是面面俱到了。演员请的好，各有特色的35+女演员。上海话说的也好，方言出来的一瞬间，市井味儿扑面而来，这部电影错不了了。
6/10。将外部冲突消解、捏碎为日常状态的动作，随着白老师去修鞋摊、接送孩子、喝咖啡和老乌闲谈或行走在梧桐树下的窄道，充满市井味的上海逐渐显现，并联想到候麦式拒绝与追逐的爱恋关系：白老师追求李小姐的各种动作（做饭和发微信、修高跟鞋和修电灯）貌似温情，但李小姐对他的求爱更多是迟疑和拒绝，一夜情后的早晨她悄悄逃走，而她和狂放的格洛瑞亚、精干的蓓蓓做客白老师家的聚餐戏，用‘‘剩菜’’暗示她们对白老师的争夺欲望，接着轮流用‘‘女人这辈子没有......是不完整的’’造句，宣示她们主动选择情感又时刻准备放手的洒脱状态，反而是白老师和娘娘腔的儿子等男性处于弱势。结尾众人在银幕的仪式中，祭奠老乌和索菲亚罗兰那一去不返的爱情神话，却被费里尼晦涩断裂的情节弄得兴趣索然，正如这部情节寡淡的电影本身只是小众文艺观众的狂欢。
在上海取景的电影很多，但全篇台词上海话，又把上海话里的口语运用到位且换作其他方言则没办法发挥到极致的电影就不多见了，（虽然字幕翻译并没有办法完全展现出部分用词的幽默精髓），尽管没有地域限制，但本土观众多多少少占点优势。
挺好的，有那么点看woody allen的感觉，在轻松小品的表象下四两拨千斤地在做一些探讨性别和爱情的努力，摇摆于浪漫和现实之间激荡出火花。看到熟悉的街道和见证过类似生活的场景，会心一笑里又加深了对故事的信任度。
羡慕！优秀！游刃有余！能把自己想要的拍出来，真的不容易，各种不容易！未来可期！
在小皮匠门口，镜头有给到一对男性牵手的局部画面。男男女女这些事，又有什么不能说呢，睡了又如何，离了又如何。
7.0分（0.5的鼓励分）。今年个人院线片十佳。之前关注过邵艺辉的公众号，知道她会写，但没想到居然还会拍电影，而且拍出了国产片里，除王家卫之外相当稀缺的，几乎是我仅见的欧洲式中产情趣，更难得的是这种欧范还是以上海为前缀。
意外的好看除去最后老乌那里故事不俗套，而且那种上海小资情调拿捏得很好，对于中年人爱情有了点向往。无论是街景还是主角住屋都让人喜欢，白虽然大腹便便但是会绘画、做饭，喜欢三位女士之间对话。
论日常生活能有多浪漫，论陷入爱情的人儿能有多可爱。这个片子值得叫上最亲密的人一起去看。另外，倪虹洁真的嘎灵，沪语真的嘎有腔调！
太好看了简直！这才是我喜欢的电影啊。看完让我想起《被光抓走的人》。普通人的喜怒哀乐，街头巷尾、家长里短、柴米油盐，就是这些细细碎碎的小希望和小烦恼，才构成了我们真实的生活。徐峥再次奉献出了天才般的演技，塑造人物的能力简直爆表。主角是一个老实的好人，让我产生了深深的共鸣。我觉得再过十年我的生活可能也是这般模样。马伊琍倪虹洁周野芒也都有令人惊喜的演出。作为一部国产电影，剧本如此扎实，自然流畅，笔力所及，描摹气氛，文学性极强又让人看得有滋有味，真是难能可贵。尤其是饭桌上的明争暗斗，台词极为精彩，镜头调度异彩纷呈。贯穿全片的沪语、一众演员直面第四堵墙的结尾、好听的配乐、各种夹带私货的小细节，都让人特别舒服特别喜爱。邵艺辉导演前途无量！9分。
好灵的啦，又讲腔调又有生活感，挺有欧洲电影和伍迪艾伦的气质。
拍中年人的没有那么“纯粹”的爱欲，很轻盈很聪明。名叫“爱情神话”，但电影中含爱情量又不高，跟普通人生活中“生活/爱情”的配比量差不多，由此电影的格外落地，不悬浮，真。导演私自夹带了一些元素：“红拂”杂货店、“夜奔”酒吧、“艺辉国际学校”，卖电子烟作为艺术从业者的副业，一个山西人迁移了自己与男友在上海旅居的经历用于创作，十分“私房电影”了。尤其喜欢最后聚众看碟的场景，大家先是正襟危坐，而后昏昏欲睡肚皮饿，揭示的真理是：爱情固然有神话性，但它亦兼有瞬时性，留不住太久的才美丽。导演在学校里学习、欣赏的就是费里尼的《爱情神话》，然后这么学院派的一个高贵的名字配上这部一个如此生活世俗的内容，十分有张力，四两拨千斤，就像好学生交出的一份模仿大师的优秀习作，结构精巧，工于制作，也能看出导演身上的大师天赋。
小皮匠在皮匠摊上喝咖啡吃蛋糕聊女人，居然不显得突兀。有意思。
也是很意外的第一次看到有那么大爷大妈自发走进影院去看这部影片，说明方言的魅力真的很大。同样是靠剧本收获口碑和市场，这部片出来，我几乎可以把《扬名立万》逐出个人年度十佳了。它甚至有潜力成为中国版《真爱至上》。
刻意的美化离异后的生活状态，刻意弱化女人之间的情绪，刻意消解白辛苦背后的本质，好像所有人都有钱有闲，爱情只是餐后甜点，离异之后绝不仅仅是不敢尝试新的剧本，不敢接受感情而已。老白的本质，只是工具人，是真正意义上的白辛苦。
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
太讨厌上海话了…………真的 在电影院要看吐了🤮
7.0分（0.5的鼓励分）。今年个人院线片十佳。之前关注过邵艺辉的公众号，知道她会写，但没想到居然还会拍电影，而且拍出了国产片里，除王家卫之外相当稀缺的，几乎是我仅见的欧洲式中产情趣，更难得的是这种欧范还是以上海为前缀。
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