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
「妈妈的神奇小子」20210821
记录式镜头观感很好，也很让人犯困，以至于前半段我都在半梦半醒间。但一旦理解了蒙太奇连接的洞与老人，片子顿时变得有意思了。然而我理解的洞穴探索者是“自然不敬的闯入者”，被片尾说探洞是伟大创举的文字推翻了，我又蒙了
【253/166】这是一部与《了不起的老爸》有着相似之处的电影。根据香港运动员苏桦伟真实事例进行的改编。父母的不放弃是他能成功登顶残奥会的第一步。正如影片中苏妈所说“所有人都不把你当普通人，那你就做一个不普通的人”。此外，电影部分情节会抨击了香港残奥运动员受到的不公待遇，这当然也值得香港体育当局的重视！也许在未来会有更多的神奇妈妈培养出更多的神奇小子为祖国添彩！
不过，没看懂副线里老爷爷生老病死和主线探险队进入洞穴的关系😅
如果不是真事改编就一星。
洞里某些时刻真的很像阴道内壁哎。
【北京国际电影节 9.30】平时讨厌记录片的观众最好不要看。在逼仄、黑暗的洞穴里也能有丰富的镜头和光影调度，让人随着光影和镜头的移动而移动自己的视线和注意力。极其冷静地记录人的老死和自然的被发现。人老了就死了，自然历经千万年依旧不朽，等着另一种生命来发现自己。
【2021BJIFF】第六部，全程没有台词，洞外的场景开阔明亮，洞里一直阴暗逼仄，只有头灯打出的一点光亮，当终于探到洞底的时候，老人也去世了，绘图师的图纸画上最后的结尾，画面很美，声音很舒缓，配上深影优秀的影音效果，令人感动，而且我竟然没有睡过去…（有两点让我跑神了：探洞打头阵的小哥好帅/洞里的场景摄影机怎么放置的）
没睡，但也是真的没劲。想要故意误用一个概念来形容它：“视觉系”电影。如果把它往脉络里续，当然逃不掉60年代那些到现今的慢电影，但还是很没劲。
洞穴天生是光影的戏台，细微的声响也一一被放大（因此人几乎不说一句台词）。
高质量的港片不多，这个电影有些四平八稳，但是煽情煽的很好。吴君如张继聪都算不上香港一线影星，张继聪更是只能在一些三四线的电影里演配角，但是演技出色。香港老一辈电影人的功力和素质还是令人钦佩的。
“非完美母亲”的定位让电影变得更具真实感，但这种真实却在每个时段的浮光掠影和过度渲染中被消磨掉了。
2021北影节。这片子只能在大银幕上看，在家会完全看不出效果。放映遇到一些小状况，观看体验不是很好。像纪录片但又不像纪录片给你展现一件事的全貌或者重点，这片子更像是把一些体验抽离出来按时间顺序再剪辑在一起，从始至终都带着对美的理解。片子没有解说，只把最纯的画面音效展现给观众，整体色调剪辑都挺有意思的，确实像一个艺术作品。
分分钟用足力，煽情配乐不停，来提醒这是一部感人励志电影。像一部加长的公益广告
有長影評。電影早段節奏明快、角色鮮明，大量精彩的金句有待觀眾發掘，取得金牌後的節奏略嫌拖沓，部分故事線虎頭蛇尾，例如蘇媽與弟弟的關係、如何處理廣告商等等。
3.5 聚焦大众并不关注的残奥会运动员，他们成功的不易。神奇小子的成功，逃不过他有一个神奇妈妈。互相吐露内心苦楚的片段，真的太虐心
没有对白，没有人物特写，大远景，斜上俯拍镜头。自然如此深邃而神秘。
洞里某些时刻真的很像阴道内壁哎。
全程感叹电影导演之预判神力以及探洞与生命淡逝的蒙太奇之精妙...原来不是纪录片...但还是忍不住太息。
不是「媽媽的神奇小子」，也不是「神奇小子的媽媽」，而是「小子的神奇媽媽」，孩子的意願並不重要，爸爸依舊總是缺席，媽媽做錯了也是一切為了孩子好，近乎綁架的「世上只有媽媽好」，透露著一股強烈的「沒有XXX就沒有XXX」的單向因果，孩子的自身努力被抹殺，其他人的犧牲與幫助也被無視，真實的故事也許並不如此，只是電影本身實在令人失望。
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