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
折腾了一圈下来，中年女人终于接受了自己的女同女儿，无能丈夫，还有缺失的父爱，同样理顺了自己混乱不堪的前半生。喜剧动作版的《宇宙追缉令 The One 》，中年妇女危机版的《黑客帝国》，多重量子纠缠叠加态下的《平行宇宙》。准华人班底下的奇幻喜剧科幻家庭动作大片，想象力绝了，《超新约全书》下的全知全能的《Lucy》。
这是碳基生物能想出来的电影？！致郁又治愈，好笑又好哭，是今年看过的最佳电影了！
bgm又多又吵，女儿和老公不论是台词还是演技都烂到我难以忍受
多元宇宙中心呼唤爱只会轻飘飘地把前片搭建起的现实意义摧毁殆尽。生活逼疯母亲，母亲逼疯女儿，父辈没资格在疯女人发完疯之后出来收拾烂摊子占尽便宜。
看得我好累……许多陈旧的、使用过度以至于廉价的要素堆叠，熬成了一锅大杂烩。这五分钟负责华裔生活，这两分钟负责报税勾起美国人情节，这两分钟负责交代多元宇宙设定，这三分钟负责讲亲子关系，这两分钟负责讲大尺度段子（买票进场怎么没人查我ID？），这三分钟负责《瑞克和莫蒂》式多元宇宙串台脑洞。剧情/科幻/无厘头/华裔/亲情/爱情/大尺度从四面八方，各加猛料，洒了两个小时鸡血，让人在电影院里觉得格外疲惫漫长。情节一路狂奔向多方和解大团圆，妈和女儿从来没有互相伤害的意愿，真是恭喜发财。只有石头的部分，能令人眼前一亮。
不过我还是有点不爽这些高概念电影总是把宇宙的终极奥义定义为爱：爱是万物本源、爱是万物之道……为什么就不能来部电影真就告诉我们“一切都没有意义”呢。
天啊！暂且先不说它把“天马行空”这四个字讲得怎样，或者有没有把Asian在美国的处境描述得当，或者说一个家庭里的矛盾和裂痕要怎么展现、弥补，一个人回溯她的一生会有什么思考会不会后悔如果不会后悔她会怎么会和解等等，暂且先不说这些了（可能电影创作者本身也这样走偏了哈哈哈），有一个问题起码是讲清楚了的那就是——美国人此生最大的痛苦就是报税。他们能想到的最浪漫的告白，就是“下辈子我也要跟你联合报税”。这个痛苦之大、给人产生的幻觉之多、伤痕之不可愈合，我体会到了🥲
我也想只做块石头，也想我妈放手，也想everything被吸进黑洞…
3.心目中的2022年最佳电影。理解透了华人的矛盾情感，重视家庭，却又过度望女成凤。自己无奈妥协于现实，却又逼迫子女去做不想做的事情。这不就是黄皮肤版的《蜘蛛侠：平行宇宙》+《soul》。
为了更加准确地评价这部电影，我特意阅读了近100条短评，3条长评，3个解说视频。首先必须承认我的观影体验并不好，甚至有一些痛苦，信息的大量过载超出了我大脑的认知能力，同时文化隔阂以及似懂非懂的剧情也在挑战着我的耐心，再加上超过2个小时的片长，熬夜观看更是一种煎熬，但是看完大量尤其是视频解析后同样要承认电影的独特价值的。当然8.8分的开分以及可能被引进的谣言确实给予了我错误的期待，但是当通过视频了解到电影所承载的各种内容细节后，还是非常佩服主创们丰富的想象力和超强的表现力的，尤其是对于存在主义、虚无主义的探讨是让我所感兴趣的，现实生活是混乱的交织，而那些愚蠢的东西正是重点。另外，虽然电影评价本身私人的，自由的，但是看了不少人的短评，感觉完全是基于一种非常模糊的认知在撰写，其表达逻辑并不通顺。
最喜欢石头那一段，荒诞虚无，感觉那才是编剧真正想说的话。
喜欢的人可能会很喜欢。
杂糅了这么多元素还显得很很流畅，这两个小时宛如两个世纪
两块石头对话那也太酷了 导演的脑洞真是大的出奇 杨紫琼在这样的年纪能遇到这样一个角色 真是一个演员这辈子都梦寐以求的事
用多元宇宙的外壳包裹家庭温情内核的做法是有效的，但这种高概念新鲜劲一过还是要靠故事来把观众按在座位上，然而本片在多元宇宙的高概念运作上还是有些流于形式，特别是到了后期甚至成为了叙事的一种累赘，而文本方面本片的救世主觉醒也落入了前期铺垫远比后期高潮更有意思的俗套，况且还有不少其实并无必要的荤段子型笑点，而杨紫琼虽然凭借着喜剧和功夫两立的卖力表演维持住了全片的节奏，但这个故事在表面的全程高能和花样百出之下，显然并不像它宣传的那么有趣。
宇宙为何恢复？妈知错了。
我从贝果里离开，不是因为你强行抱着不让我走，而是我选择回头向你伸出手。悖论的是片子的受众大部分都是那个喊着let me go的女儿，而更需要去学习“爱非控制”的长辈大部分在第一趴就会睡过去。说实话，观影体验低于期待值，但，在平行宇宙的概念下用东亚家庭的困境去探讨存在与虚无，最终又以世俗化的东西方大杂糅的共性“爱”（广义上）来解决这个哲学家们都没给出答案的终极问题，有意思的尝试。要么成为贝果，nothing matters；要么feeling a good thing，哪怕以此获得的小小希望最终会走向下一次的绝望，悲观主义与乐观主义永恒的对决。
某种程度上我觉得这部电影可能会成为我心目中第一位的片子
以顛覆陽剛形象解構陽剛氣質；
粗鄙吧？震惊吧？这就是「妈的多元宇宙」的观感。
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