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
前面是轻浮的市井怀旧，中间是更轻浮的魔幻消费主义和文化殖民，最后对准我们的投影仪才点破了观众才是所谓的爱情神话所询唤的主体。虽然片头的做菜长镜会让人联想起《饮食男女》，但已经不再有世纪之交的悲怆，只有廉价的原子化小幽默，最多只是夹杂着表演生活的疲劳。新世界上海里的青春期仿佛到40岁仍不终结，但在主题乐园般的影像中要肯定某种新价值实属不易。
的确是一个情感细腻的电影，都在细微之处，而生活大多时候哪有波澜壮阔，都是细节构成的。。。
中年爱情，美妆达人，各种上海专属烟火气，每一个都踩到我的点。感觉电影院里上海宁含量超标，因为播到用上海话骂人时整个电影院大概除了我都笑了……（真是第一次听……）但还是想吐槽——别说上海，一线城市哪有天没黑就能下班的广告公司……
不知道，大家看了有没有一种冬天坐上了一个热马桶的感觉？就场景太熟了，熟到有点恶心，但又被搬到了荧幕上，你也很困惑到底是谁把马桶坐热了的，又没太放在心上。
外地人在电影中感受到了上海的那种小资生活，西方文化的渗入。电影名说是爱情神话，实则代表以爱情为主的精神世界。
人在广州，看了想即刻马上回上海。五小时后白云到虹桥的票只要270，说走就走。
2021年的最后一部电影，非常适合在上海的跨年夜看的一部非常上海的电影，好笑又好看，如果熟悉上海一定能get到，如果能听懂上海话就能get到更多乐趣，而且这部电影还很女性视角。非常喜欢鞋匠这个角色，彷佛扫地僧般的存在。还有，这个《爱情神话》居然真的是费里尼的《爱情神话》！第一次看到这个片名就想到了费费，最后大家一起看这部电影的反应也是很真实了哈哈哈哈…… 我爱费费！2021.12.31 @静安 百美汇
很喜欢，国产屏幕太缺少这样的电影类型了。是轻盈又愉快的两个多小时，一切恰到好处，值得搭配大桶的爆米花和饮料。有几处小细节让人动容。导演的天资和技术真的都很厉害👍
被以沪语为噱头看了一场中年文艺逼群像，另外无论是他们的男女关系还是房子过户问题都应该上新老娘舅，马伊琍的上海话是最搭僵的，喜欢上海市井烟火气奉劝去体验一下天天倒痰盂下雨天蛇虫百脚的日子免得受电影和武康大楼的骗
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想到阶级，想到有钱人们的虚无，想到中国其他地方的苦难，当然以上都不是对这个电影觉得不好的理由，只是看的时候难以避免地想到并难受了。 有很多女性主义的段落，但也难免觉得是在讨好男性的同时讨好女性。乳化梗太棒。问题还是太散，前半部分后精彩，后面太突兀，不管是女人们的突然关系变好还是母子、夫妻、父子关系的变化，更何况都是依托在一个突然的死亡上，就更觉得刻意俗套。 不过生活中这样突然死亡也确实会震撼亲友的吧。 21.21.30夜与z 马伊琍和倪虹洁在布展馆的影子一幕太美 总的来说还是很符合导演出那本书的感觉的 韩寒旗下的one一个系列的风格
思想解放
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。
年度真香！感觉二十年后会成为甲方乙方一样的经典。BGM临街杂货店咖啡馆《红拂夜奔》各种梗好评！紫发马伊琍有点像千fa！白老师还真的有点魅力！&导演太聪明了，竟然是91年的！最后很多泪点真的是中年人的泪点（。）
国产电影拍得这么松弛的同时又有展厅三人对话和独白讲述罗马假日式奇遇这种直指迷影人G点的戏，不容易。没有把白鸽写成gay或许是审查所迫，借此破了一桩刻板印象（且表现了我最近最感兴趣的爱情形式）也不亏。
真不愧是2021年国产最佳。
像是看了一部异域片 对于蓬头垢面窸窸窣窣在电影院盘腿吃奥尔良全鸡的大粗大糙人来说 对这般程度的精致生活老传统的讲究追求 到底是怎么一种感受 实在是很难想象 就是那种很amazed的感叹但又感觉遥远的懵 为什么上海人老师们能这么认真密实地生活 (虽然知道经过影视剧夸张 (但我真的感觉一对比自己心更如寸草不生的荒漠
《爱情神话》
电影全吴语对白，但丝毫没有距离感。更难得的是罕见地呈现了一种中年男女非传统的爱情观念。几场室内群戏令人叫绝，你来我往的拌嘴之间，集上海人的小资与市井为一体，让人忍俊不禁又觉得个中关系妙不可言。电影还不忘巧妙插入迷影情节致敬费里尼，更将对艺术与爱情的思辨映射其中，独具海派气质。年度华语佳作。
标榜城市主题，但地域/环境对电影的作用又乏善可陈，没有任何环境与叙事/人物之间的层次与张力，通过段子和新奇两性视角完成叙事，看后愉悦但马上又觉空虚，像一场talk show，视听语言十分乏味，但依旧是国内院线电影中的上乘之作
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