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
换人物视角，看似一场metoo大戏，但编剧对事件的悬念不感兴趣，讲男人和女人如何看待事件，而上帝总会站在正义的一边。老雷拍这种历史剧也是好莱坞第一人了，功力毋庸置疑。
选角和表演都够差的，仿佛在看他们四个玩古装剧本杀......
女人感受到愉悦才会怀孕，所以强暴肯定不会导致怀孕，这么荒谬混蛋的逻辑居然还曾被当成科学真理？果然是野蛮蒙昧的中世纪！两个男人一个自以为对妻子关爱体贴，一个到死都认定是两情相悦，真让人无fu*ck说。有人说三个视角的叙述没什么区别也无必要，其实种种细节差异非常明显啊，比如女主跑上楼梯时是自己脱掉鞋还是慌乱甩脱，从中完全可以看出不同人物的不同感受和观点。雷大导拍得非常沉稳，最后的决斗戏又让人无比揪心。朱迪古装美翻了，大本在本片中比以前有气质很多。
雷德利斯科特的罗生门叙事艺术。只有玛格丽特才是真相，尚德卡鲁日和贾克勒格里的真相都只是男性视角的谎言，愚昧忘我的自大，或麻痹自我的自信。这场无关乎正确和正义的决斗一度压的我喘不上气，不是为了场上两个以命相博的男人，为的是高台上束以脚拷的女人。迎接一个勇敢发声的女性的是时代的悲歌。
新现实主义拍法，时代立住了；经过前两章，会明白中世纪价值观的特点，无论是自律的还是自恋的，都是以自我荣誉和价值为先，拥有严格的等级观念；两男的矛盾虽说是误会，但其实是传统骑士领主思维和技术官僚新贵族的斗争，而女性变成了两种价值观的牺牲品。景别，从第一章的全景式景观为主、第二章进入伯爵的阴暗室内、第三章着眼于庄园本身，很符合三个人的人物性格视角。缺点在于多视角导致戏剧点混乱，除了制造悬念没有太多作用，人物弧光片面，属于这种论文式拍法的通病（“钛”也有这个问题）；而且，女主作为中世纪女性，至少应该为名誉恢复而高兴吧，就算女权觉醒，也该在乎自我的社会信任度啊
印象中正经描绘中世纪生活的电影不多
又一部历史-女性电影佳作。三个真相角度，有意思的是当中的细微区别。男人之间的较量，女性成为时代受害者。很难想象另外一个结局是多么不堪。★★★★/8.3
@MOViE MOViE Cityplaza 布景和服化道本片应该是本片最大的优点。把三个人对同一件事情的描述分别拍出来的拍摄手法看似有点想法，但是这种手法也许适合用来拍分集、总时长较长的电视剧，而不适合总时长相对较短的电影，观众会短时间内看到同一段镜头反反复复地出现，不利于观感。前面一个半小时的剧情和台词没有好好打磨，缺乏时代感…电影的主菜只集中在后面约45分钟左右的时长里面，台词和片段中信息量还是很大的。
如果这只是作为某篇相关权益报告中的用典尚可理解，但大费周章找一个七百多年前的经典一战来拍电影，只在「佐证」当下的这么一点价值观，真的很狭隘。既然都明晃晃地跟你说 the truth了，那还要什么三段，太看不起观众了吧？转场衔接宛若在看国产网大。除了女主外基本没有人物，国王形象也很刻板，嬉笑残忍仿佛照搬权游。自从听过分析中世纪室内戏打光问题后就特别在意，本片可以说还是太亮堂了。还有Pierre 老婆的孕肚，seriously ？不过好像在服化道方面，还有冷兵器geek得到快乐，也算没白拍。
4.吵什么女权的真的太恶心了，总说歧视女性，你拿着中世纪的十万八千里外的改编故事硬要套在整体男性身上，我也不知道自己曾做错过什么，走到哪都要被歧视，被鞭笞一番，好似我是个强奸犯，再不济也是个帮凶，即使我像男主一样上场厮杀，为女性呐喊，我也只是个为了满足自己高尚价值观的自我满足感的伪君子。
7.7 她的结局看起来还是那个时代十万分之一的女人都不一定能享有的。罪犯死了，老公死了，婆婆肯定也比她早死，有儿子相伴，做一个自己喜欢的庄园，这一切因为她的勇气。影片里最大的不妥还是弱化了男权带来的伤害，反而让你觉得还是女人在为难女人，婆婆和友人等等。描写女人的刻薄胜过男人的虚伪，所以平衡缺失，最后三十分钟倒是点题。
一場血淋淋的羅生門，漸入佳境的典型。那時盲目的男人們已經不再適應“真實”，或者說將生活建立在真實之上了：虛無飄渺的榮譽，自以為是的愛情，刀光劍影固然痛、固然勇，但從不是為了真相，不是為了「生」。當女人的聲音只是旁觀的附屬品、當女人無法共同站出來，這場勝利頗為慰藉卻徒勞依舊。
换人物视角，看似一场metoo大戏，但编剧对事件的悬念不感兴趣，讲男人和女人如何看待事件，而上帝总会站在正义的一边。老雷拍这种历史剧也是好莱坞第一人了，功力毋庸置疑。
这故事就是很像《无明逆流》，但我还是觉得它目的性太强了。既然你想玩儿罗生门那种叙述诡计，凭什么要把玛格丽特的视角强行认定为「真相」呢？这样就会让我怀疑你是在刻意制造性别对立。另外我的一个小私心，啾迪好美，如果这两个男人最后是同归于尽的话，解放女性的同时顺便再嘲讽一下宗教，多好。
【云13.9G】质感有 故事和叙事方式挺无聊的
影片的视角始终是平等的，并未着重放大和夸张。片中对强奸犯的尸体扒光当街倒吊的凌辱，也不能片面解读为女权主义的某种胜利，那样反倒是落入父权制的认知陷阱，这不过是对一个曾做出恶行的人进行了相应的惩罚，在下定义之间，这个角色首先作为人而存在。Margerite的视角不是影片被划分为女权电影的绝对条件，如果所有包含女性叙事角度的作品都能被叫女权电影，那么只能说平权之路更加任重道远，父权制语境下女性话语权的缺失仍是大问题。
11.2 剧本写的好，电影也拍的好，朱迪科默演的也好。女性觉醒，但是女主没有做任何不符合时代背景的事情。两位男性的视角恰到好处的展示了为何女人难以被听见。真的是非常的妙了。其实并不是很喜欢把这个片子比作罗生门，因为罗生门是多方在有意说谎，而这部片子三方陈述的都是自己心中的真相。前两个“真相”则更衬托了第三个真相的悲凉。
英法百年战争背景下，真实历史中女性意识觉醒主题故事。大本和马特达蒙再一次合作改编剧本，雷老爷子执导…影片这摄影宛如中世纪风景油画一般灵动优美！剧本则非常“狡诈”，利用大男子主义和普信男形象两位男主角的自白段落铺垫，来强烈衬托出女主角女性意识觉醒的可贵！从而让观众切身体会到中世纪封建社会下女性的悲惨命运，又由此引发对当下的思考。唯一美中不足的是——影片结尾处的演员排序上，制片方还是把女主角朱迪科默放在了第三位…所以我给4星…
对女权和MeToo的映射简直呼之欲出，除了有点过于工整以外别的都挺好。此外服化道及美术都是老雷一贯的高水平。
同一事件的真相从当事者三人的角度各自讲了一遍，只有女主所代表的章节才是真的真相。可以说是罗生门式的叙事，从某种意义上讲也是金刚川式的。
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