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
上一部这种题材，这么深刻的电影还是四月三周两天
四星都给女主角，感谢导演手持摄像机怼脸拍。她生于1940年，怀孕后首先寻求室友闺蜜的帮助，闺蜜却不敢给出任何建议，害怕沾上关系，这与片头安和闺蜜交换口香糖时那种亲密关系形成莫大讽刺。然后安寻找异性好友的帮助，异性好友却将怀孕当成最好的避孕措施，图谋不轨。安寻求男友的帮助，男友却声称自己也没办法，让安独自去面对事实。安在情绪不佳的状态下，家人不但没加以体谅，反而扇安一巴掌，认为安打乱了家人午后晒太阳的悠闲心情。无助的安将铁棒插入子宫，痛苦穿过屏幕传递给观众，可惜DIY堕胎失败了。在私人非法堕胎诊所，第一次手术，堕胎失败。第二次成功，可是回宿舍后大出血，紧急送医救治。救治成功后，“幸运”的她被判定自然流产，不用担负法律责任，依旧可以回归校园继续学习。然而又有多少女性可以免于意外怀孕而导致的生活脱轨呢？
对比四月三周两天，震撼上稍打折扣（大概是因为自己堕胎的部分，杨采妮的自梳给了我深刻的印象），精神折磨有过之而无不及。
又幸运的是没有成为那五千之一
看此片时的背景:据BBC，美国最高法院（Supreme Court）于当地时间周五（6月24日）作出裁决，推翻近半个世纪前有关女性堕胎合宪权的“罗诉韦德案”（Roe v Wade），裁定女性堕胎并非宪法赋予的权利——这一决定可能立即导致堕胎行为在美国22个州属非法。
近些年的颁奖季，关乎堕胎和生育的女性议题一直为评委会所青睐，无论是是《从前，有时，很少》到《女人的碎片》《钛》再到如今的这部作品，世界好像始终在找出女性生育权利或者说是自主力量的异同，以女性之痛刻意放大细节加强痛感，以4:3的画幅使观众视觉限制在这些并不高明的痛感表达之中，如果说真的利用痛感的共情来表现前卫的拍摄手法，那生育或者堕胎时进行的手段手法完全可以按照纪录片的拍摄方式。相比于其他同类题材，营造痛感，刻意制造的性别对立，以及无处安放的躁动才是具有其独特性的地方，记录某一时段的性别权利的不公标准，影像化并以加缪和萨特的哲学思想包装也许值得参考，但从思辨性上来说，无论是男性还是女性，真的想要引起共情，或者说是另一维度的思考，不如给他们看一部实实在在的生育/堕胎纪录片，那才是真正的正发生…
一直跟随Anne的限制视角，全方位展现个体，令感知赋予，而将至使如此的画外空间交给观众。拍法是学习的方向
概念get到了，但处理得未免过于生硬。老老实实拍个家庭片可能还能保证个底盘，现在硬要在开篇走心理惊悚的路子只会让人觉得哪哪都不搭。这个戏唯一值得一提的就是它的疫情背景，但是后半程也写没了，看不到这对中产母女的转变，相比日本同样注重新冠背景聚焦底层生活的《茜色如烧》简直毫无灵气甚至也没有匠气，只能说别再捧杀钟孟宏了谢谢。
看完又生气又想哭。男人真的没有一个好东西。反对堕胎和豆瓣短评里说反对婚前性行为的那位都有毛病，你反对你自己不要性行为就行了，凭什么限制别人。
挺真切，因为又好喜欢女主，仿佛有切身之痛。
我们只需留下荣誉
无子宫者没有资格去控制女性的子宫，而捍卫堕胎本质上就是对生命权的捍卫。
画幅除了时代特征之外对氛围和细节的遮掩也很有表现力，视角始终跟随女主，观众好似她的同学一样参与生活，时长够紧凑节奏够快，事件苦无出路又迫在眉睫，当被设下规条母职大于人的身份之时，怀孕成为了对女性享受sex的惩罚。女主果断的执行力在一层层突破父权对她的围剿，而代价痛楚异常九死一生，中间和后段两场戏如果作为女性视角简直幻痛惊惧出一身冷汗。具有时代意义的是，六十年后的现在，堕胎权在某些地方居然仍属女性需要争取的自身权益。我们应展示鲜血，而不是选择忘记，如片名所示，此事正在发生。
影片的压抑之处在于于绝望中不见悲悯。在主张堕胎犯法的法国，Anne身为一名成绩优异的大学生在得知自己怀孕后选择流产，但为了自身人生的可能性，她需要对抗的力量令人窒息，医生用保胎药欺骗阻碍、自信男同学的肆意挑逗、“闺蜜”的事不关己冷眼逃离以及“男朋友”的逃避冷漠，更为重要的，是她被一种“政治正确”所压迫，即所谓女性一旦怀孕，那她便因此需要负起所有的责任，包括身体上的疼痛以及道德上的羞耻，而身为女性，则处于被审视、被议论的角色，自身的自由与意志被一股强大的社会道德感所遮盖。毫无疑问，奥黛丽·迪万想要我们看到的，正是女性所处的被忽视的、不被尊重的处境，尽管影片结尾Anne重获了人生的自由，但影片的窒息感仍旧扑面而来。
看简介才发现是自传，不知道中国那些意外怀孕的小姑娘是怎么处理的，这片就是一部生动形象的教育片。女主角侧颜有奈特莉一样的倔强感。
其余的 我们应撇弃
有很多暗示，但深挖又嫌没劲；仔细想来可能是因为故事本事的平庸性（trivial），而也正是happening导致了这一事件的必然平庸。抱着看《钛》的心情进入影院，没想到却走了和钛完全不同的极端。一端极度展露身体，性，皮肤，血液；一端却极度展现氛围，情感，及连续性。是一部一气呵成的电影，但或许将平庸描写得太过平庸了。
私以为是不如同类型题材作品的，尽管如此却仍然是2021年表现出彩的一部剧情片。
发现法国电影尺度是真大，说脱就脱。这类堕胎电影感觉都差不太多，不一样的就是当地的堕胎政策不一样，整体跟《总是 从不 有时》差不多吧。
法式日记小品我的菜 看的人跟着刺痛 摄影也很好
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