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Excellent work by Mackenzie Crook in this updated Worzel Gummidge. I loved the original as a child but I like this even better. Two unhappy children are fostered to a farm where they are mistaken for fellow scarecrows by Worzel. The plot, about the seasons being locked, is simple enough for the youngest child to follow but the pace is cracking and the characters well drawn. Vicki Pepperdine is superb as the cantankerous Aunt Sally. There are some laugh out loud lines, as when Worzel enquires at the meeting with a murder of crows what they want in return for a favour "Cash...and guns." Scorsese, eat your heart out!
score 10/10
burmarose 26 December 2019
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