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Awix (3310 KP) rated Worzel Gummidge in TV

Jan 3, 2020

Worzel Gummidge

2019 | Comedy, Fantasy

6.4

(21 Ratings)

TV Show Rating

Writer-director-actor-everything Mackenzie Crook's new take on the famous scarecrow draws much more from the original books than the first TV series with Jon Pertwee forty years ago. It certainly sounds like the stuff of classic children's literature: two children visiting the countryside discover Worzel Gummidge, a walking, talking scarecrow.

What makes it special is that, firstly, it is genuinely very funny, with strong performances from all concerned, and, secondly, when it's not trying to be funny, it is actually quite eerie: as the Unthanks' soundtrack played and the scarecrows of Albion stirred into awkward life, I felt a genuine shiver down my spine. It's not quite folk horror for kids, but there is a mystical atmosphere to the whole thing which suits the story extremely well. All of this is handled with a surprising but very welcome lightness of touch. One of the best things I saw on TV in 2019 (not that this is necessarily saying much).

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Jackjack (877 KP) rated Mom and Dad (2018) in Movies

Mar 2, 2020

Mom and Dad (2018)

2018 | Comedy, Horror

6.9

(20 Ratings)

Movie Rating

What is the ending all about???

Mom and dad.......... brilliant film intense throughout!

This film was a good idea and had a lot of potential, the story line that every mom and dad catches a virus turning them on there own children and wanting to kill them all worked perfectly in this action horror. However the ending was highly disappointing and I wasn't exactly expecting it to finish when it did it's almost Asif there should have been another half hour/hour to show us all what happened if it went or not. In the description of the film it says the virus only lastest 24hours but like most films it didn't, but should have shown us what happened after instead just leaves us with a scene where the parents are still not well.

On the whole nice actor choice good story line apart from the bleak end scene it's still worth the watch!