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Matt Lucas as a marvellous Toad, Mark Gatiss as a spiky rat, Lee Ingleby as a nervous Mole, and Bob Hoskins as a grumpy old Badger make a classy cast within yet another version of Kenneth Grahame's classic book.
The Wind in the Willows
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Vinden i piletræerne, Le vent dans les saules, הרוח בערבי הנחל, Békavári uraság - Az új kaland, O czym szumią wierzby, Ветер в ивах
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08 Apr 2007
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18 Dec 2006
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08 Apr 2007
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Hey there, my small amount of Letterboxd friends. I haven't seen you cats in awhile.
So I've recently moved out of the house and I'm currently living with another individual (I am 18, just so you're aware). My room-mate is a 64 year old homosexual named Hart, and he's one of the best men I've ever grown to know. However, as I've found out this evening, Hart has a nag for making me experience horrible feelings of dread and despair. Whilst watching the John Waters' classic, 'Female Trouble', I was awkwardly interrupted and asked by Hart if I wanted to stop watching the film I was currently enjoying so I could go and watch a film with him that I…
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I'm a huge fan of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows, to the point I read the entire novel to my long-suffering young son. And I read the whole thing in my terrible British accent. I'm pretty much the worst.
This film, however, is not the worst. It's much better than I expected from the reviews, although not as good as I hoped from the cast. Matt Lucas as Toad and Bob Hoskins as Badger are dream castings, at least for me.
Unlike the 1996 Monty Python version, this outing keeps most of the plot from the source material, including the shamanistic Chapter 7, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. I think the stop motions series from the…
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It's a rather silly yet somewhat amusing adaptation.
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Matt Lucas as a marvellous Toad, Mark Gatiss as a spiky rat, Lee Ingleby as a nervous Mole, and Bob Hoskins as a grumpy old Badger make a classy cast within yet another version of Kenneth Grahame's classic book.
Comparing well with the Python-heavy 1996 version, which got lost in music and a mincemeat factory plot, this has many pluses in its favour - the best of all being the famous 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn' chapter covered in full, with all its ethereal magic. Plenty, then, to enthrall children and interest adults who happen to be watching with or without them.
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Another bit of childhood nostalgia, finally got to watch it again today. Makes me feel warm inside.
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Very charming. I did grow up watching the animated version of this, and I will say that this was maybe one of the best casted movies I’ve ever seen. Everyone is very spot on with the animal they’re supposed to portray.