The Wind in the Willows (2006)

Directed by

Rachel Talalay

Genre

children's film

Country

United Kingdom, Canada

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A live-action TV film based on the classic children's novel about animal friends living in the English countryside. The story follows Mole, Ratty, Badger, and the reckless Mr. Toad as they get into adventures and mishaps.

gentlewhimsicalnostalgicslow-pacedearthyplayfulslightly darkcozy

What happens

The Wind in the Willows is a 2006 live-action television adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's classic 1908 novel The Wind in the Willows, directed by Rachel Talalay. It was a joint production of the BBC and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and starred Matt Lucas (Mr. Toad), Bob Hoskins (Badger), Mark Gatiss (Ratty), and Lee Ingleby (Mole), with a cameo appearance from Michael Murphy as the Judge. It debuted in Canada on CBC Television on 18 December 2006 in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 1 January 2007, in the U.S. on PBS's Masterpiece Theatre on 8 April 2007 and in Australia on ABC TV on 23 December 2007. It was filmed on location in Bucharest, Romania. Though the novel is considered children's literature, critics noted that this adaptation might not be appropriate for young children; Ginia Bellafante wrote in The New York Times that it "is ultimately too jaunty to be considered 100 percent safe for someone over 10", and David Knox thought it "may well alienate children". However, Variety's Brian Lowry said that its appeal "should run the demographic gamut for PBS, from Sesame Street to Bleak House." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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