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Axel Scheffler
Author -
Terry Davies
Original Music Composer -
Jeroen Jaspaert
Director -
Adrian Rhodes
Sound Designer -
Robin Sales
Editor -
Julia Donaldson
Author -
Lily Taitia
Production Assistant -
Martin Pope
Executive Producer
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CinemaSerf
3/1/2026 6:12:38PM
This is a competent adaptation of the children’s story about two scarecrows who fall in love and want to get married. They assemble a wish list of things for their big day, and with just pink flowers needed, “Harry” sets off to find some. His journey turns out to be quite an epic one, and meantime “Betty” finds herself attracting the unwanted attention of the spiv “Reginald”. Can “Harry” get back in time to save her from his machinations and tie the knot? There is something very natural about the characterisations here, with all three scarecrows and even the farmer and his tractor having details to their shapes, clothing and faces that are really quite engaging as the two have their own adventures. Along the way, nature gets a look in with bees, frogs, birds and dogs all adding a bit of richness to a simple story that is short, but quite sweet.
Jessie Buckley
Betty O'Barley (voice)Domhnall Gleeson
Harry O'Hay (voice)Rob Brydon
Reginald Rake (voice)Sophie Okonedo
Narrator (voice)Clive Rowe
Toad / Crab (voice)Doon Mackichan
Goose / Cow / Bee / Snail (voice)Rasmus Hardiker
Spider (voice)Beth Butterfield
Gosling (voice)