The Wind in the Willows

TV Movie
2006
1h 39m

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

863

YOUR RATING

Bob Hoskins, Mark Gatiss, Lee Ingleby, and Matt Lucas in The Wind in the Willows (2006)

Adventure Comedy Drama Family Fantasy

Rat, Mole and Badger try to curb Mr. Toad's wild ways before he ruins himself and the other animals of the forest.Rat, Mole and Badger try to curb Mr. Toad's wild ways before he ruins himself and the other animals of the forest.Rat, Mole and Badger try to curb Mr. Toad's wild ways before he ruins himself and the other animals of the forest.

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

863

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination

Trivia
In the original novel, the jailer's daughter brings Mr. Toad toast and tea while listening to his stories about Toad Hall. In this adaption, she brings him bubble and squeak, a classic British dish consisting of leftover cabbage and potatoes fried together in beef tallow. She had offered him the latter in original novel, but took it back because he was having a tantrum.

Goofs
When Toad steals the horse from the Barge woman, the horse has no saddle. When Toad is thrown from the horse moments later, the horse has a saddle.

Connections
Featured in Masterpiece: The Wind in the Willows (2007)

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Review

Featured review

8/10

a fun romp through Grahame

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.