Ricky Gervais as a mole? The casting alone is unhinged.
Jailed for his reckless driving, rambunctious Mr. Toad has to escape from prison when his beloved Toad Hall comes under threat from the wily weasels, who plan to build a dog food factory on the very meadow sold to them by Toad himself.
Acting
Ricky Gervais somehow makes a mole existentially weary.
Practical Effects
Toad's prison break defies all puppet physics.
Production
Toad Hall sets look like a fever dream of British aristocracy.
Director
Ray Griggs
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ray Griggs primarily worked in visual effects before directing; this was his passion project adaptation of the Kenneth Grahame classic.
The 1908 novel helped establish the 'cosy catastrophe' genre where pastoral England faces modern threats—a theme that hits different post-industrial revolution.
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