Grow Review – A Refined Pumpkin Growing Caper Brimming with Perky Charm and Humor Expertise

This upbeat UK family movie boasts a team of five scribes credited with the script, with a pair who contributed “additional material”. This could explain why the story beats progress with such metronomic precision, and the characters seem as though they were cultivated hydroponically in a lab. Paradoxically, the setting is a homestead farm where agronomist-owner Dinah decides to go organic after being inspired by her gifted niece Charlie, who can sense the feelings of plants through touch.

A Budding Relationship and a Prize Pumpkin

Recently introduced, for motives the otherwise polished script doesn't clarify, Charlie and Dinah get to know each other across a few seasons – which coincides with the duration needed to cultivate a pumpkin for the annual village competition. Charlie hopes to utilize the award cash to find her mother, rumored to have run off to pursue stardom in California.

The supporting cast is filled with delightful humorous roles from seasoned UK performers.

Star-Studded Appearances and Antagonistic Foes

The mother character eventually appears played by a familiar face, similar to Rosheuvel, comes from in popular series. Additionally, the cast includes an eccentric gardener played by Nick Frost, who provides advice on growing pumpkins to Dinah and Charlie. Meanwhile, Jane Horrocks and Tim McInnerny depict the Smythe-Gherkins, the villainous upper-class neighbors determined to win the competition for glory alone as they lack need for the cash prize.

• Nick Frost excels as a hippy horticulturist.
• The antagonists add comedic tension as affluent competitors.
• The youthful Dominic McLaughlin plays Charlie’s school friend Oliver.

Youthful Talent and Filmmaking Style

While his Scottish tone seems somewhat out of place in this setting, his subtle performance and comic timing are so adept it’s no surprise he has been cast for a leading part in an upcoming series. Filmmaker John McPhail maintains a buoyant comedy tone and stays unobtrusive with what is destined to be suitable pre-bedtime entertainment during a particular time of year.