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The Worst Film Ever

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Excellent but underrated film

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

I really like Hayley Mills acting. Even the movies that were not up my alley it was Ms Mills performance that made it bearable. She shines in both family movies and drama but I prefer her in the latter. Also here she is the one carrying the movie. While not her best it's in my opinion better than The Trouble with Angels, The Moon-Spinners and The Chalk Garden. But I think the B/W movies Tiger Bay and Whistle down the Wind are superior to Sky West and Crooked. Pollyanna is on par with this movie. So yes I really liked the story. Ms Mills and the other kids upsetting the community and the priest with the idea of burying all kinds of dead animals in the local graveyard, sad but even mildly amusing at the same time. Once Ms Mills character discovers why she is so traumatized and her mother is so depressed, the movie starts to drag quite a bit. Her time with the gypsies is considerably less interesting than everything that happened before but it is of course vital to the story and its ending which I loved. I would rate it 6,5/10 but give it 7 stars as 6 is just too low for such a strong performance from the main actress.

This charming and unusual film was written by Mary Hayley Bell (with inspiration from DH Lawrence's story 'The Virgin and the Gypsy'), directed by John Mills, and starred their daughter Hayley as disturbed teenager Brydie.The basic premise - that the girl is 'sky west and crooked' because of something that happened in her childhood that she can't remember - soon switches into a 'growing-up' kind of tale as Brydie meets gypsy boy Roibin (Ian McShane). The people in the village are equally well-drawn (Brydie's mother, played by Annette Crosbie; the vicar, played by Geoffrey Bayldon; the grudge-bearing Mr Dacres, played by Laurence Naismith; and the gypsy grandma played by Rachel Thomas).From encouraging the children around her to bury dead animals in the consecration of the churchyard, to her love match amongst the caravans and the Romany customs, Hayley Mills makes Brydie a delight, although she acts and looks much younger than the character's age of seventeen. As Roibin, Ian McShane is very much in 'glamour' mode, perhaps photographed too sympathetically to make the character believable.Still, 'Sky West and Crooked' is a well-written and directed piece, a lovely fairytale in which the idealism of first love is well presented and where the surroundings, whether a church or an open road, marry to the action perfectly.

This movie is such a gem. I loved it as a young girl, and love it now as an adult. It is a simple, yet moving movie. Hayley mills gives a fine performance....much deeper than most of her other movie performances. The English countryside is quite breathtaking in this movie. I was in love with Ian Mcshane after watching this movie as a child.

I was a young teen when I saw this film, I will never forget it. Now I have a family of my own & wish for them to see it. Fantastic film, a right heart puller! So full of learning! Gypsy way & Christian,.. but most of all Love, yes real Love. I remember being scared, climaxing between thrills & tears, laughter & fears! Brilliant all rounder, if only I could get hold of it for my family... ok for me!