

On Metacritic the film received a score of 65 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". On Rotten Tomatoes the film received a rating of 94%, based on 32 reviews, with an average rating of 6.7/10. The film plot will use his story as the inspiration for the character of Jim Turner, always thought to have been partially based on the writer himself." At one point, papers in the National Archive reveal, he was under suspicion of being a double agent for Russia. The tweaks to the film were inspired by the real life of author Arthur Ransome, who is now known to have been an MI6 spy. The 2016 update, a BBC film of the same name, will add one further foe to that list: gun-toting Russian spies in their midst. "The original Swallows and Amazons saw its intrepid children battling the perilous waters of the Lake District summer, a grumpy uncle and, occasionally, one another. Other Yorkshire locations include Heptonstall near Hebden Bridge, Oakworth Station on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, and Stockeld Park, all in West Yorkshire.Īrts correspondent for The Daily Telegraph, Hannah Furness, observed, The film was also shot in Yorkshire, at Plumpton Rocks parkland near Harrogate (the location for 'Wild Cat Island'). Principal photography on the film began on 21 June 2015 in the Lake District, North West England. Teddie-Rose Malleson-Allen as Tatty Walker.Jessica Hynes as Mrs Jackson, the wife of Mr Jackson.

Kelly Macdonald as Mrs Walker, the mother of the Walker children.Andrew Scott as Lazlow, a "secret agent" looking for Jim Turner.Rafe Spall as Jim Turner / "Captain Flint", the uncle of the Blackett children.But with Britain on the brink of war and a "secret agent" looking for the Blackett children's uncle, they have a series of adventures quite different from their plans. Two other children, the Blacketts, also known as the "Amazons", have set up camp there, and a battle for the island begins. When they get there in the boat Swallow, they soon discover they are not alone. They want to camp on an island in the lake. It chronicles the story of the Walker children on their holiday in the Lake District in the summer of 1935. The film is based on Ransome's book, but the script incorporates many changes to the plot. The film, which was released on 19 August 2016, is the third audiovisual adaption of the novel the first being a 6-part BBC TV series in 1963 and the second a 1974 film version. Principal photography began on 21 June 2015 in the Lake District. The film stars Andrew Scott, Rafe Spall, Kelly Macdonald, Jessica Hynes, and Harry Enfield. Swallows and Amazons is a 2016 British family adventure film directed by Philippa Lowthorpe and written by Andrea Gibb, based on Arthur Ransome's 1930 children's novel of the same name.
