Toby Jones (The Hunger Games), Bill Nighy (Love, Actually), and Michael Gambon (Harry Potter) lead the charge in this movie...
Toby Jones (The Hunger Games), Bill Nighy (Love, Actually), and Michael Gambon (Harry Potter) lead the charge in this movie adaptation of the classic '60s/'70s British sit-com. Co-stars Catherine Zeta-Jones.
It is 1944 and World War II is reaching its climax. The Allies are poised to invade France and finally defeat the German army. But in Walmington-on-Sea, morale amongst the Home Guard is low. A new mission – to patrol the Dover army base – is a great chance to revive spirits and reputation... That is, until glamorous journalist Rose Winters (Zeta-Jones) arrives to write about their exploits, setting the pulses racing and putting the local women on red alert. MI5 then discover a radio signal sent direct to Berlin from Walmington-on-Sea. There’s a spy on the loose and the outcome of the war is suddenly at stake.
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31 %35 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
36 %4,128 reviewsAudience score rating
"I took my elderly mum to the film, and she enjoyed it well enough, but noted, “there’s not much of a story, is there?” And then, the ultimate measure of the older reviewer, “it’s not a patch on the Marigold ones”. Given that the same director, (Oliver Parker) and some of the cast (Nighy) are present, that’s obviously the market this is aimed at. Call it a miss."
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Flicks
Flicks"Prompts sporadic chuckles rather than guffaws."
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Variety
Variety"The top-notch cast keep calm and carry on, but this TV remake is a waste of everyone’s time."
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Time Out
Time Out"Bleakly suggests that even the best source material in the world can only take you so far."
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The Telegraph
The Telegraph"It’s hard to escape the sinking feeling that this is a waste of talent..."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Fittingly for a film which has a running joke about jam roly poly, this feels like cinematic comfort food."
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Screen Daily
Screen Daily"Hobbled by too much broad slapstick and labored clowning."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"It has a strong, game cast but this is karaoke filmmaking, trading on nostalgia rather than breaking new territory. Affable but forgettable."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineDad's Army | Details
- Rating
- PG, mild bad language, violence, innuendo
- Runtime
- 100
- Genre
- Comedy, War
- Country of origin
- UK
