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Name: Dad's Army
Released: 2016-2-5
Cast: Bill Nighy, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Toby Jones, Tom Courtenay, Michael Gambon

Dad's Army

NR
1h 39m
2016

31%

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Catherine Zeta-Jones, Bill Nighy, Michael Gambon and Toby Jones lead the laughter attack in this uproarious WWII comedy. It’s 1944 and the war is reaching its climax for Captain Mainwaring (Jones), Sergeant Wilson (Nighy) and the woefully inept Home Guard platoon of Walmington-on-Sea. Patrolling the Dover army base that’s vital to D-Day’s success, the boys make even bigger fools of themselves to impress a glamorous reporter (Zeta-Jones). The Invasion is soon put at risk, however, when a Nazi spy manages to infiltrate the town and the war’s very outcome now rests in the hands of a bumbling troop of reservists.

Director:

Oliver Parker

Producer:

Damian Jones

Writer:

Hamish McColl

Cast:

Bill Nighy, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Toby Jones, Tom Courtenay, Michael Gambon, Blake Harrison, Daniel Mays, Bill Paterson

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

31%

Reviews

Herald Sun (Australia)

Leigh Paatsch

Another mediocre modern remake of a beloved old TV show.

Borrowing enough from the original series and allowing the new faces to develop the old characters, they've found the balance so often lacking in reboots.

The comedy is a little too obvious, the plot is razor-thin and the story never takes advantage of its film-length running time, and often it feels like a normal episode stretched to breaking point.

February 16, 2019

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The Mail on Sunday (UK)

Matthew Bond

It's not the Dad's Army we know -- it never could be -- but it's an affectionate and well-crafted homage that builds to a climax that is as funny as it is strangely stirring.

"Dad's Army," while perfectly pleasant, isn't very funny, fighting to find something grand to do with its WWII setting and cast of quirky characters. Parker isn't asleep here, but he isn't inventive either.

June 25, 2017

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