Dads Army
Near the end of World War II, the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deals with a female journalist and a German spy. The outcome of the war is suddenly at stake, and it falls to our unlikely heroes to stand up and be counted.
7 September 1966, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
19 October 1940, Cabra, Dublin, Ireland
2 July 1931, London, England, UK
1965, UK
April 28, 2016
Those old enough to remember one of the high points of British comedy will surely not like this one up 'em; those who don't would be best to look away.
February 10, 2016
The plot creaks as much as Jones's delivery van but it gets everyone from A to B intact. A modest accomplishment, to be true, but somehow a fitting salute to a show celebrating the British art of muddling through.
January 27, 2016
Even granddad has moved on from teatime comedy gags about jam roly-poly.
February 08, 2016
Who do you think you are kidding, fake Dad's Army?
January 10, 2017
British WWII comedy with slapstick action won't engage kids.
January 28, 2016
It's a time-honored style of comedy, accessible to a broad audience, and it works on its own terms, without too many ill-advised attempts at modernization.
July 26, 2016
A noble effort that ends up more Dunkirk than D-Day.
January 26, 2017
"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.
March 02, 2016
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?"
February 07, 2016
There really is no reason for the film to exist.
February 03, 2016
For fans of the original TV series, this reboot will feel like a disappointment. For everybody else, a pointless and easily avoidable misfire.
February 08, 2016
Dad's Army has a lot of heart, and is certainly an amiable piece, but being uncynical is not enough to justify a trip to the cinema, as a film that offers little by way of jokes, or substantial narrative purpose.
