Rotten
For fans of the original TV series, this reboot will feel like a disappointment. For everybody else, a pointless and easily avoidable misfire.
Stephen Dalton, Hollywood Reporter
Overview
A cinema remake of the classic sitcom Dad's Army (1968). The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion.
Director and cast
- Catherine Zeta-Jones as Rose Winters
- Bill Nighy as Sergeant Wilson
- Michael Gambon as Private Godfrey
- Toby Jones as Captain Mainwaring
- Mark Gatiss as Colonel Theakes
- Sarah Lancashire as Mrs. Pike
- Tom Courtenay as Lance Corporal Jones
- Blake Harrison as Private Pike
- Alison Steadman as Mrs. Fox
- Daniel Mays as Private Walker
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
29%
Tomatometer
Fresh
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.
Catherine Bray, Variety
Rotten
Even granddad has moved on from teatime comedy gags about jam roly-poly.
Cath Clarke, Time Out
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