Dad's Army

"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."

"Prompts sporadic chuckles rather than guffaws."

"The top-notch cast keep calm and carry on, but this TV remake is a waste of everyone’s time."

"Bleakly suggests that even the best source material in the world can only take you so far."

"It’s hard to escape the sinking feeling that this is a waste of talent..."

"Fittingly for a film which has a running joke about jam roly poly, this feels like cinematic comfort food."

"Hobbled by too much broad slapstick and labored clowning."

"It has a strong, game cast but this is karaoke filmmaking, trading on nostalgia rather than breaking new territory. Affable but forgettable."