Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Mark Tandy | ... | Major Cunningham | |
Russell Balogh | ... | Lundt (as Russell Balough) | |
Andrew Havill | ... | Captain Meeks | |
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Heinz | ... | The Pigeon |
Emily Atack | ... | Daphne | |
Daniel Mays | ... | Walker | |
Toby Jones | ... | George Mainwaring | |
Blake Harrison | ... | Frank Pike | |
Michael Gambon | ... | Godfrey | |
Bill Nighy | ... | Arthur Wilson | |
Bill Paterson | ... | Frazer | |
Tom Courtenay | ... | Jones | |
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Bertie | ... | The Bull |
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Nigel Launder | ... | Farmer |
Oliver Tobias | ... | Canaris |
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.
I have waited with baited breath to see this, I hate to say I was one of the people that slated this and wrote it off beforehand, but I must admit it was a bit of a pleasant surprise. The TV show was magical, and watched in this household quite often, the catchphrases are iconic and still used to this day.
The old charms of the sitcom were lacking I guess, not really much in the way of slapstick humour, it was nicely funny, in a kind of quaint, slightly dated way, I enjoyed it more so for the nostalgia, it didn't have me belly laughing at any point, but I kept on thinking it's DAD's ARMY, just enjoy it.
Largely well acted, Toby Jones and Bill Nighy were both great, they bounced off each other well and were a funny, effective duo. Tom Courtenay was OK, just felt a little miscast, I'm sure if another film is made he could get further into the role. One of my favourite showings from the ever lovely Catherine Zeta Jones too, she's definitely still got it.
The plot was a little on the thin side some will argue, overall it was just a nice, easy to watch film. 7/10