Dad's Army (2016)

Dad's Army review: Who do they think they are kidding!

This all-out assault on Britain's comedy crown jewels contains all the humour of a V2 rocket attack. With moments of humour strictly rationed and inspiration rarer than a pair of wartime nylons, it's time for all involved in this career-killing catastrophe to panic.

Dad's Army: review

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

The new film version of Dad's Army is not half bad

I'm happy to report that this hotly-anticipated big-screen version of one of the nation's most-loved and iconic television sitcoms is not half bad - give or take a few corny lines and a plot that requires a huge suspension of disbelief.

Dad's Army: film review

For fans of the original TV series, this reboot will feel like a disappointment. For everybody else, a pointless and easily avoidable misfire.

Dad's Army at Leicester Square, WC2, review

I'd love to tell you that nostalgia and good intentions can make these 90-odd minutes pass faster than they do. Alas, this flat-footed homage is just short of respectful but reluctant act of cultural necromancy the naysayers feared it would be.

Dad's Army: the men are back and better than ever

This celebration of Dad's Army surpasses the original. Like facing up to the Nazi menace, it took courage for me to say that, such is my reverence for the original.

A much-loved national treasure from the past has been dug up to leave many asking: "Shouldn't they leave it be?"

But that's a bit unfair -- Catherine Zeta-Jones isn't that bad.

She does add a touch of Hollywood glamour to a thoroughly spirited remake of a classic British comedy show.

I'm old enough to remember the original and I watched all the repeats on the Beeb.

And my report from patrol at the film's world premiere is that all the gentle wink-wink humour remains. Expect gags about being "on top" and lots of farcical hiding behind sofas.

So what if many of the jokes are older than the cast's combined age? They're the best ones. And they're delivered by great actors.

Toby Jones as Captain Mainwaring and Michael Gambon as Private Godfrey have comic timing to match the originals.

Great moments include Godfrey relieving himself against one of the platoon camouflaged as a tree.

This being a 2016 take on World War II, the females get more of a look-in, with the wives and girlfriends showing up the bumbling men.

Zeta-Jones, though, has fewer dimensions than Mainwaring's TV wife -- and we never saw her.

Of course, the action is upped for the big screen which is not always effective. Like the Walmington-on-Sea's Home Guard, this is a proud but far from perfect effort.

But, no kidding, it's sure to make you laugh.

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Interview: Catherine Zeta Jones and Toby Jones

The film version of Dad's Army has premiered in London. It stars Catherine Zeta Jones, as new character Rose Winters, and Toby Jones as Captain Mainwaring. Lizo Mzimba met up with both of them on the red carpet in Leicester Square.

Dad's Army review: 'permission to panic'

The beloved sitcom marches to the big screen armed with feeble gags. But thanks to a game cast - especially Toby Jones's Captain Mainwaring - it's not quite doomed.