electricslim1973 I guess from the subject line you were expecting me to slate the casting? Well on the whole it works. The main weak point was Tom Courtney's portrayal of Jones. Bil Nighy stands out as Sgt Jones and it was a pleasure to see the original vicar in character and the cameo from Ian Lavender. Story wise it is not the best, however by trying to match something so set in the public perception was always going to be extremely hard. So why am I annoyed? It's the very poor CGI which constantly catches the eye. Dull and flat. You can even see 1970's type outlines on characters.As a film in it's own tight.it's worth a watch, just don't expect the earth.

Stuart Blyth Worst. Film. Ever.Quite simply an abomination of the original film and TV series.Not a single laugh was had in the films 90+ minutes.Room full of extended family, settling down to watch a film together during the festive period ... and this is what we ended up with.We had more laughs ripping the film to pieces than the film itself provided.Why did the likes of Nighy, the Jones' and Gambon sign up to this? Did they not see the script?Some classics like this just should not be re-made.

David Jemitus I enjoyed the old Dad's Army series but was never a die hard fan of it.The new film is pleasant and full of great actors but I only laughed once (near the end of the film) and found it rather disappointing. The new actors did a good job of reprising the characters except for Toby Jones as Captain Mainwaring didn't work.The one exception was Annette Crosbie and Julia Foster who looked like they had a great time making the film and made the most of their tiny presence of screen. However the other actors were largely wasted by average (and unfunny) dialogue and a dull interpretation of the story.Many things are best left with the originals only and that's certainly true in this case.

geoffdw There are many fond reminiscences of Dad's Army but they missed many opportunities here to recapture them.Key to this are the portrayals of the characters.Even those who played them well - Toby as Mainwaring - very good.Gambon as Godfrey - brilliant.Sarah Lancashire as Mrs Pike - outshining the clothes horse CZJonesstruggle without their many catchphrases that peppered the TV series and built the atmosphere and characters.Tom Courtney was certainly lacklustre as Cpl Jones who was always the firecracker in the TV series ready for anything.Definitely not with any of the beautiful character interaction of the original that made it so strong over 80+ episodes on TV.SPOILER? And horror of horrors you get to see a fully functioning character of Mrs Mainwaring! Her presence in the TV series was always enigmatically never fully visualized - a never to be seen but looming threat that sent Mainwaring scurrying in ways that no Nazi would ever do. Seeing her revealed was quite a let down for me.Well not entirely a damp squib but only 3/10 for effort I feel after a long wait.