I'm not old enough to remember the original but, like most, have seen them all on repeats; this doesn't compare to the original but is still worth a giggle. Yes most of the humour is of the silly post card style a-la roly-poly and sausage gags but still raises a giggle.
The script doesn't have the same flow as the original so in places is clunky and forced, with respect what would compare to the original easy flow of cast and gag in harmony.
The cast are near faultless, Catherine Zeta-Jones is superb as a 40's German spy / vamp, the heels, the clothes and the wiggle; Toby Jones is no Arthur Lowe but is almost there and fills the screen every time he's on it; Bill Nighy is a brilliant Wilson with all the put upon grace of the original and Michael Gambon as Godfrey was a joy to watch. The rest are all great but the one weak link was Jones, not a patch on Clive Dunn and rather a flat uninspiring character, shame. The two original cast cameo's were great but just that, cameo's and all too brief. Mrs Mainwaring finally making an appearance along with the rest of the wives was another great idea especially saving the day at the end.
Unfortunately the script is the one thing that this film falls down on, it hasn't the original charm and flow and was missing the Mainwaring Hodges bickering and battling, would have been a great pairing of him and the Germans after Mainwaring.
Will it stand up against the original, um no but it never really had a chance of that but it does stand up as a bit of Saturday afternoon silliness.
The script doesn't have the same flow as the original so in places is clunky and forced, with respect what would compare to the original easy flow of cast and gag in harmony.
The cast are near faultless, Catherine Zeta-Jones is superb as a 40's German spy / vamp, the heels, the clothes and the wiggle; Toby Jones is no Arthur Lowe but is almost there and fills the screen every time he's on it; Bill Nighy is a brilliant Wilson with all the put upon grace of the original and Michael Gambon as Godfrey was a joy to watch. The rest are all great but the one weak link was Jones, not a patch on Clive Dunn and rather a flat uninspiring character, shame. The two original cast cameo's were great but just that, cameo's and all too brief. Mrs Mainwaring finally making an appearance along with the rest of the wives was another great idea especially saving the day at the end.
Unfortunately the script is the one thing that this film falls down on, it hasn't the original charm and flow and was missing the Mainwaring Hodges bickering and battling, would have been a great pairing of him and the Germans after Mainwaring.
Will it stand up against the original, um no but it never really had a chance of that but it does stand up as a bit of Saturday afternoon silliness.