
Dad's Army
Taste attributes: comedywarfastunsavouryrealisticsimplelinearbig & variedemotive & stirring
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Boxlist takeEmotional and realistic: a comedy that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Taste details
Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
Quality rating
4.8 /10
TMDB · 153 votes
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What lines up
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
- Weightiness: Balanced weightiness, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
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Synopsis
A cinema remake of the classic sitcom Dad's Army (1968). 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.
Synopsis: TMDB
Characteristics
Where this title sits on each taste spectrum
Directed by
- Oliver Parker
Cast
- Catherine Zeta-Jones
- Bill Nighy
- Michael Gambon
- Toby Jones
- Mark Gatiss
Details
- Genre
- Comedy
- Year
- 2016
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- DJ Films
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











