![]() ![]() Maynard, Lowe, Davis and Hughes are all nice surprises but all the best stuff is kept for Dale to use. The support cast are all good but don't manage to shine as much as one would have hoped. Dale does well as Spike and manages to do a good job without doing an impression but Spike himself is given little to do as his own father. It does average with both but never feels comfortable with either. It neither manages to do the satire well nor do the laughs as well as you'd hope. This film is more like something between a Carry On film and MASH. The comments on the futility of war are OK but they feel like they're heavily thrown into the mix and don't sit well alongside the comedy. The film does occasionally have touches of him but mostly this feels a little like a carry on film without the smut. However the film can't completely bring out the absolute madness inherent in Spike's writing. The plot sticks close to the book, focusing on the training rather than later in the war. ![]() This is a film version of his memoirs of his time in the second world war. Spike Milligan was the last goon to go and his unique sense of humour will be greatly missed, although it does live on in many of today's comedians. Based on the first volume of Spike's wartime memoirs. On the way he and his squad experience plenty of amusing antics but also see the futility and losses of wartime. Spike is drafted into army and goes about training prior to joining action. ![]() Young musician Spike Milligan is playing a gig when WW2 is announced. ![]()
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