Two Men Went To War

Name: Two Men Went To War
Director: John Henderson
Released: 2002

Synopsis

Comedy drama based on the true story of two British Army dentists who in 1942, eager to see action, go AWOL and invade occupied France on their own.

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Austin Chronicle
Henderson's warm and toasty little gem of a film, slight though it may be, reminds you that the Greatest Generation, full of vim, vigor, and – most important – an indefatigable sense of purpose, grew up on both sides of the Big Pond.
63
New York Daily News
The veteran Cranham and young Bill play their incompatible characters with dead-pan aplomb, and Derek Jacobi adds heft as Churchill's chief intelligence officer.
60
Village Voice
Two Men is slow and sweet as warm pudding, but Cranham and Derek Jacobi (as one of Churchill's intelligence officers) both add a generous, wholehearted gravitas the film might have thought to ask for in the first place.
60
The New York Times
It mocks the absurdity of war, but between the chuckles, and especially near the end, it plucks the heartstrings.
60
The A.V. Club
Cleverly realizing a novel premise, it's a slight but charming look at the lighter side of WWII.
60
L.A. Weekly
More often than not, Two Men Went to War resembles a feature-length episode of "Hogan's Heroes," with the brave but clumsy Brits continually managing to outfox the even more bungling Nazis.
50
The Hollywood Reporter
A wobbly comedy-drama.
50
Variety
Solidly crafted, strongly cast pic doesn't hit a thoroughgoing comic tone.