David Walliam's children's story Grandpa's Great Escape is probably more Dahl like.
A real flight of fancy as Grandpa was a heroic Spitfire pilot during the Battle of Britain.
Now in the 1980s he is suffering from Alzheimer's and his family are struggling to care for him. His grandson Jack fights for him to stay with them but Grandpa is sent to Twilight Towers.
The nursing home is run like Colditz by the formidable Miss Dandy who also wants a passport and the latest will for identification purposes.
Being set in the 1980s allows for nostalgia of New Romantic tunes as Jack's sister swoons for Duran Duran.
It is a sweet but silly comedy drama that only soars when Grandpa organises his escape.
I think in the 1980s there were several nursing homes not far removed from Twilight Towers that kept their inmates drugged up.
A real flight of fancy as Grandpa was a heroic Spitfire pilot during the Battle of Britain.
Now in the 1980s he is suffering from Alzheimer's and his family are struggling to care for him. His grandson Jack fights for him to stay with them but Grandpa is sent to Twilight Towers.
The nursing home is run like Colditz by the formidable Miss Dandy who also wants a passport and the latest will for identification purposes.
Being set in the 1980s allows for nostalgia of New Romantic tunes as Jack's sister swoons for Duran Duran.
It is a sweet but silly comedy drama that only soars when Grandpa organises his escape.
I think in the 1980s there were several nursing homes not far removed from Twilight Towers that kept their inmates drugged up.