It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

BBC does this kind of show incredibly well. Not knowing a huge amount about Barbara I was keen to see it and discover more. I'd no idea she was such a complex character, or that her relationship with her parents was so fractious. I've read a few of the reviews who quite rightly point out how good the woman that played the older Barbara was, but I thought they all had her to a t, especially the middle one, she captured the cheekiness of Barbara. I was hoping they'd have shown more of her Carry on Life, and the complex relationship she had with Sid James, they passed this important part of her life too quickly. Seeing her appear at the end of the film made it, I enjoyed all the more knowing she'd given it her blessing.Well done Beeb.

I am a huge fan of the wonderful Barbara Windsor, let's face it she is a national treasure, which of us hasn't loved her in a Carry on film or EastEnders etc. The BBC does dramas so well as a rule, but this one seemed a little bit and miss, she has a fascinating story to tell, but the way the story was told seemed clunky, the constant flashbacks of her Dad were overdone.I enjoyed the performances for the most part, the young Honour Kneafsey did a fine job as the young Babs, but Jaime Winstone somehow felt wrong in the part, she's a fine actress one I'm normally a big fan of but the drama at this point seemed to jar. The highlight for me had to be the introduction of Samantha Spiro, she's a hugely underrated and talented actress, and did capture the sparkle and mannerisms of our beloved Babs.Overall it was good, and certainly watchable, I just feel that for someone so special and deserved so much more. 6/10

Seriously, someone decided a film about a vacuous irritating blonde with a penchant for flashing her boobs was a good idea? I was given the choice between watching this movie or soaking my feet in petrol and walking across hot coal.Does anyone have a handy fire extinguisher, the flames are starting to get pretty high :-)

Barbara Windsor may had a complex relationship with her father but I am sure it was not like it was presented in this biographical drama.Tony Jordan, a long time writer for Eastenders wrote this biopic which unlike Miss Windsor's chest felt a bit flat.The framing device of an older Babs (Samantha Spiro) talking to her father about various aspects of her life is not new. It just did not work for me and made the drama episodic as we jumped around various stages of her life.We see the child Barbara starting out on the stage with the help of her mother who disappears later on. The younger Babs (Jaime Winstone) realizes she has the assets to turn men's heads. We see her having a relationship with the crooked Ronnie Knight, both had affairs, she also had abortions. Barbara tries to break into serious acting with the Joan Littlewood theatre workshop. For a time she enjoyed success in the New York stage and even attracted the attention of Warren Beatty.The Carry On years were quickly glossed over and we see an older Barbara Windsor still trying to understand her relationship with her father. Now with a toyboy and doing stage work for a pittance, she does not know it yet, but there is a juicy role in Eastenders just round the corner which will brighten her career and fortunes.At one point even the real Barbara Windsor turns up which confuses matter further. I think this film just needed a straightforward narrative that was bubbly as the subject in her various happier times.