Console
best movie i've ever seen.
Onlinewsma
Absolutely Brilliant!
BeSummers
Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.
deziiqn
Carry on England. The worst of the lot. When you look back at some earlier Carry on films (such as Cleo or Up the Khyber) it makes you wonder how it came to this. The majority of the cast had never been in a Carry on film, while the regulars obviously weren't too enthusiastic. I've tried several times to watch this film but have failed to make it to the very end. The plot is as follows - wait, is there an actual plot? It is centred around Captain S Melly *sigh* played by Kenneth Connor. He is put in charge of a mixed-battery. During a very long scene, nearly the whole cast is introduced. Every joke and pun during this scene just falls flat - it's not funny at all. The soldiers do nothing but kiss each other. Windsor Davies plays Sergeant Major Bloomer, second in command to Smelly (I'll just refer to Kenneth Connor as that from now on). The next two biggest roles were Sergeant Able played by Patrick Mower, and Sergeant Willing played by Judy Geeson. To be honest, just too many of the characters names had a double entendre. I won't list anymore characters because there's just too many (because barely any are developed; NONE of them are interesting). The jokes are unfunny, the characters are uninteresting and the overall production leaves a LOT to be desired. This film is truly awful and that's all I can say really.
w22nuschler
I cannot understand why people hate this movie. At least there were a few positive reviews. This film takes place during the war in 1940. The four leads are wonderful. Kenneth Connor plays the Commanding Officer and Windsor Davies plays the very funny Sergeant Major. The two main recruits are played by Judy Geeson as Willing and Patrick Able as Able. They are also wonderful. I have seen Judy Geeson in Brannigan and Space:1999. I loved her in both. Patrick Mower also has a memorable part in a Space:1999 episode.This film basically has the C.O. coming to whip the recruits into shape. He is helped by the Sergeant Major. They play off each other well. The recruits work together to keep things the way they are and not let them have the upper hand. There is one topless scene where the women stand at attention and are inspected by the C.O. That scene was not needed. The Sergeant Major is funny in the film because he is always yelling in a funny way.I give this film an 8 out 10 because it's funny and the leads are so likable. Do yourself a favor and check this out and don't listen to all the negative reviews. I have seen the two films made after this, and this film is much better than both.
Jackson Booth-Millard
The critics give this one star out of five, Carry On Abroad was a little sour, and this is worse. Most of the regular actors are out of it: Bernard Bresslaw (busy?), Charles Hawtrey (departed the series), Sid James (dead), Hattie Jacques (busy?), Kenneth Williams (busy) and Barbara Windsor (refused), so you're obviously going to be disappointed. The only regulars still there are Kenneth Connor, Joan Sims and Peter Butterworth. Anyway, basically it is World War II, and Captain S. Melly (Kenneth Connor) takes over as the new Commanding Officer at an experimental mixed sex air defence base. The soldiers should be preparing for attacks and stuff, but they are more interested in getting off with each other. Melly has plans to stop this and be a very hateful leader, making the soldiers rebel in whatever way they can think of. Starring It Ain't Half Hot Mum's Windsor Davies Sergeant-Major 'Tiger' Bloomer, Patrick Mower as Sergeant Len Able, Judy Geeson as Sergeant Tilly Willing, Jack Douglas as Bombardier Ready, Diane Langton as Private Alice Easy, Melvyn Hayes as Gunner Shorthouse, Joan Sims as Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe, Peter Jones as Brigadier, Peter Butterworth as Major Carstairs, David Lodge as Captain Bull, Julian Holloway as Major Butcher and Coronation Street's Johnny Briggs as Melly's Driver. I might have giggled (not laughed) at the shouting of the Sergeant-Major, and a little innuendo, but that's it, the rest is complete crap, don't bother with it. Poor!
ian1000
Yes it's a dreadful film, and certainly the worst Carry On BUT there's one good scene, sure to be enjoyed by most men. Four female service personnel parade outside topless one morning, stood in a row, backs straight, chests out...There are no other kind words for it. Jack Douglas, whose comedy act seemed to consist of being bitten on his backside by his own backside, adds nothing to the tale. Kenneth Conner makes the best of a bad script.It was never a fan of It Ain't Half Hot Mum or Windsor Davies but I suppose any casting director in the mid 1970s could have not found a better RSM.
