I don't understand why this has such a low rating, I know some consider it a poor remake of Camping, but far from it, I've always thought it to be one of the best. Such a shame they made, England, Emmanuelle and Columbus, had they ended here I think 'Behind' would have been held in much higher regard.Some truly funny gags, fun performances, and great double acts, Windsor Davies and Jack Douglas, Kenneth Williams and Elke Sommer, Peter Butterworth and Joan Sims. These were great comedy teams. Elke especially did a great job, her first Carry on and she was just splendid, likable, funny with a great delivery and a cheeky smile.Some truly funny moments, Petter Butterworth trying to coax Kenneth and Elke to hire his caravan, Elke's looking for scrubbers, the striptease, lots to chose from.Even the theme music makes me laugh, it's such a cheeky and funny tune, perfect for the film.
... View MoreI thought I would just give this film a try as I had not seen a Carry on for many years. I now know I was not missing anything. It is a mystery to me why performers who had some real comic talent ever got involved in a series like this. Kenneth Williams was a fantastically versatile actor and was able to handle drama and comedy. Why he lowered himself to continue in this kind of rubbish is puzzling. Ditto most of the other participants. I remember enjoying Carry on Sergeant and Carry on Teacher even Carry on Nurse (or was it doctor) - those were all black and white and fairly funny to a kid as I was at the time. Over the years the quality went down and down until they just became embarrassing to watch. The rot really set in when Barbara Windsor and Sid James joined the team. This particular film is just chronically awful in almost every respect - the performances by the main Carry on team are phoned in and the script is appalling. I am aware that there are people for whom Carry on films are the epitome of sophisticated humour and some people who love them because they are awful. I just cannot stand them.
... View MoreThis is my first "Carry On"-film and I really and unexpectedly enjoyed this. I mostly started watching this for completism, to have at least seen one movie from the famous franchise. And then I really enjoyed it and watched it to the end. Why? The plot is crap, basically it's a bunch of diverse characters getting together on an English campground in march, which looks about as jolly as an toxic waste site in winter, and then getting up to some horribly contrived antics.Still, like wine, old jokes can still be good. What makes this movie so enjoyable are the many excellent actors with their impeccable delivery. And the movie always stays slightly naughty and mischievous without ever becoming sleazy.
... View MoreHaving had a hit with 'Carry on Camping', the team cover similar ground here; this time at a caravan park. Kenneth Williams plays Professor Ronald Crump, an archaeologist who is accompanied by Russian expert Professor Anna Vooshka, played by Elke Sommer, when Roman remains are found near the caravan park. Also present at the park are a couple of married men who have told their wives they are going fishing but spend the film trying to chat up the girls next door; a couple accompanied by the woman's mother and her myna bird and another couple with their huge dog. Over the course of the film we get the expected shenanigans; the myna bird keeps saying 'show us your knickers' whenever a girl is near and she naturally thinks it is one of the men, Crump constantly misunderstands Vooshka, thinking she is saying something rude; and the two 'fishermen' fail to get anywhere with the girls over all a typical late entry to the Carry On series.This isn't the worst entry in the series but it is one of the weaker ones; where once we had gentle humour just about every joke was smutty; that isn't bad in itself but the jokes felt too predictable. The opening scene where Crump accidentally showed a film of a stripper rather than an archaeological dig let us know what to expect early on. The film certainly suffered from not having a full compliment of Carry On veterans; Williams was amusing as Crump and Kenneth Connor wasn't bad as the site owner but Joan Sims was reduced to playing the battleaxe of a mother in law. The story was okay and there were some (in)decent laughs, however the nature of the jokes meant the film probably isn't suitable for younger viewers while many of the jokes will seen puerile to older viewers.
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