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This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

This film was the one where the Carry On team go on a package holiday to the Elsbels resort. Needless to say, things don't go as planned...This has always been one of the weaker Carry On films, in my opinion. The cast look bored, they don't have enough to do and it just isn't very funny. Barbara Windsor plays her usual slutty character and she is starting to look her age here. Peter Butterworth has a larger role than usual, though and I found him to be quite funny in this. The film was also the last Carry On appearance of Charles Hawtrey, who is frequently seen in the film with a bottle or a drink in his hand, which was perhaps a reference to his personal life. June Whitfield and Kenneth Connor both returned to the series in this film, after an absence of many years. Carol Hawkins and Sally Geeson (sister of Judy Geeson) provide the glamour. They also both appeared in the Bless This House film, released the same year and also starring Sid James. Carol would also later appear in Carry on Behind and Sally had a cameo in Carry On Girls. Scottish actor/comedian Jimmy Logan also provides the "comic relief" and plays the typical randy holidaymaker, who later forms a romantic relationship with Barbara Windsor's character. I had never heard of him before and, quite frankly, I found his character very overbearing and irritating and out of place. Most of the other series regulars appear, though Hattie Jacques has a smaller part as the hotel cook. TV actor Ray Brooks, who later starred in the 1980s TV series Big Deal, also appears as a randy waiter.The film has a noticeable lack of jokes, relying too much on innuendo to carry the film. This would become more prevalent in the 1970s Carry On films. To sum up, this is not one of the funniest of the Carry On films and I would only recommend it to Carry On completists or fans of cheesy 1970s comedy. Definitely one of the less funnier entries in the series and I would only recommend this to Carry On completists.

Of course it isn't my favourite Carry On, but it is a surprisingly entertaining instalment in the franchise. I did watch this thinking is it going to be good, after hearing a lot of negative things, saying how disappointing it was. It's not their best, but it is hugely entertaining. There are some slow moments in the plot, the script is a tad uneven in places, and it is noticeably lower in budget than a Carry On like Up The Khyber and Screaming. However, that said, there is a lot to enjoy. There are many priceless scenes, especially the prison scene(when the prison guard does the rude hand gesture, and Kenneth Williams cries "Dammed Filth") though my favourite was the hotel rapidly falling to bits, made worse by one of the characters jumping on the bed, and the bed falls through the ceiling. Another treat is the performances. Kenneth Williams and Sidney James are both hilarious, likewise with Charles Hawtrey and Kenneth Connor, and Barbara Windsor and Joan Sims are consistently great. All in all, enjoyable, not the best, but not as bad as critics say it is. 7/10 Bethany Cox

Lots of people dismiss this as one of the weaker entries in the 'Carry On' series, but I think it represents the typical storyline and characterisations which showed the team at their best.Here, Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims, June Whitfield, Kenneth Connor, Jimmy Logan, Barbara Windsor, Charles Hawtrey, Peter Butterworth, Bernard Bresslaw, and Hattie Jacques liven up proceedings when they take a holiday in the most horrendous hotel and resort there is to stay in.With a character name like 'Stuart Farquhar', Williams gets the brunt of a lot of the jokes with the hotel host (Butterworth) constantly mispronouncing all or both. And throw in a rainstorm, a bowl of punch, some monks, randy husbands and stuffy wives, and busty blondes, and you have the ingredients for a 'Carry On' success!

After 'Carry On At Your Convenience' this is the funniest of the 70's Carry On movies. Featuring the fullest rota of team members since 'Carry On Doctor' this is an absolute delight that bears up on continued viewings just because it's so 'in-your-face-stupid'. Taking the pee out of foreigners for any one British is always funny-Peter Butterworth is fantastic as the hotel owner who thinks he's running the best place going despite the fact it's still being built and clearly has less stars than an x-factor knockout round and Hattie Jacques finally gets to cast off her matron persona as his constantly cussing bad tempered missus, she is brilliant in this. The dialogue in this is amongst the best in the series... Peter Butterworth continually calling Stuart Farquar (Kenneth Williams) MISTER FARKY-ARSE just sums up the feel good humour on display- indeed the best bit is the interchange between these two characters when they first meet:Williams... I'm Stuart FarquarButterworth (Immediately)... Stupid What?Williams... STUART FARQUARJames... I think he was right the first time.Classic Carry On. Another great exchange is when Sid James is Talking to June Whitfield:James...Drink?Whitfield... I Tried It Once And Didn't Like ItJames... Smoke?Whitfield...I Tried It Once And Didn't Like ItJames... That's UnusualWhitfield... My Daughter's The SameJames... Your Only Child I Presume...!!Talbot Rothwell at his best.This was Charles Hawtrey's last 'Carry On' and subsequent entries in the series declined in quality. This is the last 'modern day' film in the classic run (Emmannuelle and Behind excluded- Talbot Rothwell and Sid were gone) and as such along with 'Dick' can be seen as one of the last of the True Carry on's. Just enjoy it for what it is, unpretentious and a bloody good laugh.After 'Screaming' And 'At Your Convenience' my 3rd favourite 'Carry On' movie.Brilliant. 10/10ps, a previous reviewer of this film commented on a 'Missing Scene' that had Sid in a monk's robe.... The scene actually appears in 'Carry On Camping' and belongs to that film.