Please don't spend money on this.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

England, 1940: Captain S. Melly (Kenneth Connor) takes charge of an experimental mixed sexes' anti-aircraft base where the troops are more interested in making love than war.Carry On England is missing the presence of many of the series' most familiar faces: Sid James (who died shortly before production), Barbara Windsor, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Bernard Bresslaw, and Hattie Jacques—just a few of those missing in action.With so many of the old guard absent, this Carry On caper is left with a handful of the more desperate regulars (Windsor Davies, Kenneth Connor, Joan Sims, Peter Butterworth, Jack Douglas) and a whole load of green recruits, all of whom appear to be unfit for service.The newcomers—inexperienced in the ways of the Carry On—struggle to wring any laughs from the extremely weak material, while the veterans either go through the motions (Douglas does his 'whahey!" routine, Butterworth plays a sycophantic sidekick) or bellow their lines to the point where it becomes extremely irritating (yes, Davies, we is looking at you!).In a last ditch attempt to win the war of diminishing returns, Carry On England revolves around sex, even throwing in several pairs of bare breasts, but with such dreadful performances and dire gags on parade, the inevitable result was always destined to be a resounding defeat.

In contrast to his troop when Captain Melly's clothes all fall off, I did not find myself laughing uncontrollably. There are a few small laughs here and there but it's one of the worst films in the series, I'm afraid. Of the 27 previous films, the only one that I enjoyed less was "Carry On Jack". It's basically an unfunny rehash of the first film "Carry On Sergeant", which is not one of my absolute favourites anyway. The strongest cast members are the only old soldiers present, namely Kenneth Connor - who received top billing for the only time in 17 "Carry On" films - and Joan Sims. Unsurprisingly, they provide practically all of the laughs.The weakest cast members by far are once again Windsor Davies and Jack Douglas. Davies' constant shouting was just irritating and I have seldom seen anything less funny than Douglas' twitching slapstick, which he also did in several of the earlier films. This is the fourth and final "Carry On" film made during his lifetime in which Kenneth Williams does not appear and his absence has never been more apparent. Sid James sadly died only one week before filming began and Charles Hawtrey had been dropped from the series after "Carry On Abroad" so this is the first film in which none of my three favourite "Carry On" stars appear. On the bright side, Peter Butterworth, Peter Jones and Julian Holloway, absent since "Carry On at Your Convenience" and making his final appearance, have nice small appearances. However, I wish that Patrick Mower and Melvyn Hayes had appeared in one or more better films in the series.Overall, it's certainly a very poor entry in the series but it's dull as opposed to absolutely dreadful, which is worth something, I suppose. It didn't really make for painful viewing.

Don't take this the wrong way, I really like the Carry On movies but this movie was awful. First of all, the film looks fairly cheap, no really clever costumes and sets as far as I could see. And I actually found the music annoying in alternative to quirky, and the direction was sloppy, complete with messy pacing. The dialogue is not funny, the gags are poorly timed, the story isn't there and the actors really struggle with the material(no wonder). Kenneth Connor has been great in a number of Carry Ons, but that was when he was supporting. I found him bland here, and Peter Butterworth looks bored. Joan Sims is wasted, and I just missed Sidney James(who sadly passed away), Kenneth Williams and Charles Hawtrey, these guys even with superficial material always seemed to know what they were doing. Overall, a complete mess, with the fact that it is quite short being pretty much the only redeeming quality. 1/10 Bethany Coz

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!