Brilliant and touching

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

I'm stunned to see how bad some of the reviews are for it, and how as of today it has a score of 5.4.I'm definitely standing up for Carry on Girls, I love it, from the opening credits, and it's opening music, to the very end. I understand that it's totally non Politically Correct, a phrase that didn't really occur in the 70s, but it's all harmless fun. A bit saucier then the usual Carry on Films, but it's hardly offensive.It has a great cast, and all are on top form, oh my days Joan Hickson literally has me in tears, she is so funny!! I wish she'd appeared in many more of them... 5 was not enoughMargaret Nolan was simply jaw dropping, what a stunning girl, she had a much more substantial role then in her previous appearances, the fight scene with Babs was big fun. Patsy Rowlands also had a much more substantial part, she was fun.I don't think there was a standout performance, all were on good form, possibly Sid's charisma gives him the edge.Of course it's the finale that you're waiting for, it doesn't disappoint, Peter Butterworth's reactions are hilarious, alright it's not the absolute best entry, but it makes me laugh out loud and i've seen it hundreds of times, 8/10

The Carry On series does have worse entries such as England, Emanuelle and Columbus, but with Screaming, Cleo and Up the Khyber the series has better too. Carry on Girls doesn't fit in either best or worst categories, instead it is content with a spot in the low-ish middle category. While the costumes and sets are good, the editing isn't particularly, some scenes look as though they have been edited on a bacon slicer. The story is also rather unfocused with an attempt to combine gentle social satire and smut and sauciness, and it keeps jumping to and fro with uneven results. Also I did miss Kenneth Williams and Charles Hawtrey. However, the direction isn't too bad, neither is the music, while Talbot Rothwell's script is fluid and has some good moments that make up for the uneven focus in story. And the cast do give it their all, Sid James and June Witfield are a lively pair of adversaries and Kenneth Connor, Joan Sims and Patsy Rowlands are splendid as well. Overall, a very uneven film but not one without its moments. 6/10 Bethany Cox

The opening scene of the beach at Fircombe while amusing in itself, unfortunately provides a suitable metaphor for the film - insipid and washed out. It is actually not as corny as most of the others in the Carry On series, but maybe because of that doesn't really deliver much fun. It's a fair bet that the title will appeal to fans of the Benny Hill show but those looking for attractive females in bikinis and miniskirts, while they will see some in this, will probably enjoy some of the other titles in the series, such as "Carry On Abroad" or "Carry On Up the Jungle" more. The emergence of early 1970s feminism is used as a plot device which seems rather self-defeating.

As his name suggests, Sidney Fiddler is a bit of a wheeler-dealer who never misses a chance to make a buck. So when he suggests to the town's mayor that a beauty contest would be a good way to make money and raise the tourist appeal of the seaside resort. With a literal bevy of beautiful women in the line up things look like being a winner; however even the best plans cannot account for a mayor unable to keep his trousers on, an angry women's rights group and ill-judged attempts to win publicity.OK, lets be honest here – Carry On films are hardly great works of art and even the best films in the series are only crude and funny without being that good by my usual standards. However, (and apologies to Mark Kermode for the theft) 'Girls' makes even the average entries in the series look like Citizen Kane. Those familiar with British film comedies from the 1970's will know (with heavy hearts) that Girls falls into this genre with a very basic and crude collection of sexual 'japes' and very cheap production values. The script sets up sub-Benny Hill antics that are rarely funny and are all the worse for lacking any sense of wit or subtlety that the better films in the series have. The ending (a go-kart chase) is a perfect example of the silly material and it just falls in with being as bad as films like the 'Confessions' series – a series that makes Carry On films look like Oscar Wilde at his finest!The cast try hard but those that remain of the Carry on regulars find themselves having to work hard to cover the weaknesses in the humour. James and Windsor try hard by both doing their usual stuff to good effect, but the rest of the cast is weak. Sims has little to do, Connor has simple humour and does as little with it as he was expected to. Bresslaw has rubbish material; he was never the greatest of the team but dressing him in underwear here is stupid and his subplot is too badly done as well. Whitfield is average but amusingly dubbed Leon all the way through the film (not sure why!) and the rest of the cast just take off their dresses as requested and add nothing more than lazy sexual 'humour'.A poor entry in the series that sadly just emulates the basic sexual antics and crudities of other British 'comedies' of the period. Carry On's are hardly that good at the best of times but this film lacks any wit, effort or real laughs. The film looks cheap and crude and was just part of the pathetic whimper that marked the final days of the series.