Best movie ever!

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

The story of Henry VIII and his six wives is one of the most famous in history, and it is also quite a predictable one that the Carry On team would spoof. Basically King Henry VIII (Sid James) married Queen Marie of Normandy (Joan Sims), after killing current wife (Patsy Rowlands), but before they can consummate the marriage he finds she is eating too much garlic, and he wants a divorce. Henry now has to find a way to get ride of her, and wants someone to have an affair with her and confess to it, and Sir Roger De Lodgerley (Charles Hawtrey) may have just helped do it. Henry soon finds himself enjoying the company of a woman again with the lovely Bettina (Barbara Windsor), daughter of Charles the Earl of Bristol (Peter Butterworth). Meanwhile, the King's trusted friends Thomas Cromwell (Kenneth Williams) and Lord Hampton of Wick (Kenneth Connor) plan to kidnap and end the life of the King, but this fails, and they are sentenced to be beheaded in the end. Although, Henry stopped the sentence, wanting their help with another woman, they decided it's best they die. Also starring Terry Scott as Cardinal Wolsey, Julian Holloway as Sir Thomas, Peter Gilmore as King Francis of France and Star Wars' David Prowse as Beared Torturer. The innuendos are pretty average standard, it doesn't have the biggest amount of slapstick comedy, and the performances are okay, so it's not a complete waste of time. Worth watching!

A great film. Everyone is showing interest. The gang are really trying hard to make this work and they make a great job of it!!. Sid is in top form as Henry the 8th. Barbara Windor is brilliant , Hawtrey is excellent as is Sims. Connor is good but his screen time is short. Patsy Rowlands is totally wasted which is a shame.Kenneth Williams and Terry Scott are very good. The whole film is great the acting the locations the gags and the plot. Overall the film is brilliant. The nude scenes with Babs is good clean carry on fun it does not spoil the reputation of the film. Unlike carry on England and Behind where the only way to get a cheap laugh was to flash Breasts and Bottoms. And as a result makes them look cheap unfunny crude and sad. This film has the lot 10/10

The story told by this film is based on a manuscript discovered by one William Cobbler which reveals that Henry VIII did in fact have two more wives. Although it was first thought that Cromwell originated the story, it is now known to be definitely all Cobbler's – from beginning to end. With the beheading of his most recent wife, Henry hopes that new bride Queen Marie of Normandy will, erm, give it up to him in the bedroom. Things are going great until her habit of eating garlic all the time turns out to be a major turn-off on their first night together and Henry demands the wedding be annulled. Sadly the Pope has taken a stance and makes this impossible so Henry just tries to get some where he can and avoid his new Queen. Meanwhile a group of conspirators conspire to remove Henry from the throne as they see him as an embarrassment to England on the world stage.Although the 1970's saw the death of the Carry On series, this film is an example in the sort of vehicle that produced the team's most enjoyable work – namely a subject that is ripe for irreverent spoofing but yet produces an acceptable narrative at the same time. The worst of the series are the films that have little effort put into them and just seem to be a collection of uninspired pratfalls and crudity – of course those that dislike the whole series will argue that the best of the series pretty much consists of exactly that but I would disagree! Although hardly high art, Henry sends up the English historical dramas with good humour, providing a very basic plot with jokes that are suggestively rude without being out and out crude to any detrimental extent. The humour is not the sharpest you'll see (to say the least!) but it is at least witty and quite well delivered by the usual cast.James moulds Henry in the image of his own Carry On personae and it comes off well (oh-err). He is enjoyably rowdy although not above the standard of his usual work in this series. Williams is better because he uses his usual delivery well and has plenty of good lines; likewise Terry Scott is enjoyable in a supporting role. Sims is feisty and always suited the younger, sexual roles rather than the later "nagging wife" stuff she was put into. Hawtrey minces around the edges and gets some cheeky laughs with an easy performance while Windsor plays it all up front as usual! Support from Connor, Gilmore and others is good and the lot of them pretty much match the irreverent tone of the material.Overall this is not a fantastic nor a hilarious comedy but it is still one of the better in the Carry On series. The cast are mostly on board with serviceable performances that delivery the material well with a constant wink to the audience. The material sits within an acceptable narrative and good sets/costumes and the jokes are witty and funny, avoiding the uninspired crudity that would later kill the series.

An outstanding spoof of historical costume dramas, "Carry On Henry" is one of the best, if not THE best, of the Carry On series. Sid James is in great form as the frustrated King Henry VIII, with fine support from Kenneth Williams & Terry Scott as the schemers Cromwell & Wolsey, Joan Sims as the buxom, garlic-addicted queen, Charles Hawtrey as her unlikely paramour, and Barbara Windsor as the giggly maiden pursued by the king. The performers are all at their best, the script is packed with clever gags, and the production values could compete with any "serious" period piece of the time. Highly recommended to both fans and newcomers to the series.