People are voting emotionally.

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

HOLIDAY CAMP is a fine little British comedy production that feels like HI-DE-HI, albeit with a 1940s setting. It was popular enough to spawn sequels along with an associated radio series. The film has a larger-than-life family heading to a holiday camp for a weekend of excitement, so if you wanted to see what Butlins looked like in the 1940s, this is the film. Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison are the ever-bickering couple, but the fun comes from seeing all of the different character sub-plots that mingle and interact as the story goes on. Dennis Price plays one of his ultimate cad characters, womanising everywhere he goes. Jimmy Hanley is a jilted sailor with a penchant for chocolate. Peter Hammond plays a gambling addict who gets fleeced by a couple of chancers. Flora Robson hunts for lost love Esmond Knight (stealing the film with his one-scene cameo, full of pathos). Hazel Court, future scream queen, is gloriously beautiful and lights up the screen whenever she appears. There's also a biggish role for the criminal underutilised in cinema Esma Cannon. If you're a fan of British comedy, then HOLIDAY CAMP is a real treat.

This film perfectly sums up the two-faces of the post-war generation, on the outside people put on a brave face, whilst just under the surface they are in emotional distress. It is very different to the other films in the Huggett series, which are primarily cheerful family comedies.Mr & Mrs Huggett and their grown children arrive at a holiday camp to "enjoy" themselves and put the worries of war time behind them. The people at the holiday camp do tightly scheduled activities, distracting themselves from dwelling on their past and present problems. (Keep look-out for the hilarious novelty bicycles that regularly roll through the background). The only truly happy characters in this film are Mr & Mrs Huggett and their two youngest children, who seem oblivious to the tightly guarded emotional problems of the adults around them.The eldest daughter of the Huggett's is clearly depressed by the loss of her husband, and yet social pressure from friends and family forces her to begin dating again. At one point, she refuses to enter a beauty pageant with her friend, so she is physically picked-up and carried by two men who drop her into the ques of beauties. All the single women we meet are full of sad nervous energy as they desperately try to work-out how to appease the men around them.This film contains themes of suicide, teen-pregnancy, substance-abuse and loss, all set against ridiculously cheerful backgrounds of people enjoying wholesome holiday activities. If you want to avoid devastation, DON'T watch the last 20 minutes. This film unexpectedly ends in the worst tragedy for the most vulnerable character, whilst contented characters remain innocently oblivious to the suffering around them.

Isn't Jack Warner the wise Father and the nice man we all saw in the Dixon of Dock Green series in the 1950's. I spent some very happy moments as a teenager in the 1960's at Butilns Holiday Camp in North Wales. I can tell you it was in those days a very sophisticated place for a young lad out of a northern working class family. It was a magic place and seeing this movie brought it all back. Living in your very own (shared) "chalet". Coming home at night as late as you like and all activities laid on for FREE. I thought it was heaven. I loved the pretty daughter in the film and pleased to see on the IMDb that she is still alive and had a very eventful career in films. And Flora Robson giving more than a hint of the great actress she was. The blind announcer at the camp also played in many movies including the RED SHOES a classic film of the 1940's with Moira Shearer. (He played the conductor of the orchestra.) Loved the film and will see it again. regards, frank.

Holiday Camp shows a fascinating look a life in the late 40's. After the depravation of the war years, the first holiday camp to open was guaranteed to be a success. The story starts with Joe Huggett (Jack Warner ) and his family arriving at the camp ,and in next to no time he is involved with card sharps, a murderer on the run and a young couple who have left home, when the girl discovered she is pregnant. This particular story line was very daring considering when the film was made. All in all a very interesting look at life after the war, and well worth seeing.