Tweekums This film is famous for one scene; possibly the most famous scene in all the Carry On films... the scene where Barbara Windsor's bikini top flies off as she does her exercises; in some ways that is a pity as there are plenty of much funnier scenes in the film. This instalment in the series includes many of the regulars as they go camping at the Paradise Campsite. Not surprisingly it does not live up to its name; Sid and Bernie are particularly disappointed as they thought it was a nudist establishment where they'd hoped to take their rather innocent girlfriends 'by accident'. Other attendees are hen-pecked Peter Potter (Terry Scott) who would rather be in a hotel abroad, solo camper Charlie who accidentally camps on a bombing range and a bus load of less than innocent school girls. Inevitably they all get up to their usual antics; Sid and Bernie take an interest in the girls; Peter gets a backside full of shot after a misunderstanding with an irate farmer and school headmaster Kenneth Soper has to fight off the attentions of the amorous school matron.By the time the Carry On team went camping the more gentle comedy of the early outings had been replaced by innuendo, lots of innuendo; that wasn't really a problem though as it was well handled and pretty funny for the most part. When I saw that Terry Scott was in it I was prepared for disappointment but surprisingly he turned out to be one of the most entertaining characters; the moment when he finally stood up to his wife and threw the unwanted 'guest', Charles Hawtrey, out of his tent was a joy to behold. The regular cast played the characters one would expect; Sid James was an old letch, Bernard Bresslaw was a bit dim and Barbara Windsor was a naughty girl, who giggled a lot... despite being far too old to be a believable schoolgirl; who cares though it is a Carry On! If you are a fan of the Carry On series you are sure to love this one and despite the innuendo it isn't too naughty... after all it currently has a PG certificate.

michaelreid5 This is indeed one of the funniest of the Carry On films. It captures the mood of the late 1960's, free spirits and all that, albeit in a slightly comfortable old fashioned way.All the best characters are present and correct, or should that be incorrect.A mention should be made of the sheer brilliance of Terry Scott and Betty Marsden in this, as a dysfunctional married couple. The way she, all jolly hockey sticks, chatters on, so happily, interspersed with that incredible LAUGH of hers, which could potentially drive one insane. This is all the more tragicomic-ally apparent by the way Terry makes thoroughly horrid side comments and fed up facial expressions while she yaps and laughs away, apparently oblivious to his being thoroughly cheesed off. Yet, despite all of this, you get the feeling that he depends on her so much! Why is he sticking with her otherwise!The best scene involving them is when pathetic damp camper Charles Hawtrey, who has lost his tent, stumbles upon them and ends up sharing their tent in a remote field of an evening, as she takes pity on him. He is a bit self conscious about intruding in such a small intimate space, and acknowledges that Mr and Mrs might want to be alone. She asks why, with a bewildered expression. And then, after a second, realising what he means, she laughs and guffaws in her loud inwards/outwards diabolical screech.Oh, I see what you mean. Oh, ha ha ha ha ha! We gave up doing that sort of thing years ago, didn't we, she says to Terry.Yes you did, didn't you, replies Terry, through gritted teeth.It's the dark, almost menacing, look on his face as he says this, with the gormless bespectacled Hawtrey sitting next to him, which makes this brief scene absolutely hilarious! Needless to say, Terry and Tuneless get it right in the end. This is just one example of how all the folk involved mismanage how to muddle on in this simply classic Carry On film.

ianlouisiana This is the "pur sang"of "Carry on",the benchmark against which all other examples of the genre must be compared and found wanting.Here is everything that the self - appointed comedy fascists who want to tell us what we can and can't laugh at detest. Nearly every taboo they have tried to impose is gleefully smashed in very short order.This movie is proof that freedom of expression in art has been brutally repressed,presumably in the name of progress.Since the demise of "'allo,'allo" on TV nothing as remotely as funny as the most average "Carry on" has been allowed on our screens at home,presumably on the grounds that we might laugh at it and cause the end of civilisation as the Highgate Mafia imagine it.The scene in the tent with Miss Brown and Meesrs Scott and Hawtrey is brilliantly done - Laurel and Hardy would have been proud to have made it. Wonderful comedy actors are given a brilliantly funny script.That's all there is to it.It will make you laugh immoderately - I guarantee it. "Carry on Camping" - even the title is a little bit whoops dearie -was not considered to be anything particularly special at the time it was released,yes it was funny,but in an era of funny films it sort of got lost in the mix;Carry on fans loved it of course,but it had a relatively short shelf life and it needed the invention of the VCR to resurrect it and eventually lift it to its proper place at the top of the pantheon of British movie comedy. Be happy that,up to now,the intellectuals have not "discovered" the "Carry on" canon and "explained" the hell out of it.to us peasants. Fearfully I can envisage the day when the "Post - Modern - Ironic" brigade decide that Sid James is the new Jacques Tati,i.e. not actually funny.Until then let's happily accept that Sid,Hattie,Babs,Hawtrey and the others were the finest movie comics in British cinema and man the barricades against the intellectualisation of the last bastion of working - class humour.

highnumbers Fantastic Carry-on-Noir (an overlooked sub-genre that includes Carry on Screaming and Carry On at your Convenience). The strong main plot romps along nicely driven by excellent performances by Lotharios Sid James and Bernard Bresslaw. However the real interest lies in the characters of Charlie Muggins (Hawtrey's finest performance?), Joan Fussey (Joan Sims) and Peter Potter (bravo Terry Scott). Exploring issues from the unbearable constraints of monogamous relationships in post 60's Britain to the working class rejection of pastoral values the trio act their hearts out in a triumvirate unparalleled in modern cinema let alone Carry On movies(although Mutiny On the Buses' Reg/Olive/Jack comes close).Epic performances like these sometimes overshadow the strong ensemble cast. Kudos to Peter Butterworth's deft Josh Fiddler, Hattie Jacques understated Miss Haggard and Babs Windsor's excellent pair of perky norbs.First class satire.