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

Helllins It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

Derry Herrera Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Leoni Haney Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

IanPhillips Now, I love the Carry On films, but this is, by far, my least favourite. The whole film feels really awkward as there's lots of painfully drawn out dialogue with no punchlines and equally painfully drawn out scenes that just feel like time-fillers. The film doesn't really go anywhere and the younger performers seem a little static and unable to mould into the traditional Carry On spirit, despite their best efforts. Kenneth Connor and Windsor Davis do their best but poor Joan Sims is completely wasted with only a handful of lines. The performances from the likes of Judy Geeson and some of the other younger performers feel uncomfortably forced. Just didn't make me laugh and didn't feel like a true Carry On. Very flat throughout and just pathetic. A terrible waste.

wadechurton Back in the mid-1970s, as the 'space race' receded in favour of nostalgia, World War Two became a cultural fixation. There were plenty of popular TV shows ('A Family At War', 'Colditz', 'Dad's Army' etcetera) and movies utilising the era, and it made canny sense for the 'Carry On' writers to capitalise on it. As we know by now, that was the only thing about the resultant 'Carry On England' which the makers got right. Back in the franchise's 1960s heyday, it was the cleverly written saucy banter which, along with the notable stock of character actors, remained the abiding pleasure of a good 'Carry On'. Come the more liberal 1970s, their 1960s brand of 'sauciness' began to look quaint and was replaced by a slightly clammy smuttiness, and so the series lost its innocence. Long adrift from that era of cheekiness, the 'Carry On' movies hit the sandbar and became just more examples of dull, embarrassing 1970s British sex comedies. This one has a drastically reduced core of 'regulars', a completely miscast central couple and third-rate banter. That's 'third rate' for the 'Carry Ons', mind. With a steady eye, one is sometimes taken aback with the quality of the writing. Even amidst the most famous entries, there are some prime examples of wince-inducing lame comedy writing. Well, imagine a whole movie made out of just that stuff, and you have the script of 'England'. How bad is it? I bought 'England's Brit-sex-com contemporary 'Confessions of a Pop Performer' the same week and got more laughs out of it. And that wasn't a very good movie, either. Still, if you're a 'Carry On' completist or an appreciator of bad comedies, then you'll have to sit through this at some stage. To be honest, this is the only movie I've reviewed on IMDb which I didn't finish watching. I got about three quarters of the way through and gave up; and from reading the other reviews here it seems I missed nothing. As has been said; a bad thriller easily becomes a comedy, but a bad comedy is no laughing matter. And 'Colditz' was funnier than this.

crossbow0106 Set in 1940 in England, this is a story about a particular military outfit made up of men and woman who were particularly inept, lazy and probably a bit oversexed. Sid James, who wasn't supposed to be here anyway, passed away before the film was done. He could have brought some life into this, he was a great comedian. This movie is very shrill, lots of yelling, lots of noise. Does the new general of this company whip these people into shape? Do you care? The jokes are very obvious here, and I was only semi-amused a few times. The movie seems labored, and that is not good for a Carry On film. I would only recommend this film for Carry On completists. Otherwise, there are other films in the series which are infinitely better (examples are Carry On Doctor, Carry On Abroad, Carry On-Don't Lose Your Head etc).

Michael Lancaster Undoubtedly the WORST out of all the 'Carry On' films. Yes, it IS as bad as everyone seems to think! No Sid James or Kenneth Williams. Enough said!In fact, there is only or two 'original' actors in this film, and even they aren't the 'famous' ones that come to mind when you think of "Carry On'. The film's script is useless, the acting is pathetic and it seems that none of the actors that are drafted in this plot want to pull it off. Maybe they could see that it was a mistake from the beginning filming began?????? If you want to watch a fantastic Carry On film, then give 'Cleo', 'Khyber' or 'Screaming' a view. THOSE are what Carry On films were all about!