MartinHafer I know the Carry On films were very popular--after all, they made 1038312 of them (more of less). However, as an American who did NOT grow up watching them (and no one in the States did), I have a very, very hard time understanding why they were so loved. After all, at least to me, they look like an extended episode of "The Benny Hill Show" with actual nudity along with all the smarmy and low-brow humor....very, very low-brow humor.This installment finds two morons trying to get their girlfriends to accompany them to a nudist colony by tricking them. When I said it reminded me of Benny Hill--but this also looked like a 1980s slutty teen comedy but with older and unattractive leads. If you LIKE smutty humor that has absolutely no cleverness or finesse, then this film is for you! In addition to genuinely broad and dim writing, there are some horribly broad performances. The worst was the guy who played Dr. Soaper--most 6 year-olds are more subtle and professional! Not all the actors are THAT bad, but most are at least in the same ballpark as Soaper.I am sorry, but I am the dissenting voice. I hated this film and just saw it as smutty and unfunny. About 2/3 the way through the movie, I just turned it off--life is too short.

TheLittleSongbird I don't consider the Carry On movies the best movies I have seen or anything, but I do find them very entertaining. Carry on Camping is for me one of the better movies of the series, it is very funny and lively. It is perhaps too short, and the big slapstick finale was a wee bit of a disappointment compared to other scenes of the film such as the wonderful double entendre incidents. That said, it looks great, one of the better-looking Carry Ons I think, the music is quirky, the direction is lively and the film moves quickly. Not to mention a nice story, some hilarious dialogue and some of the funnier comedy set pieces from any Carry On movie. And the cast are on top form- Sidney James has a ball as an unlikely hippy, Kenneth Williams is delightful as pretty much always, Barbara Windsor brightens up the screen with her presence, Charles Hawtrey is hilarious and Peter Butterworth has possibly his finest hour as the miserly site owner. Overall, very entertaining, high art it isn't, but fun it is. 8/10 Bethany Cox

ShadeGrenade Of all the 'Carry On' pictures, 'Camping' seems to be the one most frequently shown on television, and with good reason. It is an absolute joy.Various people from all walks of life converge on the Paradise camping site. Sid Boggle ( Sid James ) and his pal Bernie Lugg ( Bernard Bresslaw ) are sexually-frustrated plumbers who have taken their girlfriends, Joan Fussey ( Joan Sims ) and Anthea Meeks ( Dilys Laye ) on holiday believing the place to be a nudist colony. Peter Potter ( Terry Scott ) and his irritating wife Harriet ( Betty Marsden ) are there too for the umpteenth year running. Frail walker Charlie Muggins ( Charles Hawtrey ) latches onto the Potters and, much to Peter's annoyance, won't leave. Then there are the nubile girls of Chayste Place school, whose number includes sexy 'Babs' ( Barbara Windsor ) and her friend 'Fanny' ( Sandra Caron ). Attempting to keep them in order is the hopeless 'Dr.Soper' ( Kenneth Williams ) and the over-sized 'Matron' ( who else but Hattie Jacques? ).Over forty years after it was made, 'Camping' still has the ability to reduce me to tears of laughter. Whether it be the opening scene in the cinema where a shocked Joan, Bernie and Anthea watch a nudist movie ( great dialogue! ), or Mrs.Fussey's attempts to ruin her daughter's holiday by insisting she take along everything but the kitchen sink, the sight of Scott and Marsden pedalling through the countryside on a tandem, or the sheer greed of Peter Butterworth's camp site owner as Sid counts pound notes in his presence, the film is full of treasurable comic moments. Corny gags abound, but you know you are in good hands with this cast.With the death of theatre censorship in the late '60's, and the explosion of interest in more violent, sexually explicit films, the 'Carry On' series had to follow suit - or die. 'Up The Khyber' was a step in that direction, but 'Camping' goes further, boasting female nudity and even-bluer blue jokes than usual.We will discreetly draw a veil over the fact that the film features randy schoolgirls ( Windsor and co. looked too old for the roles anyway ). Anna Karen ( of 'On The Buses' ) is one, but in spite of many viewings I have never been able to spot her.Funniest moment - no, its not Babs' bra flying off during morning exercise. Its the finale where the campers unite to get rid of hippies who have overrun a nearby field so as to stage a 'Woodstock' style pop festival. The sight of Sid in full hippie gear cracks me up each time!

sol- One of the most popular films in series, it is broad and amusing, and accompanied by quite a good score this time, yet it is only intermittently very funny. The sexual humour is at times rather amusing, and Kenneth Williams sparkles in his role, but arguably it is sillier than the par of Carry On films, with the last ten minutes or so of the film being really utter nonsense. In addition, having too many main characters means that they do not get a chance to be developed very well. But overall, it is quite an enjoyable experience nonetheless, with a number of very entertaining, even if not hilarious, scenes.