Truly Dreadful Film

Simply A Masterpiece

Absolutely Brilliant!

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Tourist travel gets the Carry On troupe's special treatment in Carry On Abroad. I think this film might have been inspired by the American movie If It's Tuesday It Must Be Belgium.A whole bunch of our Carry On regulars go on a vacation tour in Spain with Kenneth Williams as the tour guide. Among others on the tour are Sid James, Joan Sims, Bernard Bresslaw, Charles Hawtrey and curvaceous Sally Geeson.They've booked a vacation at Peter Butterworth's hotel. The problem is that it isn't finished and he's having labor problems. Nevertheless these British tourists have reservations for his little inn in Spain. And the problems resulting from the incomplete construction are where the comedy comes from. Some really great events when a whole bunch of the Carry On regulars invade the local bordello and get arrested. But the climax is one for the books when several people spike the punch and the hotel's very foundation starts cracking due to the unfinished construction. Poor Butterworth is trying to warn all these drunk tourists of the danger and no one pays him heed.A lot of laughs in this Carry On film, don't miss it.

"Carry On" movies come in three basic flavors. Several early ones are heart-warming but still happily silly. The historical and movie spoofs ("Jack", "Spying", "Cowboy", "Cleo", "Jungle" etc.) are preferred by many aficionados. The third kind are set in ('70s) modern dress with scripts containing wall-to-wall double-entendres. And single-entendres."Carry on Abroad" is a quintessential example of the third type. Of the long-term "Carry On" repertory company Connor, Williams, Hawtrey, Sims, Jacques, James, Windsor, Bresslaw and Butterworth appear. Adding June Whitfield (making her first "Carry On" since "Nurse" more than a dozen years before) and the twitching Jack Douglas (in his second "Carry On" movie outing) gives the film a nicely representative "Carry On" cast."Carry On Abroad" takes its cast on a tour to a foreign resort (actually, the parking lot of the studio), where Murphy's Law is proved at every turn. Kenneth Williams runs the tour agency, Peter Butterworth and Hattie Jacques run the hotel that hasn't been completed, and the rest run rampant.Some of the attitudes are offensive by today's standards – but some of the attitudes were offensive back then, too. Some of the attitudes will continue to be offensive in the future, whether posterity becomes more Victorian in sentiment, or whether it continues to expand into politically-correct, anti-free speech liberalism. "Carry On" movies of this flavor were made to offend."Carry On Abroad" does have a serious bone in its body, too, in the June Whitfield sub-plot, but that doesn't detract us long.The six stars should be taken in context. "Carry On" movies were made as cheaply as possible and are not meant to be judged in the same way as one appraises, say, "Doctor Zhivago"

Of course it isn't my favourite Carry On, but it is a surprisingly entertaining instalment in the franchise. I did watch this thinking is it going to be good, after hearing a lot of negative things, saying how disappointing it was. It's not their best, but it is hugely entertaining. There are some slow moments in the plot, the script is a tad uneven in places, and it is noticeably lower in budget than a Carry On like Up The Khyber and Screaming. However, that said, there is a lot to enjoy. There are many priceless scenes, especially the prison scene(when the prison guard does the rude hand gesture, and Kenneth Williams cries "Dammed Filth") though my favourite was the hotel rapidly falling to bits, made worse by one of the characters jumping on the bed, and the bed falls through the ceiling. Another treat is the performances. Kenneth Williams and Sidney James are both hilarious, likewise with Charles Hawtrey and Kenneth Connor, and Barbara Windsor and Joan Sims are consistently great. All in all, enjoyable, not the best, but not as bad as critics say it is. 7/10 Bethany Cox

Sorry I couldn't disagree more ,with the last comments . frankly I thought this was worse than Carry on Columbus , enough said . Last film for THE usually brilliant Charles Hartrey who looked out of place as the humour had move on to the Highly witty level of on the buses, films of which were being made at the same time ,were frankly funnier .Barbara Windsor was embarrassing,a character like one of your mums flirty friends who still thinks she's eighteen , on holiday with some non entity of a Scotsman , Rab c Nesbit he ain't. The series miraculously trundled on with duffers like Carry on Behind ,and Carry on England . Carry on Dick wasn't bad , but really with this film the end of the series was nigh , a pity because up to this film I cant think of bad film before this?