I'm sad to say that, being born in 1977, this is the first Carry On film to be made within my lifetime - and it is a travesty!
This isn't Carry On, it's a "Confessions of..." film that just happens to have some of the old Carry on cast in it. There's almost nothing redeemable here. The script is atrocious, and the direction by the once great Carry On director Gerald Thomas is lacklustre. Even the usually magnificent Kenneth Williams is pretty bad here, reduced to chewing the awful dialogue in a really ropy French accent.
The film just reeks of desperation from all quarters. It is of course a play on the Emmanuelle softcore porn films which is using the Carry on name to "carry" it, but the mix of the two just doesn't work.
It's steers too far away from the saucy suggestive and fun humour of the vintage Carry On films, but it doesn't go far enough with the supposed "porny" bits to satisfy even a curious look for filth's sake. It's caught in some horridly cheap looking middle ground between the two, and as such tried to serve two masters while failing at both.
It's sad that a once great, and often rather clever series is reduced to this form of desperate trend jumping in order to try and stay relevant. The vintage Carry On cast members that do appear try their best (Jack Douglas does a decent turn in a different sort of role), but it all falls flat thanks to the awful dialogue which lack s any of Talbot Rothwell's wit and charm.
The last true great Carry On film was Carry On Dick in 1974 as it had most of the core cast and crew, and while Carry on Behind in 1975 was a decent stab at the formula and a fun movie in its own right, it wasn't really a Carry On film in the truest sense.
Carry On Emmannuelle is a very low brow bow out for a series which was a bit low brow anyway, but which traditionally managed to be fun at the same time - sadly something this film lacks.
Don't bother with this film. It's boring, unfunny, cheap looking, and desperate.
This isn't Carry On, it's a "Confessions of..." film that just happens to have some of the old Carry on cast in it. There's almost nothing redeemable here. The script is atrocious, and the direction by the once great Carry On director Gerald Thomas is lacklustre. Even the usually magnificent Kenneth Williams is pretty bad here, reduced to chewing the awful dialogue in a really ropy French accent.
The film just reeks of desperation from all quarters. It is of course a play on the Emmanuelle softcore porn films which is using the Carry on name to "carry" it, but the mix of the two just doesn't work.
It's steers too far away from the saucy suggestive and fun humour of the vintage Carry On films, but it doesn't go far enough with the supposed "porny" bits to satisfy even a curious look for filth's sake. It's caught in some horridly cheap looking middle ground between the two, and as such tried to serve two masters while failing at both.
It's sad that a once great, and often rather clever series is reduced to this form of desperate trend jumping in order to try and stay relevant. The vintage Carry On cast members that do appear try their best (Jack Douglas does a decent turn in a different sort of role), but it all falls flat thanks to the awful dialogue which lack s any of Talbot Rothwell's wit and charm.
The last true great Carry On film was Carry On Dick in 1974 as it had most of the core cast and crew, and while Carry on Behind in 1975 was a decent stab at the formula and a fun movie in its own right, it wasn't really a Carry On film in the truest sense.
Carry On Emmannuelle is a very low brow bow out for a series which was a bit low brow anyway, but which traditionally managed to be fun at the same time - sadly something this film lacks.
Don't bother with this film. It's boring, unfunny, cheap looking, and desperate.