Paul Evans I have to say Carry on behind ranks as the last great Carry on film, after that they really do go downhill, but this one, I can't even think of many words to describe it, it's so bad it's almost unwatchable.Thomas and Rogers must have been disappointed with the final outcome, they were so used to brilliance, and so were the cast, what they made was a cheap, desperate attempt to suit a change in society.I'm scarred by the look on Joan Sims's face as she tries to deliver her lines. When I read Beryl Reid was in it I was really excited to see it, a fabulous comedy actress, what a shame this was her first, and last.The worst film of all time? it's truly embarrassing, and it's just crude, but not even funny crude. I can't believe I got to the end. Hated it. 1/10

H Quick Don't go expecting a 'Carry On Up The Khyber', or one of the classic Carry Ons - there are a few negatives, such as the terrible animation, a poor back-projection sequence and, it has to be said, a little too much of Kenneth Williams' bottom, but it has a impressive cast and many funny moments. The 'most amorous experience' sequences - particularly Joan Sims in the laundrette and the ever-excellent Peter Butterworth's wartime reminiscence are particularly good. Barbara Windsor was said to have claimed the film as 'pornographic' and turned it down, but it is nothing of the sort, and for a so-called sex comedy, it's very conservative. I think that this is a big part of the problem people have with it, expecting either a Carry On (the humour is more blatant than any other Carry On film) or a Confessions-style sex film; the result is something in-between. The book, by Australian Lance Peters, is remarkably close to the film itself, though fortunately we are spared the sight of Mrs Dangle pleasuring herself on a washing machine (getting instead something far funnier) and a lesbian scene with the Wimbledon ladies champion! It's the last chance to see many of the Carry On greats together (also the last bow too for valued character actor Eric Barker) and is a massive step up from the previous film and series-nadir, England. And if you don't laugh when Kenneth Williams says "we couldn't find the stopcock", you probably aren't human.

wilvram Granted its obvious defects, this porn parody is a far funnier Carry On than many give it credit for.The Carry On regulars are all in fine form, with Jack Douglas having his finest hour in the series as suave, randy 'Loins' the butler and there's a treasurable farewell performance from dear old Peter Butterworth, which is vintage Carry On. Kenneth Connor is brilliant, as usual, as lecherous chauffeur Leyland, Joan Sims returns to form as the Dickensian sounding Mrs Dangle and Kenneth Williams is as funny as ever as Prevert. Suzanne Danielle is quite superb as Emmannuelle and her sexy, knowing performance is all the more remarkable considering her limited acting experience at the time.If you can put aside any preconceptions and accept it as a bawdy romp of Britain in the post-pill pre-AIDS era when PC stood only for police constable, Emmannuelle provides plenty of laughs.

MARIO GAUCI This film exhibits a severe drop in quality in this popular long-running comedy franchise and is deservedly considered its nadir (no wonder it proved the last entry for 14 years!). Despite the connection to the soft-core French series (which offset a parallel Italian one), it's really quite tame: statuesque Suzanne Danielle is quite delightful, and the film is chiefly tolerable because of her – the rest is generally tasteless and, sadly, rather lame! On the other hand, the series stalwarts are given little of substance to do, none more so than top-billed Kenneth Williams (who's embarrassing, given that he has to appear butt-naked several times throughout!); guest star Beryl Reid is also wasted as a doting mother of one of Emmanuelle's conquests, and Albert Moses (from the MIND YOUR LANGUAGE TV series) turns up as Williams' bemused psychiatrist.As was the case with the French original, there's little plot to tie the relentless sexcapades: the liberal Emmanuelle's wrecking of a society dinner is immediately followed by a would-be satirical sequence showing her go through various public offices delivering her own special favors. At one point, she even bets with chauffeur Kenneth Connor that she can seduce the Queen's guards – but the scene has an ironic (if predictable) twist; throughout the course of the film, an entire soccer team, an infatuated naïve young man (Reid's son) and a body-building celebrity also figure among the insatiable Emmannuelle's endless parade of lovers.She even arouses Williams' servants – all of them series stalwarts – who open up to reveal their most unusual individual experience in the matter: while these scenes show some invention, essentially they're just a lazy form of padding!; incidentally, Barbara Windsor was supposed to incarnate all of their 'dream lovers' – but, wisely, she dropped out of the project. At the end, husband Williams suddenly finds himself willing (he'd otherwise been obsessed with keeping fit!) and feeds Emmannuelle fertility pills behind her back...leading to a multiple-birth finale which may (or may not) be intended as a nod to Preston Sturges' THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK (1944)!!