comedyfan71

The fact that this film is called It's Not the Size That Counts in the US kind of sums it up. It's a pretty standard 70s British sex farce that while not terrible won't be winning any awards it's fair to say. I do hold a certain interest in these types of films and I hadn't seen this one before so thought I'd give it a go. The original was no masterpiece but it was watchable at least. This sequel was a bit better than expected, the lead Leigh Lawson gives a decent performance as the well-endowed Percy, and it's interesting to see some notable names in the cast such as Barry Humphires. It was also nice to see Elke Sommer who was also in Carry on Behind which I watched recently. The plot is very thin and it's pretty much just 90 minutes of double entendres, and single ones. I did enjoy the soundtrack though.

Sid James's taxi company is threatened when his wife's new all-female firm sets itself up in business and starts to steal his customers. This probably has one of the best stories in the series as the gags actually tie in with the plot unlike many later entries which have very thin plots. I guess you could say there is a small bit of social commentary in here too, in a way.

Sid James and Hattie Jaques are great as the leads while Charles Hawtrey is often very funny in his role. There's not much more to say other than I didn't find it as funny as I was hoping. It was amusing throughout but had very few laugh-out-loud moments for me. Not a bad film though.

Historically this was one of my least favourites of the series, but on rewatch it was better than I remembered it as being. There's a number of regulars here, we also see the debut of Windsor Davies in a Carry on film and he actually does pretty well playing alongside Jack Douglas whose usual persona is seemingly toned down from what it usually is in the other films. Elke Sommer appears in her only Carry on and is quite funny in her role, shame she didn't appear in more films. Elsewhere everyone else is good but I wasn't keen on the Baxter family, they didn't do much for me.

The story is admittedly very weak, it's essentially a remake of camping but with slight changes. Kenneth Williams (or Professor Crumpet as Sommer keeps calling him) and Professor Vooshka go to an archaeological site to study some artifacts. Although, they don't actually end up doing much of that it seems. It's very funny in parts with great lines but sometimes the jokes just don't work. It's not really a sex comedy but it's a lot more explicit than usual, we even see a naked stripper at the beginning (and a clothed one at the end.)

This is pretty much the last decent Carry on film. They only went downhill from here sadly. Prepare your blindfolds for the next edition...