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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Confessions From A holiday Camp marked the end of an era in British Cinema. Fourth and last in the Confessions series it's by no means the worst in the series (Pop Performer fulfills that function) but the cast are obviously going through the motions and just thinking about their pay cheques.
Robin Askwith brings his usual energy to the production but was by now so typecast that his career in cinema was permanatly stalled. There is a good supporting cast full of forgotton comedy names like Lance Perceval, Doris Hare and Anthony (Father in Law to The Prime Minister) Booth but their performances resort mainly to mugging and mincing in order to raise laughs. The best supporting performance comes from Linda Hayden who returns to the series after her performance in the original film ' Confessions Of A window Cleaner'. She isn't on screen for very long but she gives a funny and sexy performance and it's a shame she wasn't utilised more.
The plot is the usual thin series of scenarios throwing our hero Timmy Lea (Askwith's signature role) together with a variety of ready, willing, able and nubile young ladies. This time he's working alongside his Brother helping out with the entertainments at a Holiday Camp.
It's very seventies and fun in places but British Cinema's brief flirtation with films such as this was coming to an end. These nudity filled comedies started a trend that even infected the Carry On series (England and Emmanuelle) and provided British actresses with a variety of roles that they'd like to remove from their CV (Jill Gasgoigne in 'Confessions of A Pop Performer' and Gabrielle Drake in 'Au Pair Girls' amongst many). However with the last of the Confessions series British Cinema began to come back to its senses. They did however keep the industry ticking over along with such TV adaptations as 'Please Sir' and 'Porridge' and without their success it is possible that we'd have a much poorer British Film Industry today.
Robin Askwith brings his usual energy to the production but was by now so typecast that his career in cinema was permanatly stalled. There is a good supporting cast full of forgotton comedy names like Lance Perceval, Doris Hare and Anthony (Father in Law to The Prime Minister) Booth but their performances resort mainly to mugging and mincing in order to raise laughs. The best supporting performance comes from Linda Hayden who returns to the series after her performance in the original film ' Confessions Of A window Cleaner'. She isn't on screen for very long but she gives a funny and sexy performance and it's a shame she wasn't utilised more.
The plot is the usual thin series of scenarios throwing our hero Timmy Lea (Askwith's signature role) together with a variety of ready, willing, able and nubile young ladies. This time he's working alongside his Brother helping out with the entertainments at a Holiday Camp.
It's very seventies and fun in places but British Cinema's brief flirtation with films such as this was coming to an end. These nudity filled comedies started a trend that even infected the Carry On series (England and Emmanuelle) and provided British actresses with a variety of roles that they'd like to remove from their CV (Jill Gasgoigne in 'Confessions of A Pop Performer' and Gabrielle Drake in 'Au Pair Girls' amongst many). However with the last of the Confessions series British Cinema began to come back to its senses. They did however keep the industry ticking over along with such TV adaptations as 'Please Sir' and 'Porridge' and without their success it is possible that we'd have a much poorer British Film Industry today.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
The rather luke-warm other review nearly put me off this film, but I'm glad I went ahead and bought it. Yes, it's corny and I hadn't realised that a heavy reliance on slapstick, custard pies in the face, and much falling or being pushed into the pool carried on so late in the comedy world. Still funny in places though, and so refreshingly innocent and non-P.C.
Another bonus with the latter factor is that some very, er, tasty young females get their kit off, and even the lovely Liz Fraser, who must by then have been 44 years old, puts in a tantalising but not nude appearance. Much less laboured and more fun than Confessions of a Driving Instructor, even if that contains a couple of positively smouldering appearances by the delectable Liz referred to earlier.
Another bonus with the latter factor is that some very, er, tasty young females get their kit off, and even the lovely Liz Fraser, who must by then have been 44 years old, puts in a tantalising but not nude appearance. Much less laboured and more fun than Confessions of a Driving Instructor, even if that contains a couple of positively smouldering appearances by the delectable Liz referred to earlier.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
This comedy is very much a period piece in being a typical British sex comedy romp of the 1970s.
The underrated but talented actor Robin Askwith is teamed with Tony Booth (Tony Blair's father-in-law, and star of Till Death Us Do Part) as they try to skive and chat up young ladies at a holiday camp. Such plot as there is revolves around a beauty competition which ends disastrously just as in one of the Carry On films.
The comedy includes slapstick, dreaful puns and farce as Robin and Tony try to explain away various compromising situations.
There are some surprise appearances, such as Bill Maynard (from Heartbeat), Colin Crompton (Wheeltappers and Shunters) and John Junkin (everything from Inspector Morse to Benny Hill). Perhaps the biggest surprise is Caroline Ellis from the children's programme The Bugaloos who does a full frontal nude scene.
The jokes are non-PC. Some scenes get a bit tedious, such as the family on the beach, and the end could have been more lively: a common failing in all four Confessions films.
However over all it remains an entertaining light-hearted comedy.
The underrated but talented actor Robin Askwith is teamed with Tony Booth (Tony Blair's father-in-law, and star of Till Death Us Do Part) as they try to skive and chat up young ladies at a holiday camp. Such plot as there is revolves around a beauty competition which ends disastrously just as in one of the Carry On films.
The comedy includes slapstick, dreaful puns and farce as Robin and Tony try to explain away various compromising situations.
There are some surprise appearances, such as Bill Maynard (from Heartbeat), Colin Crompton (Wheeltappers and Shunters) and John Junkin (everything from Inspector Morse to Benny Hill). Perhaps the biggest surprise is Caroline Ellis from the children's programme The Bugaloos who does a full frontal nude scene.
The jokes are non-PC. Some scenes get a bit tedious, such as the family on the beach, and the end could have been more lively: a common failing in all four Confessions films.
However over all it remains an entertaining light-hearted comedy.
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