Reviews
John Chard

John Chard

July 18, 2015
6.0
Ignorance actually is, in this case, Bliss! As the 1970s began, the Carry On team would continue undaunted by a new decade and a changing of the times, they instead embraced it with innuendo laden open arms - for better and worse as would prove to be the case. "Loving" finds Sid James and Hattie Jaques as a boyfriend and girlfriend couple operating under false pretences as a wedded bliss couple running a computer dating agency. The central theme is that of a number of hapless and lovelorn singletons who hope to get fixed up by the "Bliss Agency", only to find disaster after disaster, mismatch after mismatch, befalling those hoping for Cupid/Eros' arrows to strike. It's all very plot less, a sort of rerun of Carry On Regardless but with the amiable vignettes of that film replaced here with more knowingly bawdy and sexy scenarios. Terry Scott and James have fun as randy old devils, each thrust into a number of awkward situations via angry girlfriends & boyfriends, Kenny Williams gets the best part of the screenplay as a marriage guidance counsellor - and confirmed bachelor - hopelessly out of his depth when push comes to shove (ooh-err), while Jacki Piper and Imogen Hassall positively steam up the screen with underwear and push-up-bra revelations. The 70s would prove to be a troublesome decade for the series, and this does feel like the start of the slide, which is annoying since the rather cheeky and funny Carry On Up the Jungle was also released this same year. There is some value in "Loving", it has Sid and Hattie as a warring couple, which is always fun to be part of, while Williams and Scott throw themselves into their roles - just as Bernard Bresslaw steals scenes as a hulking wrestler miffed at Joan Sims' being the apple of Sid James' eye! But it feels forced and although it has some moments for fans to enjoy, the high points of Carry On Up the Kyber and the box office gold of Carry On Camping would ultimately prove to be nostalgic glances back to the series' better days. 6/10
CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

August 6, 2023
6.0
"Sid" (Sidney James) and "Sophie" (Hattie Jacques) run the "Wedded Bliss" dating agency that supposedly uses complex computer algorithms to match couples. Their cleverly entitled "to wit to woo" brochure is supposed to help make true love blossom but it's a "Carry On" so of course you're going to get the mismatches of the century playing out for the next ninety minutes. This is one of the more memorable of the franchise for me. The comedy bond between James and Jacques was always a strong one and here there is just enough humour - as opposed to tacky innuendo - to keep the thing entertaining enough with Joan Sims and a rather unlikely Lothario in Terry Scott, adding well too. It's not one of the better roles for Kenneth Williams ("Snooper"), Charles Hawtrey's "Bedsop" was actually quite annoying and it definitely recycles a few earlier ideas just once too often, but as these films go this is a slightly better effort that maybe raises a titter rather than a laugh and passes the time in a predictably smutty fashion.

Recommendation Movies

7
Comedy
View
7
Animal House
Animal House1978
6.4
Comedy
View
6.4
Carry On Doctor
Carry On Doctor1967
6.5
Comedy
View
6.5
Carry On Camping
Carry On Camping1969
6.1
Adventure
View
6.1
Carry On Henry
Carry On Henry1971
5.7
Comedy
View
5.7
Carry On Girls
Carry On Girls1973
6.3
Comedy
View
6.3
Carry On Cowboy
Carry On Cowboy1965
7.7
Adventure
View
7.7
Back to the Future Part II
Back to the Future Part II1989
7.2
Drama
View
7.2
The Aviator
The Aviator2004
6.2
Horror
View
6.2
The Blood on Satan's Claw
The Blood on Satan's Claw1971
6.7
Horror
View
6.7
The Brood
The Brood1979
7.7
Crime
View
7.7
White Heat
White Heat1949
5.8
Comedy
View
5.8
The Comics
The Comics1990
7.8
Crime
View
7.8
Fargo
Fargo1996
7.6
Drama
View
7.6
Boogie Nights
Boogie Nights1997
8.5
Drama
View
8.5
12 Angry Men
12 Angry Men1957
7.9
Thriller
View
7.9
Rope
Rope1948
7.8
Drama
View
7.8
Nostalgia
Nostalgia1983
6.1
Horror
View
6.1
Two Evil Eyes
Two Evil Eyes1990
7.1
Western
View
7.1
The Professionals
The Professionals1966
7.2
Mystery
View
7.2
Kiss Me Deadly
Kiss Me Deadly1955
© 2025 MoovieTime. All rights reserved.Made with Nuxt