
Much Ado About Nothing
2013

Can you stand the laughs? Do you cry real tears at comedy? Do your sides ache when you laugh too hard?
After a bunch of no-hopers approaches an employment agency, the anarchy mounts as they do a series of odd jobs, including a chimp's tea party, trying to stay sober at a wine tasting… and demolishing a house.

After a bunch of no-hopers approaches an employment agency, the anarchy mounts as they do a series of odd jobs, including a chimp's tea party, trying to stay sober at a wine tasting… and demolishing a house.
Sidney JamesMr. Bert Handy
Kenneth ConnorSam Twist
Charles HawtreyGabriel Dimple
Joan SimsLily Duveen
Kenneth WilliamsFrancis Courtenay
Bill OwenMike Weston
Liz FraserDelia King
Terence LongdonMontgomery Infield-Hopping
Hattie JacquesSister
Esma CannonMiss Cooling
Sydney TaflerStrip Club Manager
Julia ArnallTrudy Trelawney
Terence AlexanderTrevor Trelawney
Stanley UnwinLandlord
Joan HicksonMatron
Betty MarsdenMata Hari
David LodgeWine Connoisseur
Jerry DesmondeMartin Paul
Ambrosine PhillpottsYoki's OwnerIn safe hands. A bunch of out of work folk are delighted when several positions come onto the market at the Helping Hands Agency... As most reviews attest to, this fifth Carry On film barely has a plot to get your hands on. Pic basically takes the seven members of the agency through a series of vignettes, the jobs they are assigned to do ranging from chimp walking to modelling underwear! Each slot allows for some amiable comedic opportunity, the best of which finds Joan Sims getting sloshed at a wine tasting function, Charles Hawtrey landing in a boxing match with a hulking brute, Kenneth Connor involved in a 39 Steps parody, and all of the workers pitched into chaos during an Ideal Homes Exhibition. Back at the Helping Hands office Sid James and his secretary Esma Cannon are flummoxed by the continuous appearance of Stanley Unwin talking his gobbledygook, which all leads to the big finale as the whole cast get to have a grand old time of things. While as usual there's fun to be had spotting the future stars of British TV and film who pop up in cameos. Carry On Regardless finds the creators on safe and amiable ground. It's no high point of the series but it's good fun and lets some under valued comic actors work their respective charms. 7/10

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