Film Review
The
Confessions films had
well and truly run out of steam by the time they got to this, the
fourth and final instalment in the series. It's a close thing but
this mindless mix of tedious slapstick and tacky erotica just manages
to beat
Carry on Emmannuelle to the
position of worst British film comedy ever - it even succeeds in making
the pretty dire
Holiday on the Buses
(1973) look respectable. Plans to make a further two
Confessions films were permanently
shelved when interest in low budget sex comedies of this ilk took a
sudden nosedive in the late 1970s - thank God.
What contributes to this being one of unfunniest comedies of all time
is its reliance on gags that have overt racial and homophobic
overtones. It's incredible to think that these jokes were ever
funny; in our more enlightened times, they are more likely to turn your
stomach than make you laugh. As for the theme song, which is
spiritedly rendered by The Wurzels (of
I am a Cider Drinker fame), this
merely sounds like a rejected anthem for the British National Party, a
bovver boy translation of
Deutschland,
Deutschland über alles. No doubt about it,
Confessions from a Holiday Camp
marks the absolute nadir of British cinema and it deserves to be buried
in an unmarked grave, preferably on some lifeless world in the
far-flung reaches of the galaxy.
© James Travers 2010
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Film Synopsis
Timmy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney Noggett appear to have finally
found their metier as entertainment officers at Funfrall holiday
camp. But their easy life is scuppered when the camp is taken
over by a new manager, Mr Whitemonk, a former prison officer who
intends to instil some discipline into his staff whilst livening things
up for the campers. Timmy gets into his new boss's good
books by suggesting the camp should stage a beauty contest.
Unfortunately, the contestants think they can improve their chances of
winning by making Timmy an offer he can't refuse...
© James Travers
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