Cor, Blimey! (2000)

People are voting emotionally.

Just perfect...

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

In the sequence near the end of the film before Sid James is about to go on stage in the play The Mating Season his dresser says she 's been offered a job on the new bond film You Only Live Twice. This is wrong because this is in 1976 and you only live twice was made in 1966 or 1967, probably the film The spy who loved me would of been more likely. Bad research here, when Sid James goes on stage he dies this was a true incident. The dresser before he dies on stage writes a note and leaves presumably to work on the film. This was an interesting film but how true it was in general is open to question. The dresser is introduced at the start of the film when Sid James is filming Carry on Cleo. The main plot of the film is Sid James affair with Barbara Windsor.

I have seen a few documentaries about the Carry On films, and the affair between the adorable bubbly blonde and lovable dirty laughing git is often mentioned, and this drama is a pretty good depiction. It is 1964 at Pinewood Studios, Sidney "Sid" James (Goodnight Mister Tom's Geoffrey Hutchings) is making a successful film series, the Carry On films, along with actors Kenneth Williams (Charlie and the Chcoloate Factory's Adam Godley), Bernard Bresslaw (Steve Speirs), Joan Sims (Chrissie Cotterill), Charles Hawtrey (Hugh Walters) and Kenneth Connor (Derek Howard), and director Gerald Thomas (David McAllister). After completing Carry On Spying (which James was not in), Sid meets newcomer Barbara Windsor (Samantha Spiro), and he is instantly attracted to her. Over the years Sid pretty much pursues her, and she is constantly refusing to have any kind of affair with him. Eventually though "Babs" gives in to her feelings for him and allows him one night of passion, although it was probably more than that. The last film they made in each other's company was Carry On Dick, and just before the making of Carry On Emmannuelle (which Babs refused to be in, considered it distasteful), Sid James tragically died on stage. The final sequence where Kenny Williams and Babs (played by herself!) go into Sid's old trailer is quite heartfelt. Also starring Maria Charles as Mrs. Hawtrey, Jacqueline Defferary as Sally and Kenneth MacDonald as Eddie. Spiro is really convincing as Babs, Hutching's does alright as James, and the show is almost stolen by the almost spot-on impression of Williams by Godley. A good drama not just to see a depiction of this real story, but to get an idea of behind-the-scenes on the Carry On films. Good!

I really enjoyed this film, and whether it is truth or fiction, it's a good watch as the cast selection is brilliant. It does portray some of the darker aspects of both James' and Williams' persona's but who's to say they weren't like that. The previous comment states that Sid was a loving husband, the film never says he wasn't, in fact the film states on more than one occasion that he does love his wife, but that doesn't mean he was faithful.I love 'Carry On' films and have done since I was little and since Sid James died when I was 2, I don't remember any media about him or Barbara Windsor or Kenneth Williams. I don't know if this is truth or dirt-digging but that's no reason to write it off, and it's a good watch especially for the actors playing the roles so well.

This is an insult to Sid James. Its not fair that he is being publicised like this. Sid was a great man who gave laughter to Millions of people this is no way to treat Sid. The man is dead. He cannot Defend himself. I wonder what Barbara Windsor thought about this. It is worser in my opinion than Carry on England. I am pretty certain that they didn't have sex during the making of Carry on Girls.Its a load of rubbish. I wonder what Valerie James must have thought about this.I think that whoever thought of this film is sick in the head. There is no proof that Sid and Babs slept together during the making of Girls.And another thing Bernie was not in Henry!!!!. This is a sad pointless documentary type film. Its just wrong Joan Sims even said so herself that Sid and his family should be left alone.0/10