ThiefHott Too much of everything

Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

Iseerphia All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

Derry Herrera Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Lee Eisenberg I've heard of the Carry On series for some time but I had never seen it. I decided to start with the first movie. "Carry On Sergeant" is one of many comedies focusing on a collection of loopy new recruits on a military base and the crazy stuff that happens. It's slapstick humor but most of it is more subtle than we're used to in the 21st century. Low-key British humor, you could say. I enjoyed the movie.And of course, I have to talk about some of the cast members. If the woman playing Mary looks familiar, it's because Shirley Eaton is best known as the woman painted gold in "Goldfinger". And then there's Charles Hawtrey, who plays lovable wimp Peter. You might recognize the name even if you can't place the face. The Beatles mentioned him in "Two of Us" ("I Dig a Pigmy" by Charles Hawtrey on the deaf aids).Anyway, it's a funny movie. I suspect that they had fun filming it.

bkoganbing I'm not sure that anyone had the idea of a series when Carry On Sergeant was made. Carry On regulars like Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey and Hattie Jacques are here, but are down the cast list. With the title of Carry On Sergeant the title role could only be played by William Hartnell who made a career on the big screen playing tough British army sergeants, most prominently in The Way Ahead.Hartnell is getting out of the army and would like to have an honor platoon with the lot that's been assigned to him for basic training. British people had to do National Service mostly in their armed forces although certain jobs were accepted in lieu of. In his memoirs for instance Tommy Steele said that his in lieu of service was as a steward on an ocean liner.Hartnell looks like he's to have his hopes shattered, but strange things do happen with proper motivation. Of the regulars Kenneth Connor has the best role as the lovesick serviceman taken from wedding night bliss to basic training. That would upset any red blooded British boy when its Shirley Eaton he's taken from.There's also Norman Rossington who was a great British comic actor who plays a permanent private. He can't pass out of basic training and just has permanent residence. He has the best part in the film. A lot of this reminded me of those wonderful weeks in Fort Polk where we had a platoon of misfits similar to this bunch. We wore it as a badge of honor.A good, but modest beginning to the Carry On series.

Leofwine_draca The first of many, many CARRY ON films and one of the best in terms of production values, CARRY ON SERGEANT follows the pranks and pitfalls of a group of raw soldiers being put through their paces by a retiring officer. For anyone who knows this genre, the story writes itself from there.Although this film has an excellent cast - one of the best of the entire series - and a sheen of quality that the later films were sadly lacking, it's fair to say that it isn't one of the funniest. Much of the character humour is subtle and there are few laugh-out-loud moments, although there are highlights as always. One of these is Kenneth Connor, who, although saddled with an irritating character, makes the best of things with his squeaky-voiced antics.William Hartnell and Bob Monkhouse both make one-off appearances in this series and submit decent work, although you do feel that they're in another film entirely. Kenneth Williams gets a chance to show off his acting chops in a non-hammy turn while Charles Hawtrey bags more of the limelight than usual (and the film's better for it). With the fire extinguisher and training ground pratfalls this is often a gently amusing escapade, albeit one you won't remember much about afterwards.

JoshuaKaitlyn2008 Not the best of the bunch but a reasonable beginning, this first entry into the famous series is not as filled with the innuendo as are some of the later ones, in fact there are only a couple of references to one soldiers lack of a proper wedding night. Only about four of the series regulars make an appearance with Charles Hawtry playing the same character, albeit with different names, as he did in all the carry on's. Hattie Jacques plays an army doctor, a role that will become Matron in a least two other carry on movies including the next one Carry On Nurse. Kenneth Williams and Kenneth Connor are the other two regulars. Also appearing is Shirley Eaton who will also join Jacques in the next movie.