A Weekend With Lulu (1961)

A pair of young lovers (Leslie Phillips, Shirley Eaton) plan a romantic weekend on the coast in a caravan called Lulu which is owned by the brother of a friend (Bob Monkhouse). Their plans are altered when her overbearing mother (Irene Handl) decides to come along. And that's just the beginning of a disastrous weekend. Directed by John Paddy Carstairs (DANCING WITH CRIME), this middling British comedy offers few laughs. Granted, I'm not the biggest fan of British comedy. I'm rather indifferent to the Ealing comedies, can't abide Monty Python and the Carry On franchise proved that Brits have lowbrow tastes in their comedies just like the rest of the world. This one is a silly venture with two poor specimens of English manhood played by Phillips and Monkhouse making asses of themselves in France. The one bright note comes from Irene Handl as the oblivious mother whose tart delivery is a pleasure. It's not terrible but I laughed only once, not a recommendation for a comedy. With Alfred Marks, Sid James, Graham Stark, Judith Furse and Eugene Deckers, whose French accent keeps slipping.