Product Description

The sexually frustrated women of Sodding Chipbury lead a humdrum existence until Bob, the handsome new handyman, arrives in their picturesque village. The local ladies love his handiwork and, luckily for them, randy Bob certainly has the right tool for the job! However, when Bob takes over the running of the local pub his stamina for odd jobs and horny housewives is stretched to the absolute limit. This classic 1970s British sex comedy stars Barry Stokes (Norman J. Warren s Spaced Out) and Gay Soper (voice of The Flumps) supported by a roll-call of familiar faces including Bob Todd (The Benny Hill Show), Valerie Leon (Carry On Up the Jungle) and Sue Lloyd (Crossroads).

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12237 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-03-23
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Formats: Dolby, PAL
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 76 minutes

Synopsis
In the tradition of popular British sex comedies of the seventies such as ADVENTURES OF A TAXI DRIVER and CONFESSIONS OF A WINDOW CLEANER, director John Sealey's THE UPS AND DOWNS OF A HANDYMAN follows the trials and tribulations of Bob, a jack of all trades that is as adept at laying young women as he is carpet and someone who is never without the right tool for the job!

Review
if future generations ever need to know what a British sex comedy was look no further than The Ups and Downs of a Handyman --imdb.com

Customer Reviews

Not quite confessions of.....
This is a typical 70's British sex comedy in the Confessions of type. Although not quite there, it doesn't do too badly at all..... Probably a little more on the nudity and sex than the classics, and no attempt at subtlety at all, it's still well worth a watch. With a very annoyingly catching theme tune that I can't get out of my head a week later and a couple of well known faces, this is a fun movie of a type that we will never see again. Saucy seaside postcard humour on film!

Hilarious rudery!
I've known this item on tape, on the telly, and finally on DVD. Generally delighted with it, but still wondering how much PC cutting it is subjected to. Best of all was Ava Cadell, all too often just seen in the distance. What a shame!

Alan H Dale

So bad it's good
A 1970s cash in on the popular Confessions series. This is hugely unsubtle, with obvious innuendo, wooden acting and leaden directing. Makes you realise just how well made and acted the Confessions films were.

However, it's flaws may contribute to its charm. Even thought I was aware that this was a technically terrible film, I couldn't help but laugh and enjoy every dumb joke or slapstick moment immensely. Yes, the build ups to the innuendos are obvious, but a child in me still tittered at them.

The reason for films like this was purely to get some smut on the screen at a time when censorship was rife. It was bundled up as comedies and made by people well aware they could reap the rewards of the promise of a few naked women on screen.

Just to make it even more worthy, there's a Benny Hill style chase at the end!