Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A fifth-rate potboiler of proven commercial value. Considering all the whiskery gags and double entendres wheeled out in this episode of the Cohen-Wood Confessions, it is surprising that Miss Slenderparts' reckless driving is the single example of a woman-driver joke (which is incidentally amusing only because the stuntperson substituting for Irene Handl is so plainly a burly man). More dispiriting than the ingenuous hero's three or four mannerisms (an apprehensive glance, a tug at the underpants, an empty grin) is the misguided enthusiasm displayed by both old and new hands." [2]
The South China Morning Post wrote: "If anything, Driving Instructor is even more crass than its predecessor but it is, to be honest, a lot more fun. Instead of stringing together a whole lot of vaguely connected incidents of an indecent nature, the film-makers have this time created a fairly firm frame-work of events with a recognisable story-line and a discernible build-up to a climax. The whole thing is, still rather flimsy, of course, but the characters are more interesting and so, therefore, are the things that happen to them. Some sequences are actually hilarious. Others are quite delightful." [3]
Screen International wrote: "Ribald, vulgar and robustly good-humoured, the Confessions films present sex and nudity with the cheerful effrontery that the average British cinemagoer recognises and does not fear. ... To list the repetitive gags which lead so inexorably to displays of bottoms and boobs and pubic hair does the film less than justice. All these scenes are played at a jolly romp pace more Olympic than erotic; and Robin Askwith's Timmy Lea is no woman-exploiting lecher but a role-reversed victim of lustful ladies who pounce with a boisterous abandon that provokes belly laughs rather than sniggers. Strictly speaking, the film style is traditional end-of-pier low farce with plenty of slapstick and set piece comedy sketches; the nude scenes are kept within the acceptance limits of nice uncomplicated people who enjoy the mild titillation but would be shocked and embarrassed if subjected to a turn-on treatment. The running single joke of Timmy's irresistible allure is kept in its place by the less basic comedy put over by the strong cast of character actors who are given the best lines." [4]
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