St. Trinian's (2009)

So much average

Memorable, crazy movie

Excellent but underrated film

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

When it was announced that there was to be a modern reboot of St. Trinian's, it was met with Luke warm murmurings to say the least. Yet when it comes down to it, the old films from the 50s and 60s were hardly comedy gold anyway. Safe family fare and sometimes fun into the bargain, and with strong casts, they have never been seen as essential British comedies and untouchable by the modern era's obsession with remakes and reimaging.St. Trinian's 2007 style is not an improvement on the oldies, but neither is it the stinker some critics in 2007 wanted us to believe. It has enough about it to be its own animal, it's funny, sexy and never dull. This also benefits from strong comic casting, where the likes of Rupert Everett (having the time of his life in drag), Colin Firth and Russell Brand are pitched into the femme madness headed by Gemma Arterton and Tallulah Riley. The writers err on the side of caution as far as risqué material goes, but there's some very strong gags played out and the grouping of the girls into the various cliques (Emos, Chavs etc) is a nifty bit of writing that is mined to good effect.It was good enough and successful enough to warrant a sequel 2 years later… 6.5/10

this movie is the stupidest thing that I ever. Not only is the plot unbelievable, the characters are cliché with absolutely no character development. the main character is annoying and the change form nerd to cool kid is so sudden that you wonder did you miss some thing. The one thing that keep me going is the small hope that some how she enter and become the moral compass of the house, that doesn't happen she is soon daft into the realm of nonsense completely losing me. some may say that this movie is good for a few giggles, but truly I couldn't even crack a smile. I feel sick watching the so called feminism, watching girls, yes GIRLS perform what the audience can only imagine as sexual favor for men. I say girls because when in the movie the often refer to the school as college. I don't know what age people go to college in great Britain but six year old and what I can only surmise is 16-17 yr. old aren't in college, so an adult Russell Brand hitting on the "heads girl" is totally inappropriate. what is worst is that is not the only thing wrong with this movie. from the girls selling bootleg vodka that is killing people to the teachers only reason for being there is to prove that the decrepit build is indeed a school. coupled with fact that the head mistress is a man. and more moments like that. this movie is stupid.

I don't often write reviews but after watching this again in my room with a bowl of crisps on my knee I feel the urge too. I laugh all the way through every time, I know exactly whats coming now as well, believe me i've seen this loads but every time I feel a little down in the dumps I just turn on this film and the happiness just bubbles up in me.I think the storyline is brill and I also love the pranks the kids pull, they are just so imaginative! I often wish i'd had the guts to do some of the things they did whilst I was at school but unfortunately being the goody too shoes I was I have to say I chickened out every time an opportunity arose.The make-over scene is one of my favourites, I love the stereotypical outfits each category of students wore and I think all of the girls looked brill in it. It makes me want to pull out my old school skirt and start slapping on the liner! The second one is also brill so if anyone reading this has not yet seen the second, then give it a go, i'm sure you'll laugh out loud!

ST. TRINIAN'S seems like an awful bust, unless the extremes of slapstick and borderline taste are your bailiwick. It is a film that comes across as a cartoon that never can get out off the page - what one would expect when the 'writer' is a committee (Piers Ashworth, Jamie Minoprio, Nick Moorcroft, Ronald Searle (!), and Jonathan M. Stern) and the direction is shared (Oliver Parker and Barnaby Thompson). St Trinian's is 'school' for dysfunctional girls (nerd to goth) run by a wild headmistress Camilla Fritton (Rupert Everett in bucktoothed drag plus fuddy English gent's clothes as Carnaby Fritton). The school is a major disaster zone and one Geoffrey Thwaites (Colin Firth) is sent to correct the issues. The threat of bankruptcy spins its own dire consequences and the 'inmates' of the school find a way to correct that. The major surprise is not in the plot but instead in the fact that some of Britain's finest actors agreed to participate in this mess: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Lena Headey, Toby Jones, Anna Chancellor, Celia Imre, etc etc could have their choice of about any film casting and win Oscars and kudos instead of boodos. It gives pause...Grady Harp