St. Trinian's

Watch: St. Trinian's

PG-13

7/11/20091h 41m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

~ Taking higher education to a new low. ~

Overview:

When their beloved school is threatened with closure should the powers that be fail to raise the proper funds, the girls scheme to steal a priceless painting and use the profits to pull St. Trinian's out of the red.

Director:

Barnaby Thompson

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$14,000,000.00

Revenue:

$29,066,483.00

Key words:

snake
receiving of stolen goods
chaos
solidarity
exhibit
musical
shenanigan
girls' boarding school
quiz
unorthodox
debt
principal
anarchy
group of friends
duringcreditsstinger
distillery

Cast

Talulah Riley

~ as ~

Annabelle Fritton

Rupert Everett

~ as ~

Camilla Fritton / Carnaby Fritton

Gemma Arterton

~ as ~

Kelly Jones

Colin Firth

~ as ~

Geoffrey Thwaites

Lena Headey

~ as ~

Miss Dickinson

Jodie Whittaker

~ as ~

Beverly

Russell Brand

~ as ~

Flash Harry

Anna Chancellor

~ as ~

Miss Bagstock

Juno Temple

~ as ~

Celia

Tamsin Egerton

~ as ~

Chelsea Parker

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Reviews (1)

John Chard
Written 10 year(s) ago
6.5
Ooh err missus.

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