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Bookmark this pageSt Trinian's (2007)
Director: Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson
Synopsis
St Trinian's is the school for young ladies and it is once again facing dire financial crisis with the bank threatening closure. Headmistress Camilla Fritton is also in the firing line from the Education Minister as she espouses an unorthodox doctrine of self-empowerment and free expression. In order to save the school, the St Trinian's girls decide to put their differences aside and hatch a plan to come up with cash. The leaders of the gang, Kelly (Gemma Arterton) and Annabelle (Talulah Riley) decide that a heist is the only way forward, and so decide to steal Vermeer’s ‘Girl with the Pearl Earring’ painting from the National Gallery.
Movie review
From Time Out London
This ultra-glossy, twenty-first-century update of the original series of films about the anarchic student body of the titular ‘ladies school’ comes bounding off the screen like a feature-length ad for Top Shop. Out go any radical notions of female social upheaval and in come clumsy drug jokes, broad stereotypes and reams-upon-reams of thudding pop music. The lead performances from the young cast are generally weak (apart from an excellent Jodie Whittaker) and the script is a tiresome mulch of self-conscious cultural references. Not even a camp-as-Christmas turn from Rupert Everett as effete headmistress Camilla Fritton is enough to salvage this mess, which drifts aimlessly towards a tawdry heist finale that will only make sense to those with the ability to bump their own brain-patterns to the level of sub-moronic torpor. The one-dimensional, any-excuse-for-a-musical-montage direction does, admittedly, inject some much-needed zip into the proceedings, but in terms of a cultural legacy, this is one to file next to ‘Spiceworld: The Movie’.Author: David Jenkins
Time Out London
User reviews of this film
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- Sammy Star said...
- Posted on Feb 02 2008 18:04 Absolutley brilliant! I loved it you must see it if you haven't already! If you see it see it quick beacuse it will go off the cinema soon!
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- St Trinians fan said...
- Posted on Feb 02 2008 18:00 Brilliant film, I would DEFINATLEY see it if you haven't already!!! Ignore all of the bad comments! They are rubbish! I went to see it 6 times I loved it so much! You HAVE to see it!
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- ellen said...
- Posted on Feb 02 2008 15:53 this is a really good film, me and my sisters LOL-ed, if you havent see it already you MUST! =)
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- phoebe said...
- Posted on Feb 02 2008 08:39 ITS WELL GOOD AND PEOPLE WHO SAID IT WAS BAD ARE JUST POO FACED FRECKS (WITH BAD HAIR) LOL WOULD WELL WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN
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- Lucylu said...
- Posted on Feb 01 2008 10:14 I loved Rupert Everett as the liberal and soppy headmistress, modelled I daresay on another famous Camilla - but I laughed more at him than I ever will at her!! It's a raucous film which doesn't pretend to be anything other than it is, a damn good laugh!!
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- ijo said...
- Posted on Jan 31 2008 17:25 this is a ace film dofo watch it again it s wel worth payin the cinima prices 4 it
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- eeyore said...
- Posted on Jan 30 2008 15:18 really amazing really liked the first clip it was really good
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- Eloise said...
- Posted on Jan 29 2008 20:20 Took the children to see this and went in with an open mind. After a stressful week at work (in a school!) it was ligh hearted and funny and just what I needed. There were some jokes in it which were clearly aimed at adults which made me laugh. Also made me realise that my year 9's aren't that bad really. Good family fun!
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- Jayde said...
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Posted on Jan 29 2008 19:42
BEST FILM EVA!!! why the bad reviews?? i fink dat song is mint!!! n russell brand is NICE!!! mmm
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- sophia said...
- Posted on Jan 29 2008 19:30 Didnt think much of this film,Thought it was going to be reali good. Defo a kids film .
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- steve shep said...
- Posted on Jan 27 2008 16:44 Just a good old fashioned slice of entertainment. me and my wife laughed lots. dont expect to think about it too much just leave your brain at the door
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- shamsa said...
- Posted on Jan 27 2008 16:38 this film was sooo crap v disaopinting thought it was going to b gud its not worth watching! its a film for kids
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- naomii said...
- Posted on Jan 27 2008 14:14 omg its the best film ever iv seen it 4 times its that good and im going to see it again you sould go and see it, its sooo brillians i love you song at the end :)
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- Sam said...
- Posted on Jan 27 2008 12:06 After all the bad reviews, I wasn't expecting much from this film. Yes, it isn't particularly clever, and it isn't revolutionary and brilliant, but it is FUN. Honestly, what more was anyone expecting from St Trinian's?
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- sazy said...
- Posted on Jan 27 2008 11:07 it's brill and i cant wait till it comes out on dvd
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Cast & crew
Director: Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson
Cast: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Jodie Whittaker, Lena Headey, Russell Brand, Stephen Fry, Celia Imrie, Caterina Murino, Gemma Arterton, Tamsin Egerton, Amara Karan, Antonia Bernath, Juno Temple, Lucy Punch, Anna Chancellor, Talulah Riley full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 101 mins
UK Release: Dec 21 2007
US Release: Oct 9 2009
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