St. Trinian's

Possibly relevant caveat: I originally happened upon this movie curious about Lily Cole's foray from modeling into acting and was unaware it was a remake of the 50's film "The Belles of St. Trinians," which in turn was inspired by artist Ronald Searle. Therefore, this review will not take into consideration its capacity as a remake and modernization. My five star rating is not to say this is a cinematic masterpiece worthy of an Oscar but instead is a commentary on the execution of its intentions as a fun teen comedy with a side of caper heist. The movie makes no attempts to masquerade as high brow film making so if that is what you are looking for this movie would not be for you. In the movie Annabelle Fritton, niece of headmistress Camilla Fritton, played by Rupert Everett in drag, is left by her father, also played by Rupert Everett, at a boarding school for misfits and mischief makers. Annabelle does not originally fit in with the rest of the school and looks upon them in snobbery and disdain. The supporting cast of "tribe" members play their parts well and Gemma Arterton is the perfect sultry Head Girl. Eventually the girls all band together in order to save the school from being foreclosed on and the day is saved in the same irreverent fun of the rest of the movie. The one liners are funny and the upbeat music fits perfectly with each scene. Best are the classic school girl uniforms that have been altered to reflect the originality of each tribe. Recommended for a good laugh with a surprising high profile cast including Lena Headey and Colin Firth. While I am weary of the overused review of "if you like x (movie, book) you will like y" I will say that this movie is closest in vein to Wild Child, a somewhat similar dumped at an English boarding school rom-com that was released a year after St. Trinian's.

My granddaughter is delighted with the depiction of powerful women all of whom are the complete masters of their fates.

I like it very but I need the second movie that will play on a America DVD St Trinian

Actually a very loose remake, I found out, but fantastic otherwise.Imagine you're Harry Potter. Now imagine you're a 16 year old girl with a tremendous stick up her ass. A field hockey stick, actually. Now imagine that your jerk father (he's still alive) shunts you off to Hogwarts, except Hogwarts is an all-girl school and no one's magical, except in how they are ludicrous stereotypes and characters rather than likely, reasonable human beings. Also, Dumbledore is your aunt, but still pretty much looks like Dumbledore.Now they want to close the school, just as you've started to feel like you've found your true magical framily. IT'S TIME FOR WACKY HIJINKS TO SAVE THE SCHOOL!Colin Firth, Stephen Fry, and Russel Brand in supporting roles make this a pretty sweet connective tissue for the Movie Game.

I had watched the decades older 'Belles of St. Trinians' because Alistair Sim plays the dual role of Miss Fritton and her brother and he was very good. But it was the humor of a different age and a different culture and I didn't think it was very funny. I bought this one because Rupert Everett was playing the dual role and Colin Firth is always good in everything, so I was curious. What I wasn't prepared for was how funny this movie is. I laughed all the way through it. There are references to Colin Firth's legendary role in the 1995 version of Pride and Prejudice which caused millions of women in the UK and US to have an instant crush on him. There are even Stephen King influences. Rupert Everett seems to enjoy himself immensely and is believable as Miss Fritton. And there are so many British movie stars in this movie that is looks like they were falling over themselves to get a role in it: Anna Chancellor, Stephen Fry, Celia Imrie, Russell Brand, etc. What a treat to find this! If you like British humor, you will like this.

We love this movie...dear fans of the weird and bizarre,.... it is about a girl's school for young ladies that just can't quite fit into any other school, run by teachers who are even more dodgy. The school is in trouble with the board of education and the Inland Revenue (IRS) and the film centers on the less than legal, but very clever way, they seek to solve these difficulties. Anarchy rules ST. Trinian's in the form of Miss Fritton, the head mistress in every sense of the word, who loves her school, and her girls and is determined to prepare them for life and success in a hard, cold world. All this is complicated by the arrival of Miss Fritton's niece who is certain she belongs elsewhere and doesn't realize at first that elsewhere is exactly where she's arrived.Strangely, it is not entirely dissimilar to the school we attended when we were very young.kyela,the silver elves

This is another of our go-to Saturday night movies when we need something funny. It's especially good for girls (set in a girls' boarding school) but their anarchic school and criminal enterprises are so funny that boys will enjoy it also. Besides the girls and Russell Brand in fine form, having Rupert Everett play the father and headmistress in drag AND Colin Firth as her former flame was genius. The cast looked like they had a blast (inc. the new Dr. Who!)

As a fan of the original film and of Colin Firth, I couldn't pass this up. It doesn't have the wackiness of the orginal, but it was a fun update, with some subtle nods to its precedessor. It would have been a better film had they not cut out some key scenes, though - watch the deleted that are part of the extras and you'll see what I mean. Not for every taste, but I enjoyed it.

I love seeing so many actresses I recognize early in their careers. I really enjoyed the story and have watched it many times. We even bought the sequel.

Si une école de ce type existait en France, je pense que j'irais. Etant trop vieille pour y être admise comme étudiante (quoique Gemma Arterton était déjà un peu vieillissante, mais crédible ;o), j'y aurais volontiers travaillé ;o)Ce DVD est entièrement en version originale, c'est à dire en Anglais. Mais vous pourrez y mettre le sous-titrage .... en Anglais !Bon au moins avec ce film, je révise mon Anglais à chaque fois que je le visionne.Ce film n'est pas sortit dans nos salles obscures en France. Dommage parce que franchement l'humour British, bah ça déchire grave !Moi je ne me lasse pas de le regarder et à chaque fois je trouve les blagues très drôles.L'histoire ?Elle se passe dans un pensionnant de jeunes filles Anglaise. Mais ce pensionnat tenue Camilla Fritton (tenue par Rupert Evrett ) , elle est loufoque et drôle. Elle aime son pensionnat et y tient.Elle va accueillir sa nièce Annabelle Friton (Talulah Riley) et finalement Annabelle va adorer !!Bon, il faut un méchant non ? Il est tenue par le Ministre de l'Éducation, très BCBG et très beau aussi. C'est l'amour de jeunesse de Camilla. Et il est tenue par le beau gosse Colin Firth (enfin moi je le trouve trop beau et très doué aussi).Ah, j'ai failli oublié le revendeur de produits illicites et toxiques de l'école qui va aider à sauver l'école : Russell Brand (ce type est trop drôle, mais il a un sacré accent hein ;o)Ce film a une suite (pas sortit en France bien sur) , sortit en DVD aussi.Je pense me l'offrir prochainement.Très bon film, très drôle avec de l'humour 100% British garantie !! La bande originale est très sympa aussi, d'ailleurs on peut l'écouter dans cet import du DVD.Ah oui !! Je voulais dire que la plupart des pensionnaires de l'école ont fait une très belle carrière au cinéma et à la télévision et pas qu'en Angleterre !!De très bons acteurs, une bande son sympa et très rock et plein d'humour ;o)

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Rupert Everett est une "femme" incroyable ! Oui j'ai bien dit une femme, tellement, ah! les mots me manquent! Ce film est un petit bijou d'humour anglais, un peu anar, absolument délirant et sans aucune prétention ! On y voit de fort jolies dindes pas si dindes que çà, sans morale se faire les dents sur des pigeons qui se prennent pour des coqs, quand les anglais se moquent d'eux-mêmes ils sont vraiment jubilatoires!Rien ne résiste au jeu de massacre qu'elles opèrent en rythme et dans la joie, ni Colin Firth ah! Darcy, ce film est truffé de références à la filmographie du beau gosse anglais, les fans comprendront, qui n'a pas fait que des chef-d'œuvres, osons le dire mesdames!, la morale n'est pas sauve et ça c'est vraiment bien!Je vous conseille de le voir jusqu'à la fin du générique, moi j'ai ri, souvent, ce film me fait penser à un excellent bouquin de Tom Sharpe - WILT 1 - un des must de la littérature anglaise - internationale même - que je vous conseille (tout Tom Sharpe d'ailleurs)Wilt 1, ou, Comment se sortir d'une poupée gonflable et de beaucoup d'autres ennuis encore, quand tout s'écroule autour de vous, BloodyHell riions un peu avant la fin du monde!Sous-titre anglais impeccables et bande son sympa - un film pour les filles qui n'ont peur de rien, ça change!