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Average Rating:4.3/10
Consensus: Both naughtier and campier than Ronald Searle's original post war series, this St. Trinian's leans on high jinks instead of performances or witty dialogue.
Synopsis: It's no more Mr. Nice Guy for Colin Firth in this anarchic British comedy. The former Mr. Darcy stars as an uptight education minister who wants to shut down the fun at St. Trinian's all-girls... [More]
Starring: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Lena Headey, Jodie Whittaker
Director: Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson
Everett's Camilla Fritton, sporting a blonde wig reminiscent of another Camilla, spits out lines through prominent teeth and indulges in 'me time' at the easel, brush in hand %u2026 There are some good ideas and a few laughs, but it's all a bit Camilla-on
Top CriticEvery scene is so frantic and desperate to make you laugh, to be clever, to be naughty and none of it worked.
Firth looks like he’s changing his mind about being in this movie WHILE the cameras are running.
that 'jolly hockey sticks' vibe feels outmoded with the only efforts to update the concept being shorter skirts and push-up bras.
Sadly, the movie is a zoo.
St. Trinian’s is a painless onslaught of dumb gags, gratuitous cheesecake, random movie allusions, and general nonsense, but the classy cast (which includes Gemma Arterton, Toby Jones, and Stephen Fry) helps earn it a passing grade.
St. Trinian’s is a hoot, but it’s thrown-together, haphazard feel will only grate on the sensibilities of cineastes or aesthetic and moral prudes bent on decrying “yoof” culture -- although it’s only moderately rude by contemporary standards.
Heavy-handed at times and poorly plotted, but energetic and funny. A suitably undignified return to the screen for the notorious school and its out-of-control pupils.
Rowdy 12-year-old British girls might get some modicum of narcissistic pleasure from "St. Trinian's" (loosely based on Ronald Searle's WWII era cartoons), but no one else will.
Quirky British boarding-school comedy has iffy messages.
A tame, glittery spoof without a brain in its head or a character worth caring about.
While unlikely to have anyone cheering in the stalls, St Trinian’s is nowhere near the calamity it should have been, even if it comes within striking distance more than once.
Camp fun, and catnip for a demographic that British cinema doesn't often bother to please.
The target audience - pre-teen girls - aren’t going to notice the many shortfalls behind the camera. What they’ll enjoy, regardless of quality, is some naughtiness true to the spirit of the series, Russell Brand and Girls Aloud.
Top CriticEverett almost single-handedly sustains the film, thanks to a nicely pitched turn as the headmistress with a heart.
indifferent to storytelling, craft and, dare I mention, fresh ideas
no girl or boy over the age of 12 would be attracted by anything so puerile, while its UK certificate and occasionally risqué subject matter rule out under-12s.
A monumentally naff film.
Top CriticThe old St Trinian's movies with Alistair Sim weren't exactly comedy classics, but they look like gold next to this feeble, sloppily written caper.
A vulgar and charmless affair.
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