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St. Trinian's

St. Trinian's (2007)

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Average Rating: 4.2/10
Reviews Counted: 42
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 29

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.

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Average Rating: 4/10
Critic Reviews: 10
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 8

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.

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Average Rating: 3.3/5
User Ratings: 31,162

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Movie Info

The uniformed but rebellious students of a distinguished all-girls school get an unexpected chance to raise a little hell as directors Oliver Parker and Barnaby Thompson set out to revive the characters created by comic artist Ronald Searle and made popular in the British film series that began with 1954's The Belles of St. Trinian's. 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

PG-13, 1 hr. 41 min.

Comedy

,

Piers Ashworth, Nick Moorcroft

Apr 14, 2008

NeoClassics Films

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All Critics (42) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (14) | Rotten (29) | DVD (2)

The result is too competent to be a travesty and too ordinary to be interesting.

October 19, 2009 Full Review Source: Toronto Star | Comment
Toronto Star
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Firth looks like he's changing his mind about being in this movie WHILE the cameras are running.

October 19, 2009 Full Review Source: At the Movies | Comment
At the Movies
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Every scene is so frantic and desperate to make you laugh, to be clever, to be naughty and none of it worked.

October 19, 2009 Full Review Source: At the Movies | Comment
At the Movies
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Anyone with a fondness for the midcentury cartoons and films that inspired this scrappy comedy will appreciate the latest trip to the titular British boarding school.

October 9, 2009 Full Review Source: New York Daily News | Comment (1)
New York Daily News
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A stunningly witless revival of the infamous British film series about a girls' boarding school.

October 9, 2009 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
New York Times
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Bad in ways that are almost endearing...

October 9, 2009 Full Review Source: New York Post | Comment
New York Post
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The actors are left grasping for laughs as the script tries to figure out just what it wants to be.

March 3, 2010 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | Comment
DVDTalk.com

... this Animal House of private girls schools is a motley misfit of a misfit comedy that offers outrageous antics in place of actual humor.

January 27, 2010 Full Review Source: Seanax.com | Comment
Seanax.com

Delightful...A great cast, funny script and rockin' soundtrack.

January 26, 2010 Full Review Source: Movie Dearest | Comment
Movie Dearest

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.

October 14, 2009 Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | Comment
Boston Phoenix

I suspect this boorish, crude, often vulgar British comedy lost a great deal of its jolly credence whilst crossing the Atlantic.

October 10, 2009 Full Review Source: SSG Syndicate | Comment
SSG Syndicate

A tame, glittery spoof without a brain in its head or a character worth caring about.

October 10, 2009 Full Review Source: Critic's Notebook | Comment
Critic's Notebook

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.

October 9, 2009 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | Comment
Boxoffice Magazine

Sadly, the level of deviance hovers around iCarly levels, as does the sophistication of the humor.

October 9, 2009 Full Review Source: UGO | Comment

Quirky British boarding-school comedy has iffy messages.

October 8, 2009 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

indifferent to storytelling, craft and, dare I mention, fresh ideas

October 8, 2009 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | Comment
Filmcritic.com

Despite a plucky soundtrack and frantic editing, the movie shows otherwise wan interest in the gaggle of faux-transgressive bad girls who bare their dulled claws at England's establishment ethos...

October 7, 2009 Full Review Source: Time Out New York | Comment
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Audience Reviews for St. Trinian's

School Can Be A Riot. Good movie. Quite amusing at times, the girls looked suitably..... unsuitable! I think the storyline is brillant and I also love the pranks the kids pull, they are just so imaginative! Good acting from all the kids, Firth and Everett give the film a welcome lift. This British teenage comedy is

August 16, 2009
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Manu Gino

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I've not seen the old St Trinian's films from the 50's, but good to see the brand get a modern day English make over. It's pretty much what you would expect, silly over the top characters and action. It's all lighthearted fun though with a good English cast. Good for a giggle.

December 18, 2011
Deano78

Super Reviewer

    1. Flash Harry: What about the problems we had with the last batch?
    2. Flash Harry: Twins: Problems, Flash?
    3. Flash Harry: Yeah, the slightly bitter aftertaste. Y'know, people going blind after the second glass... that lady what DIED.
    4. Flash Harry: Twins: She was old, she could have gone at any time.
    5. Flash Harry: She was 38!
    – Submitted by Torie R (19 days ago)
    1. Kelly: So, how are we going to beat bedales?
    2. Celia: Magic! The kind you get in mushrooms!
    – Submitted by Torie R (19 days ago)
    1. Camilla Fritton: The ultimate price was paid by one for his sisters and his school. No greater love hath any dog but this.
    – Submitted by Torie R (19 days ago)
    1. Miss Dickinson: Now, girls. Remember. We have the school's reputation to uphold! [the girls push her aside and run screaming into the building]
    – Submitted by Torie R (19 days ago)
    1. Polly: Houston, we have a problem.
    – Submitted by Torie R (19 days ago)

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