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St. Trinian's (2009)

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Reviews Counted:38

Fresh:13

Rotten:25

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.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Oct 9, 2009 Limited

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... 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 school. From raising their hemlines to blowing up small buildings, the sassy students ignore the rules, especially when it comes to saving their precious school from closing. ST TRINIAN'S features some of Britain's best talent, including Lena Headley, Russell Brand, Stephen Fry, Celia Imrie, and Rupert Everett, who dons drag as the school's headmistress. Inspired by the work of artist Ronald Searle, this comedy follows in a series of films about the girls' school, including THE BELLES OF ST. TRINIAN'S. [More]

Starring: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Lena Headey, Jodie Whittaker

Starring: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Lena Headey, Jodie Whittaker, Russell Brand, Anna Chancellor, Stephen Fry, Celia Imrie, Toby Jones, Caterina Murino, Fenella Woolgar, Mischa Barton, Gemma Arterton

Director: Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson

Director: Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson
Screenwriter: Piers Ashworth, Nick Moorcroft
Producer: Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson
Composer: Charlie Mole

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Jan 26, 2010

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

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
10/19/09
Jason Anderson
Jason Anderson
Toronto Star
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Firth looks like he’s changing his mind about being in this movie WHILE the cameras are running.

Full Review Source: At the Movies | comment Comment
10/19/09
Michael Phillips
Michael Phillips
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.

Full Review Source: At the Movies | comment Comment
10/19/09
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
At the Movies
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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.

Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
10/14/09
Peter Keough
Peter Keough
Boston Phoenix

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

Full Review Source: SSG Syndicate | comment Comment
10/10/09
Susan Granger
Susan Granger
SSG Syndicate

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

Full Review Source: Critic's Notebook | comment Comment
10/10/09
Robert Levin
Robert Levin
Critic's Notebook

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.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
10/09/09
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
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A stunningly witless revival of the infamous British film series about a girls’ boarding school.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
10/09/09
Jeannette Catsoulis
Jeannette Catsoulis
New York Times
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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.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
10/09/09
John P. McCarthy
John P. McCarthy
Boxoffice Magazine

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

Full Review Source: UGO | comment Comment
10/09/09
Jordan Hoffman
Jordan Hoffman
UGO

Bad in ways that are almost endearing...

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
10/09/09
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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Quirky British boarding-school comedy has iffy messages.

Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | comment Comment
10/08/09
Sandie Angulo Chen
Sandie Angulo Chen
Common Sense Media

It’s an impressive bit of slumming by some name actors revisiting a childhood favorite -- a bit as if Hollywood had somehow convinced William Hurt to help restart Lost in Space, or Robert De Niro to do a Bullwinkle movie. Oh, wait.

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
10/08/09
Stephen Whitty
Stephen Whitty
Newark Star-Ledger
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Sadly, the movie is a zoo.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
10/08/09
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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indifferent to storytelling, craft and, dare I mention, fresh ideas

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
10/08/09
Chris Cabin
Chris Cabin
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...

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
10/07/09
Stephen Garrett
Stephen Garrett
Time Out New York

With the right attitude this cheerfully calculated effort to update the old girl for a tween market can be enjoyed in all its endearing awfulness, as a loony High School Musical with posher accents and a lot more going on upstairs.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
10/06/09
Ella Taylor
Ella Taylor
Village Voice
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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.

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment Comment
08/28/09
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

St.Trinian’s represents a travesty of the British comic tradition.

Full Review Source: New York Press | comment Comment
08/26/09
Armond White
Armond White
New York Press

...the relentless emphasis on off-the-wall shenanigans proves instrumental in cultivating an unexpected (yet palpable) atmosphere of oppressiveness.

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
08/14/09
David Nusair
David Nusair
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