The result is too competent to be a travesty and too ordinary to be interesting.
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10/19/09
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.
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... [More]
Starring: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Lena Headey, Jodie Whittaker
Director: Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson
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Reviews for St. Trinian's
Top CriticQuirky British boarding-school comedy has iffy messages.
10/08/09
A monumentally naff film.
12/21/07
indifferent to storytelling, craft and, dare I mention, fresh ideas
10/08/09
A stunningly witless revival of the infamous British film series about a girls’ boarding school.
10/09/09
Top CriticColin Firth’s humiliation is a thing of wonder. His entire career on screen and stage is beautifully sent up before our eyes.
12/21/07
Lacking any really sharp dialogue, the film just about goes the distance by juggling its characters in short, sketch-like scenes and inserting occasional musical montages.
01/04/08
Top CriticHeavy-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.
12/21/07
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.
12/21/07
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...
10/07/09
I suspect this boorish, crude, often vulgar British comedy lost a great deal of its jolly credence whilst crossing the Atlantic.
10/10/09
Sadly, the level of deviance hovers around iCarly levels, as does the sophistication of the humor.
10/09/09
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.
10/14/09
A vulgar and charmless affair.
05/14/08
A tame, glittery spoof without a brain in its head or a character worth caring about.
10/10/09
Bad in ways that are almost endearing...
10/09/09
Top CriticWhen you look at it again, the old film was not only superior but rather more radical. This St Trinian's looks as if it is aiming at the lowest common denominator, and finding it too often.
12/21/07
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.
10/09/09
Sadly, the movie is a zoo.
10/08/09
Top CriticInnocence is entirely absent from this extremely dubious addition to the big-screen adventures of Ronald Searle’s cartoon creations.
12/21/07
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