St Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009)

10% of critics liked it
(20 reviews)
53% of users liked it
(27,611 ratings)

The rebellious girls at St. Trinian's are back in this sequel to the smash hit U.K. comedy from writers Piers Ashworth and Nick Moorcroft. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 46 min.
Directed By: Carl Parker, Barnaby Thompson
Genres: Action & Adventure, Comedy

In Theaters: Dec 31, 2009 Wide
Studio: PreviewNetworks

Critic Reviews

Ray Bennett, Hollywood Reporter
Strident, clumsy and pointless.
Edward Porter, Sunday Times (UK)
It's another panto for 10-year-old girls, in which any given scene could - with only the addition of canned laughter - pass for something from children's television.
Philip French, Observer [UK]
The tone is broad, vulgar and exuberant and its hunt for lost treasure ends up inventively at the Globe Theatre. Schoolgirls and those who like ogling schoolgirls will enjoy it.
Neil Smith, Total Film
A film that flails about wildly in search of at least one half-decent joke. Tragically, the closest it gets is having a dog hump Colin Firth's leg.
, Radio Times
This sub-Carry On romp wearily coasts along on the lines of a rudimentary old-school farce rather than anything resembling wit.
Nicholas Barber, Independent on Sunday
This contrived sequel is an interminable, headache-inducing time-waster that never picks up any speed, weighed down as it is by far too many characters, and far too many slow-motion shots of the girls striding towards the camera.
Robbie Collin, News of the World
This jaw-droppingly hopeless sequel deserves to be packed off for a one-way exchange trip to Columbine.
Allan Hunter, Screen International
Oliver Parker and Barnaby Thompson do nothing here to destroy a winning formula which is cannily constructed to appeal to the target audience of teenage girls and nobody else.
Kevin Maher, Times [UK]
Cheap, ramshackle entertainment that's nevertheless imbued with affection.
Xan Brooks, Guardian [UK]
If there is a cinematic equivalent of a Christmas panto this season, it is surely St Trinian's 2, which is broad and ramshackle, cheap and gaudy.
Sukhdev Sandhu, Daily Telegraph
The piratical-treasure story is totally hokum, but it's all peppy, whiz-bang stuff livened up no end by Talulah Riley's fetching turn as Head Girl.
Tim Evans, Sky Movies
Diehard fans will lap it up...but it's difficult to see it winning any new converts.
Christopher Tookey, Daily Mail [UK]
St Trinians 2 achieves the near-impossible, by being even cruder, messier and more amateurish than the first outing.
David Edwards, Daily Mirror [UK]
St Trinian's 2 isn't just appalling, it's like scouring those final, last-gasp instalments of the Carry On or Confessions Of... movies looking for a laugh.
Alex Zane, Sun Online
The report card reads: Good when applying itself but must try harder.
Anthony Quinn, Independent
A cavalcade of schoolgirls filled out the press screening of this movie, and very welcome to it they were.
Allan Hunter, Daily Express
The slapdash sequel doesn't tamper with the winning formula, which means lots more joyless slapstick, crude stereotypes and girls behaving very badly.
Derek Malcolm, This is London
Judging by the first of the new St Trinian's films, we shouldn't have expected more than rudimentary farce from the second.

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Dean M

Not bad, a good laugh at all! It's really hard to rate <i>St Trinian's 2</i>. On the one hand, it is lively, sharp, and amusing, but on the other hand, the plot is a little disappointing. I see the stereotypes of teenage schoolgirls are strong, which adds to the… More
Not bad, a good laugh at all! It's really hard to rate <i>St Trinian's 2</i>. On the one hand, it is lively, sharp, and amusing, but on the other hand, the plot is a little disappointing. I see the stereotypes of teenage schoolgirls are strong, which adds to the overall enjoyment of the film, and as you can expect with your typical British comedy film, there are the odd pieces of play-on-words humour which you have to be quick to catch up on. Good to see all the cast from the first film return in this sequel.
Roy G

St Trinians 2 achieves the near-impossible, by being even cruder, messier and more amateurish than the first outing.
Film C

"Some become great like lady Gaga"! i love it as much as i loved the first one! its funny and etertaining, its simple, light hearted movie thats just good for and easy watch! David tennent looked fit as well as colin firth! if you liked the first then you'll like… More
"Some become great like lady Gaga"! i love it as much as i loved the first one! its funny and etertaining, its simple, light hearted movie thats just good for and easy watch! David tennent looked fit as well as colin firth! if you liked the first then you'll like this one! Worth a watch!