St. Trinian's (2007)

31% of critics liked it
(42 reviews)
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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… More 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 use the profits to pull St. Trinian's out of the black. Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, and Mischa Barton star in a mischievous comedy penned by Piers Ashworth and Nick Moorcroft. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: PG-13, 1 hr. 41 min.
Directed By: Barnaby Thompson, Oliver Parker
Written By: Piers Ashworth, Nick Moorcroft
Genres: Comedy

In Theaters: Dec 10, 2007 Wide
On DVD: Apr 14, 2008
Studio: NeoClassics Films

Critic Reviews

Jason Anderson, Toronto Star
The result is too competent to be a travesty and too ordinary to be interesting.
Michael Phillips, At the Movies
Firth looks like he's changing his mind about being in this movie WHILE the cameras are running.
A.O. Scott, At the Movies
Every scene is so frantic and desperate to make you laugh, to be clever, to be naughty and none of it worked.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
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.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
A stunningly witless revival of the infamous British film series about a girls' boarding school.
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Bad in ways that are almost endearing...
David Cornelius, DVDTalk.com
The actors are left grasping for laughs as the script tries to figure out just what it wants to be.
Sean Axmaker, Seanax.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.
Fr. Chris Carpenter, Movie Dearest
Delightful...A great cast, funny script and rockin' soundtrack.
Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix
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.
Susan Granger, SSG Syndicate
I suspect this boorish, crude, often vulgar British comedy lost a great deal of its jolly credence whilst crossing the Atlantic.
Robert Levin, Critic's Notebook
A tame, glittery spoof without a brain in its head or a character worth caring about.
John P. McCarthy, Boxoffice Magazine
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.
Jordan Hoffman, UGO
Sadly, the level of deviance hovers around iCarly levels, as does the sophistication of the humor.
Sandie Angulo Chen, Common Sense Media
Quirky British boarding-school comedy has iffy messages.
Chris Cabin, Filmcritic.com
indifferent to storytelling, craft and, dare I mention, fresh ideas
Stephen Garrett, Time Out New York
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...

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Dean !

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.… More
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.
Bethany M

Quite funny, although I liked the sequel better to this. Russell Brand was hilarious as ever though even for just a cameo appearance. Rupert Everett make a hysterical yet weird looking woman.
Alexis N

It's an okay romp with a bunch of bad girls trying to do the right thing by doing a very bad thing.
Dead A

Was it fun? In what way exactly?
Chris G

St. Trinians is a private school for girls. Bad girls. Very bad girls led by their very bad head mistress (Rupert Everett). They make their own vodka, place bets, cheat, steal, and not quite kill. It's the last resort when your daughter's been tossed from every other… More
St. Trinians is a private school for girls. Bad girls. Very bad girls led by their very bad head mistress (Rupert Everett). They make their own vodka, place bets, cheat, steal, and not quite kill. It's the last resort when your daughter's been tossed from every other boarding school in Britain. Of course the usual things happen in a movie like this. A new girl (Tallulah Riley) shows up and isn't accepted, then accepted by her classmates. There's a dilemma in which the school's going to be closed unless they pull off a master plan. Hilarity ensues. Typical plot for a story such as this. It is a little comical with all of the Colin Firth references, considering he's in the movie as a minister of education. The film also features Russell Brand and Stephen Fry, but since this is a PG-13 film Brand can't rock out with his junk out as with Sarah Marshall and Get Him To The Greek and Fry's character is basic fodder for a game show sequence. One thing I will say for St. Trinians is that everyone appears to have had fun making the film and it shows on the screen. That helps it a bit, but it still can't dig itself out of the fact that we've since this before countless times. St. Trinians is a nice film for pre-teens and is mildly enjoyable for adults, but it's nothing special.
Anthony L

It would be silly to point out technical errors, story holes and continuity mistakes about a film that doesn't take itself too seriously. Apart from the little details that could have improved the film, it's quite a good update of the franchise. The originals could be a bit… More
It would be silly to point out technical errors, story holes and continuity mistakes about a film that doesn't take itself too seriously. Apart from the little details that could have improved the film, it's quite a good update of the franchise. The originals could be a bit racy at times so I'm glad they didn't chicken out with this one. Good fun.
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Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, Talulah Riley, Juno Temple, Antonia Bernath, Lena Headey, Stephen Fry, Russell Brand DIRECTED BY: Barnaby Thompson and Oliver Parker St. Trinian?s, the infamous school for ?young ladies? is once again facing dire financial crisis! The bank are… More
Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, Talulah Riley, Juno Temple, Antonia Bernath, Lena Headey, Stephen Fry, Russell Brand DIRECTED BY: Barnaby Thompson and Oliver Parker St. Trinian?s, the infamous school for ?young ladies? is once again facing dire financial crisis! The bank are threatening headmistress Camilla Fritton with closure. Her unorthodox doctrine of free expression and self empowerment is also under threat from new Education Minister Geoffrey Thwaits, an old flame of Camilla?s who is determined to bring discipline and order to the anarchic school. In true St. Trinian style the girls are in a league of their own; smart, fearless and determined to defend the school they love to the end. They need to unite the warring girl gang cliques and come up with the cash fast to save the school. Obviously not a film you are going to go in thinking,WOW! This could be award worthy. It is what it is. A fun movie to watch. It's funny and has a lot of great characters in it. Colin Firth and Rupert Everett are by far the funniest one's in the bunch. Love seeing Colin Firth do movie's like this. He seems so serious as an actor that it's good to see him let loose in a comedy like this. Just a fun watch. Not a movie to take seriously. Liked it.. Lots of laughs.
Film C

ooh i love this movie its great its hilariously funny and you can watch over and over its acted brilliantly and brilliantly funny making me laugh every time and its got so many of my fav actors and its the first big film for gemma arterton who i love in it, but its a shame lena… More
ooh i love this movie its great its hilariously funny and you can watch over and over its acted brilliantly and brilliantly funny making me laugh every time and its got so many of my fav actors and its the first big film for gemma arterton who i love in it, but its a shame lena headey didnt get a bigger part but really its a great britsih cast and british film. Its enjoyable and you have to love the storyline and characters i just think its brilliant i cant believe its not been i big hit because i think there has been more terrible films than this one. Of course its the infamous st trinians school back in this new reamped up to date movie that takes us on a new adventure through trying to save the school the st trinians way and trying to stop colin firth from taking the school away! Its brilliant and completely worth a watch!
Kylie B

I watched this film mainly to see Russell Brand and Stephen Fry. Well, Brand was okay, Fry was better, and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Mainly because I loved all the girls; their characters are stereotypes but it's all rather affectionately done. One major thing… More
I watched this film mainly to see Russell Brand and Stephen Fry. Well, Brand was okay, Fry was better, and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Mainly because I loved all the girls; their characters are stereotypes but it's all rather affectionately done. One major thing that let it down was all the intertextual film jokes, which weren't actually all that funny (well, Colin Firth getting humped by Mr. Darcy was funny once). That and Girls Aloud performing at the end.
Luke B

With this and Wild Child, you be forgiven for thinking that most British schools are actually like this. The film tries to justify the anarchic teens actions but misses the point entirely.The children don't seem to learn anything of value and simply use their bad behaviour in… More
With this and Wild Child, you be forgiven for thinking that most British schools are actually like this. The film tries to justify the anarchic teens actions but misses the point entirely.The children don't seem to learn anything of value and simply use their bad behaviour in order to "do the right thing". There is a lot of fun to be had as well. Everett is fantastic in a double role and Firth plays his bumbling self with an extra dash of villainy and empathy. The jokes are dated or just completely painful and the sexual undertones are sometimes plain uncomfortable.
Nicki M

Pretty awful. I got to 50 minutes before I started watching this on fast forward. It did not improve. Scary when Russell Brand is the best thing in a movie...
Dean M

Wildly funny of an infamous school for young ladies based in the legendary British comedy series. Actor Rupert Everett dressed drag as the female headmistress - THAT SUCKS! But he does a good comic performance.
Roy G

Lacking any really sharp dialogue, the film just about goes the distance
Sophie B

Extremely funny with a great story and I love the characters!
Sunil J

This movie has spirit and laughs but is pretty blah as far as plot. Rupert Everett was kinda weird in this one. A worth while watch for Colin Firth.
Marion R

You crazy Brit's, sexualising teenage girls. I thought this was going to be good teenage comedy something along the lines of Sleepover, Another Cinderella Story, Clueless, just something light and fluffy. What I got was a sleazy, lecherous film. There are several scenes which… More
You crazy Brit's, sexualising teenage girls. I thought this was going to be good teenage comedy something along the lines of Sleepover, Another Cinderella Story, Clueless, just something light and fluffy. What I got was a sleazy, lecherous film. There are several scenes which made me feel uncomfortable. The girls have to get by some lasers and curve there way through them, mimicking Catherine Zeta Jones from Entrapment. There is also a make over scene where Annabelle ( Talulah Riley) ends up looking like a hooker complete with garter belts. This film isn't about "Girl Power", whatever that is it, it's about sexualising and objectifying teenage girls. One star because Colin Firth was in it and he was the only reason I kept watching
Jason R

Based on a old-school film series from the 50's, St. Trinian's is an updated and raunchier version and it ends up being a very funny and somewhat original film which stars Rupert Everett in dual roles, but it is his role as Head Mistress Camilla that makes the film worth… More
Based on a old-school film series from the 50's, St. Trinian's is an updated and raunchier version and it ends up being a very funny and somewhat original film which stars Rupert Everett in dual roles, but it is his role as Head Mistress Camilla that makes the film worth watching. A really great supporting cast as well makes this movie a real treat, it was a hell of a lot of fun to watch.
David S

Despite my better judgement I watched this and actually enjoyed it! Like the old St Trinian films it has no real plot, just a series of sketches with the girls involved in various (mis)adventures. However it's all done with such a sense of fun that I couldn't help but be… More
Despite my better judgement I watched this and actually enjoyed it! Like the old St Trinian films it has no real plot, just a series of sketches with the girls involved in various (mis)adventures. However it's all done with such a sense of fun that I couldn't help but be swept along with it. The actors are having a ball (with only Lena Headey wasted) and what grown man wouldn't enjoy a film with lots of young women (and they are mostly women, not girls) in short skirts and suspenders?
Sarah B

Awful but fun.
Lovable M

Fun movie.