
St Trinians proudly continues to represent the unacceptable face of British education. When the new Minister of Education announces he will personally sort the place out he doesn't realise either the enormity of the task or that the headmistress is an old flame. The school is anyway threatened with closure by their bank; with the staff clearly a waste of space the girls realise the responsibility to save the day falls on them. Perhaps ripping off the girl with the pearl earri... (Full plot summary below)
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St Trinians proudly continues to represent the unacceptable face of British education. When the new Minister of Education announces he will personally sort the place out he doesn't realise either the enormity of the task or that the headmistress is an old flame. The school is anyway threatened with closure by their bank; with the staff clearly a waste of space the girls realise the responsibility to save the day falls on them. Perhaps ripping off the girl with the pearl earring (a painting by Johannes Vermeer) might be the way out?
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| ColeSmithey.comCole SmitheyRowdy 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. |
| Times (UK)James ChristopherColin Firth's humiliation is a thing of wonder. His entire career on screen and stage is beautifully sent up before our eyes. |
| Financial TimesKarl Frenchno 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. |
| Newark Star-LedgerStephen WhittyIt'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. |
| Seanax.comSean Axmaker... this Animal House of private girls schools is a motley misfit of a misfit comedy that offers outrageous antics in place of actual humor. |
| New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanAnyone 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. |
| New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisA stunningly witless revival of the infamous British film series about a girls’ boarding school. |
| Common Sense MediaSandie Angulo ChenQuirky British boarding-school comedy has iffy messages. |
| Film4Daniel EtheringtonHeavy-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. |
| Urban CinefileUrban Cinefile CriticsEverett's Camilla Fritton, sporting a blonde wig reminiscent of another Camilla, spits out lines through prominent teeth and indulges in 'me time' at the easel, brush in hand %u2026 There are some good ideas and a few laughs, but it's all a bit Camilla-on |