Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #21 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-04-14
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 97 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
To some extent, the team behind the revival of St. Trinian's were on a bit of a hiding to nothing. The old films, contextualised by a far different age, were knockabout, energetic, yet innocent comedies about the antics of a boisterous girls' school and its inhabitants. Surprisingly though, the remake--again inspired by the Ronald Searle cartoons--manages to sidestep the bulk of the obstacles in its path, and proves itself as a likeable, entertaining comedy.

The plot of St. Trinian's is as paper-thin as you'd expect, and serves merely as a platform for the anarchic actions of the cast of characters (some hokum about stealing a picture and saving the school). And a mischievous lot they prove to be: while they don't quite live up to the memories of the generation of St. Trinian's students before them, the primarily young cast still attack their roles with tremendous, and infectious, gusto.

And leading the cast is Rupert Everett, in an entertaining duel role at St. Trinian's headmistress Miss Frinton and her brother, Carnaby. Joined by Colin Firth, he's clearly having a whale of a time, and his casting process a wise decision. It's great to see the always-wonderful Celia Imrie in there, too.

St Trinian's, as you'd expect, has plenty of problems, notably a script that relies too much on the charm of its cast to pull it through. But heck, it's still fun, and a hard film not to enjoy. It won't win Oscars, but it will put a grin on your face. --Jon Foster

Synopsis
Contemporary re-imagining of the naughty schoolgirl saga ST TRINIANS, which finds the young ladies having to club together in order to save their academic home from bankruptcy.

Customer Reviews

Staggeringly bad
Its always hard not to compare with originals, but this is in the nature remakes. Both the old and the new have to contend with thin scripts and weak storylines. However, whilst the original more than compensates through pathos, brillant characterization, and a tranch of outstanding performances, this remake offers little of this. Russell Brand's David Brent impersonation was particulary painful and Colin Firth looked like he didn't want to be there. It was rather like he had somehow wandered onto the set and couldn't find the exit. Rupert Everett's performance was this films only redeeming feature. Very disapointing, but perhaps not unexpected.

Lame
This was not viewed on the big screen first. I watched it on DVD in the safety of my own loungeroom without the spotty teens that may have lingered into the theatre to view this....

Sadly, the extras features were more entertaining than the movie.

The movie was lame!

Lame with cheese on top.

Extra cheesey.

My gut feeling was that the music, which made the originals classics, was ignored in this version...no one had a little musical theme etc to listen to like the old ones...

You Brits can do better than this...Simon Peg would have given it some life...or someone similar...

St Trins meets Hot Fuzz, now that would be fun.

Tom in Oz.

St Trinians
Well, it was okay I suppose, it did make me laugh a couple of times, particularly with the wee dog called Mr Darcy and reference is made to Colin Firth in Girl with a Pearl Earring. However, I did feel slightly uncomfortable with some of the innuendo, given that we are expected to believe that we are dealing with schoolgirls, it just didn't quite sit right (and this from someone who likes Jimmy Carr so not easily offended). Had it been a totally adult cast it would have been fine but I couldn't quite reconcile it with a child orientated cast. Otherwise, glad I rented and didn't pay at the pictures, would have been a bit annoyed then!