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Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Jodie Whittaker, Lena Headey, Russell Brand ... see more see more... , Talulah Riley , Gemma Arterton , Caterina Murino , Celia Imrie , Toby Jones , Mischa Barton , Stephen Fry , Anna Chancellor , Tamsin Egerton , Fenella Woolgar , Kathryn Drysdale , Antonia Bernath , Juno Temple , Lily Cole , Amara Karan , Tereza Srbova

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 characte... read more read more...rs 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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DVD Release Date: April 14, 2008

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  • May 3, 2012
    School Can Be A Riot.

    Good movie. Quite amusing at times, the girls looked suitably..... unsuitable! I think the storyline is brillant and I also love the pranks the kids pull, they are just so imaginative! Good acting from all the kids, Firth and Everett give the film a welcom... read moree lift. This British teenage comedy is funny and pretty entertaining so go see it.

    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 a painting popularised by Scarlett Johansson might be the way out?
  • December 18, 2011
    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.
  • June 23, 2011
    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.
  • December 6, 2010
    It's an okay romp with a bunch of bad girls trying to do the right thing by doing a very bad thing.
  • October 8, 2010
    Was it fun? In what way exactly?
  • September 14, 2010
    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 sch... read moreool 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.
  • February 8, 2010
    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 ... read moreat times so I'm glad they didn't chicken out with this one. Good fun.
  • January 26, 2010
    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 t... read morehreatening 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.
  • October 26, 2009
    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... read more 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!
  • July 18, 2009
    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 tha... read moret 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.

Critic Reviews


Jason Anderson
October 19, 2009
Jason Anderson, Toronto Star

The result is too competent to be a travesty and too ordinary to be interesting. Full Review

Michael Phillips
October 19, 2009
Michael Phillips, At the Movies

Firth looks like he's changing his mind about being in this movie WHILE the cameras are running. Full Review

A.O. Scott
October 19, 2009
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. Full Review

Elizabeth Weitzman
October 9, 2009
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. Full Review

Jeannette Catsoulis
October 9, 2009
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

A stunningly witless revival of the infamous British film series about a girls' boarding school. Full Review

Lou Lumenick
October 9, 2009
Lou Lumenick, New York Post

Bad in ways that are almost endearing... Full Review

Stephen Whitty
October 8, 2009
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

It'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 d... Full Review

Wesley Morris
October 8, 2009
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

Sadly, the movie is a zoo. Full Review

Ella Taylor
October 6, 2009
Ella Taylor, Village Voice

With the right attitude this cheerfully calculated effort to update the old girl for a tween market can be enjoyed in all its endearing awfulness, as a loony High School Musical with posher accents an... Full Review

Derek Elley
January 4, 2008
Derek Elley, Variety

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. Full Review

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Facts


    • Flash Harry: What about the problems we had with the last batch?
    • Flash Harry: Twins: Problems, Flash?
    • Flash Harry: Yeah, the slightly bitter aftertaste. Y'know, people going blind after the second glass... that lady what DIED.
    • Flash Harry: Twins: She was old, she could have gone at any time.
    • Flash Harry: She was 38!
    • Kelly: So, how are we going to beat bedales?
    • Celia: Magic! The kind you get in mushrooms!
    • Camilla Fritton: The ultimate price was paid by one for his sisters and his school. No greater love hath any dog but this.
    • Miss Dickinson: Now, girls. Remember. We have the school's reputation to uphold! [the girls push her aside and run screaming into the building]
    • Polly: Houston, we have a problem.
    • Flash Harry: You should probably see a councilor... don't leave her on her own?

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