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St Trinian's
Hands up who expected this one to be any good? Nobody? Me neither. Imagine my surprise then, when it turned out to be almost entirely non-shite. Almost.
St Trinian's is far better than anyone could have expected. It's very light and derivative, but it still somehow manages to feel fresh and is, most importantly, good fun. Take your daughter to see it and she'll be good for at least ten minutes afterwards. Until she starts making stink bombs. I enjoyed this film: I think the average moviegoer will enjoy it: Testosterone Satisfaction Rating: - adult actresses dressed as schoolgirls - what more can I say? One schoolgirl gets locked out of the shower and runs naked through the corridors, but as you would expect it's carefully choreographed to hide any squidgy bits. An 18 certificate "unrated" version would sell like earplugs at a Jade Goody poetry recital... To enjoy this film you should be: young at heart. Schoolgirls will love it.
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St Trinian's is one of those mysterious pervading franchises that somehow everyone knows about and has a fondness for,
even those who are too young to have seen the movies. With a national rose-tinted memory to live up to, the new movie
certainly has its work cut out for it and, despite some wrong moves, it brings the school bang up to date nicely.
There is, of course, Russell Brand, who is clearly there to please all those young girls who will grow up to become
mortified at the idea that they once fancied him. He's no George Cole by any stretch, but even he beats the bookies by
being not completely fuckulent as the wide boy Flash Harry. Alastair Sim's classic headmistress role is foolishly miscast
as Rupert Everett - I say miscast because we're already used to seeing him in a dress, so it doesn't work the same way; in
fact he looks more incongruent when dressed as a man, playing the headmistress's brother. Someone more unpredictable like
... oh I don't know ... Justin Lee Collins might have worked better. Or George Cole, now there's an idea.
As for the girls themselves, there are loads of faces to recognise, from supermodel Lily Cole (who looks about fifteen but
is actually nineteen) through Kathryn Drysdale (screechy Louise in Two Pints of Lager) to Jodie Whittaker
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