DVD REVIEW: St Trinian's 2: The Legend Of Fritton's Gold (2009)

This sequel closely follows on from 'St Trinian's'. Kelly, the former head girl has left, and Annabelle has taken over from her. A mysterious Lord Pomfrey has contacted one of the girls and offered her £20,000 for a ring hidden somewhere in the school. When Annabelle and the other girls find out, they want in on the deal. After raising the price in negotiation, the deal falls through and inevitably, chaos ensues!
Camilla Fritton, still the quirky owner of the school, tells the girls about the legend of Fritton's gold. Inspired and excited, they set off on a quest that leads them from gravedigging, to demonic possession, right to the famous Globe Theatre in London where all will be revealed.

This sequel is a bit more outlandish than it's predecessor, with winks to cult classics such as 'The Exorcist', 'Star Trek', 'Lord of The Rings' and 'This Is Spinal Tap'. It takes itself even less seriously, and is all the better for it. It still has the same aspects which made you want to join St Trinian's in the first place, but it's all been turned up a notch (to 11?).

The girls have more character, Camilla is funnier, and the head girl even more stylish and cool. Even Kelly is more badass. The movie seems surer of itself, relying less on cameos (although the former Doctor himself, David Tennant stars as the flamboyant Lord Pomfrey) and more on the established characters who make the films what they are - thoroughly enjoyable, cool and just really fun.

'St Trinian's 2' left me with a big smile on my face, so if you liked the first one, make sure you don't miss this superior sequel.

DVD REVIEW: St Trinian's (2007)

St Trinian's College For Girls is on the verge of disaster. If Camilla Fritton doesn't come up with the £500,000 needed to pay off debts the school is going to be declared bankrupt.
When Annabelle Fritton, the headmistress' niece, joins St Trinian's, all she wants is to leave as soon as possible, but her dad has other plans for her, and for the school. Forced to stay, she meets all the different girls: the emos, chavs, nerds and posh tottys.

Obviously they don't all get along, but when the head girl Kelly reminds them that if St Trinian's closes down, they'll all have to go to different schools - normal schools - they all pull together. They plot an ingenious way to get the money together to pay off the school's debts.

This movie is really fun, with an exciting. (There's also a great makeover scene which I'll be doing a feature on.)




It's got a great cast with lots of actors you'll have heard of or seen in other things, such as Talulah Riley (Annabelle) who you may have seen as Miss Evangelista in two 2008 'Doctor Who' episodes, and more recently in the hit movie 'Inception'; Gemma Arterton (Kelly) who is now becoming quite a big deal in Hollywood after starring in 'Quantum Of Solace' and 'The Prince Of Persia'; Rupert Everett (Camilla & Carnaby Fritton) who does the voice of Prince Charming in 'Shrek 3'; and Colin Firth (Geoffrey Thwaites) from movies such as 'Bridget Jones' Diary' and 'Love, Actually'. And that's not even the end of it! 'St Trinian's' also stars model Lily Cole, singer Paloma Faith, Russell Brand, Stephen Fry and Girls Aloud as the school band. If you're outside of the UK you may not have heard of all of these people, but that really won't spoil your enjoyment.
It took me a little while to get into it, mostly because of Rupert Everett's dual roles as both Camilla and her brother Carnaby Fritton.

They've made seven St Trinian's films since 1955's 'The Belles Of St Trinian's', this one being the sixth in the series and the first new entry in 27 years, and I believe it's kind of a tradition for the headmistress to be played by a man. Both of the characters are quite daft and I thought that it may be too silly for me, but after Annabelle is introduced, the story really gets going.

All in all, 'St Trinian's' is very enjoyable, girly but not overly sweet, and really worth a watch.

- Miss Daiquiris

Look out for my review of 'St Trinian's 2 - The Legend Of Fritton's Gold' next week!