St. Trinian's - Official Trailer [HD]

Rupert Everett as a lady? Colin Firth as a scheming minister of education? Gemma Arterton as an emo? Russell Brand as . . . something? Everyone’s favorite rising British actress Talulah Riley (who I think looks like Anna Popplewell)?

I am a hopeless cinephile, and, in an effort to find good movies from the past decade that I might have missed, I came across a delightful movie called “St. Trinian’s.” Based on Ronald Searle’s cartoons, “St. Trinian’s” follows the doings of a dysfunctional school filled with less-than-rule-abiding girls.

Annabelle Fritton (Riley) is dumped at the school after her father secures a discounted tuition from the headmistress (Everett). She is quickly acquainted with the schools various cliques (Posh-totties, chavs, first-years, geeks, emos, etc.,). Although she despises the school at first and wants to leave, she eventually starts to fit in with the others as they band together to save their beloved school from being shut down after it is found to be heavily in debt. It sounds a little cliché, I know, but it really isn’t. Here’s why I loved the movie so much:

1) They weren’t a bunch of normal trouble-making schoolgirls. They wield explosives, cheat ingeniously at field hockey, learn useful Spanish phrases like “Honestly officer, I’ve never seen them. these aren’t my suitcases,” have a firing range for anger management, and plot an intricate heist.

2) The Soundtrack. It was just cool (especially the duet with Everett and Firth singing “Love is in the Air” 0_0). Go watch the movie and listen to all the songs to see what I mean.

3) It’s downright hilarious; I’m not going to explain how. Just watch the trailer.

4) It’s English, and I’m an anglophile.

5) Stephen Frye, Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Gemma Arterton, Lily Cole, Talulah Riley and that lady who plays Agatha Christie in that Dr. Who episode, “The Unicorn and the Wasp.” Enough said.

6) Colin Firth. I will automatically love ANY movie with Colin Firth (a.k.a. Mr. Darcy) in it.

Anyhoo, if you now feel inclined to watch it, do it now before someone removes it from Youtube. While you’re at it, watch “St. Trinian’s 2: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold,” which has David Tennant in it (Yay!). Also, they’re planning on making a third movie, and while you wait for it to come out, you can watch the original St. Trinian’s movies from the 50’s and 60’s.

Wow. I can’t believe I just wrote an entire post on this. I must really like this movie.