Despite wanting to say it wasn’t enjoyable due to its predictability, it was, on the whole a very witty, well made film. A lot of money had obviously been put into the production and with a few well known actors the movie has a certain amount of appeal. The main group of St Trinian girls seemed to work wonderfully together, with Gemma Arterton playing a very feisty female lead, she pulls together the idea that these girls could be wild and reckless whilst at the same time appreciating that ‘Kelly’, Arterton’s character could take control when she wanted. The girls encouraged the plot too, as unbelievable as the sequence of events go, they portray a sense of plausibility throughout. Rupert Everett was the only seriously irritating recurrence, playing both the head-mistress and the head-mistresses twin brother. Of course, this was all very tongue-in-cheek and yet it seemed to bring the whole movie down to a lower level of humour. The quiz show scene at the end of the film however makes up for this; as the climax of the film the quiz show indulges in comic references, aided with the acting of Stephan Fry as the quizmaster.

The film is obviously targeting a young, female audience, it’s certainly not an obvious choice for the boys and yet I think all ages could watch this film agreeably. Maybe waiting for a showing at the Student Union or a sale-price DVD release would suffice though as once you‘ve seen it there‘s no real desire to watch it again.

By Lisa Etherington