St. Trinian's 2007

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. Read more

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: A stunningly witless revival of the infamous British film series about a girls' boarding school. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: Sadly, the movie is a zoo. Read more

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 do a Bullwinkle movie. Oh, wait. Read more

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. Read more

Lou Lumenick, New York Post: Bad in ways that are almost endearing... Read more

Jason Anderson, Toronto Star: The result is too competent to be a travesty and too ordinary to be interesting. Read more

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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. Read more

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 and a lot more going on upstairs. Read more