John Chard
Ooh err missus.
When it was announced that there was to be a modern reboot of St. Trinians, it was met with luke warm murmurings to say the least. Yet when it comes down to it, the old films from the 50s and 60s were hardly comedy gold anyway. Safe family fare and sometimes fun into the bargain, and with strong casts, they have never been seen as essential British comedies and untouchable by the modern eras obsession with remakes and reimaging.
St. Trinians 2007 style is not an improvement on the oldies, but neither is it the stinker some critics in 2007 wanted us to believe. It has enough about it to be its own animal, its funny, sexy and never dull. This also benefits from strong comic casting, where the likes of Rupert Everett (hav...