Localfreak

I was a bit nervous about going to see St Trinian's, because I've seen all the previous films and was worried by the title and the trailer-glimpses of Rupert Everett that this film would try to 'overwrite' the original. It doesn't. This is why I think it works. Like the sequels from the first film, once again St Trinian's moves the concept into its own era. It's jam packed with innuendo and humour and a new plot line. Perhaps it'll never be as good as 'The Belles' but then, none of the other sequels were as good as 'The Belles' either, and they didn't try to be. The spirit of the thing was there and it was good fun to watch.

I grew up in a large family and all my Aunties and Uncles would buy me videos of the programmes they liked when they were younger and I loved all of them. I remember being completely enthralled by Watch With Mother and the wooden tops were one of the best parts on them. It was always introduced in that same beautiful narrative voice with "There's mummy woodentop and daddy wooden top..." and so on finishing with "and the biggest spotty dog you ever did see!" Like Larry the Lamb and Andy Pandy the joy of this world is it's innocence. To truly enjoy it you must put to the back of your mind any modern cynicism and the ideas we form about how film should look 'real' and look at it the way you would as a small child. It is deeply enjoyable.