Chalet Girl

[julietanne]

I was at Southampton with my daughter this morning. We enjoyed the film, it was rather predictable but the views of the alps and the soundtrack made up for it. I also enjoyed Bill Baileys performance, he could just stand there and say nothing and I'd smile I was quite surprised by all the sex talk and the swearing, didn't expect so much of that in a 12A but I guess it's nothing my 13 year old hasn't heard before wouldn't recommend it for kids under 12 really.

[claire0208]

I thought the same - there were lots of people with kids and I wondered if I should have taken mine but as soon as it started I was glad I hadn't!
Claire

[Beate]

Really? I thought this film was very tame and most English kids wouldn't understand German swear words anyway.

[biggins]

Saw this at Westerhailes this morning. My tickets through the River Island code said 10.30am start but nothing happened and then Marjoreemarjora and her mum came in at 10.45am and they said their ticket with Sky said 11am screening!!! Not many people turned up was only about 25% full.

So it was a late start for us but enjoyed the film when it eventually started. Okay so it was predictable, but excellent scenery and the skiing and snowboarding was great. An enjoyable 8/10 for me.

[Beate]

The 11am Sky screening was yesterday. The Momentum and River Island tickets for today should both have said 10.30am starting time.

[soonforgotten]

I know ratings are just everyone's opinion and people have different scales that they measure by, but 10s? Really? What do you give films with a truly killer story and performances? Yowsa!

I thought this one was an easy watch, but totally forgetable. Bill Nighy was definitely underused. Bill Bailey frying the aubergine was brilliant and he was a definite highlight. I was definitely surprised how many sexual references there were in this. I bet the woman how turned up after the film began with a half dozen rugrats off all ages was surprised too. No way should kids that young have been there. Anyway, it certainly looks like the cast had fun making this one and I do wish I could be pa*d to play in the snow too.

7/10

[big_bad_wolf]

Saw this at a nearly full Southampton Odeon,started 20 mins later but hey it was worth the wait. The scenery was fantastic,the snowboarding was awesome,the acting was great and who cares if the ending was predictable.....loved it.This film made you come out with a big grin on your face,bravo.

[julietanne]

It was almost as if they kept throwing in the swearing and the big t*ts references just to make it a bit edgy and to get the teens giggling (and parents squirming). Not needed really. It would have been just as entertaining without it. If it wasn't for that I'd happily take my four year old, she loves movies like this, she's watched Shopaholic over and over

[Preston1990]

I saw this at the Odeon Silverlink this morning. The Silverlink staff ensured once again that it was a visit to remember.

After the half hour wait in the freezing cold on the pavement in front of the cinema the doors were opened on the dot of 10:30 and we were allowed inside. Not really a good start for a screening where you were advised to arrive early for a prompt 10:30 film start, with no late admissions "under any circumstances".

We were then herded into one of the pitch dark screening rooms whilst a gruff employee, just back from a secondment to Guantanamo, stood at the front and barked orders that everyone should "move up and don't leave any gaps" adding "or else we won't actually start the film". Nice touch! Let's hope his manager secures an early place for him on the Odeon's "Customer Relations" course.

Inevitably, by this time the film was now running 5 minutes late. Quite why there was a need for everyone to be compressed into the left hand side of the cinema was beyond me. There were not likely to be many, if any, people arriving after the published start time now was there?

If we had been watching this on a plane the unevenly distributed weight of people would have caused us to bank sharply to the left and then crash and burn. The gruff guy intimated that the film would start at 11:00.

There was an audible gasp of disappointment at this news, as people who had already waited in the freezing cold for half an hour just wanted to get on with it. As I've said before no one else would be arriving, so why the further delay?

The gruff guy left, and I was within a whisker of following him out to complain, but my wife and kids wouldn't let me go, because they "didn't want me to embarrass them".

Fortunately someone else must have been made of sterner stuff than me, because within a few minutes a rather more charming Odeon employee came into the screening room, stood shyly at the front and profusely apologised for their scheduling mistake. The film eventually started around 10:45.

Nice recovery Odeon, after a truly appalling start.

But I digress...

Thankfully, I enjoyed the film. The storyline was ever so predictable, but good fun. Some humorous parts. Some romantic stuff. Bill Nighy, ever so cool looking, as the well heeled rich guy. Bill Bailey was good as the Dad. The Chalet girls were both excellent. Scenery was spot on, as was the terrific sound track. My kids loved it too!

I do have to agree with Julietanne about being a little surprised at the level of unnecessary bad language and sexual inuendo in a 12A film.

7.5 out of 10 - just the thing for a grey and cold weekend morning.

[aruif]

our tickets said 10.30, 10.30 we were still outside in the rain.
10.40 a woman came in and said half the tickets she'd had handed in said 10.30 and the rest 11am. said they never started a screening at 11 and was going to discuss the issue with momentum. so at least we got told what as going on.

sadly no one else actually even turned up and so it was maybe only 1/3 full if that.


as for the film, thought it was pretty good for cheesy, definitely not the next Bridget Jones, no idea where that came from, the characters weren't well rounded enough for that, nor the jokes funny enough. Predictable but fun for a sunday morning.

soundtrack was indeed pretty ace, i couldn't sit still the whole way through.