The girls of St. Trinian's are back to spread some much needed anarchy. Our plucky heroine Annabelle (Tallulah Riley) has been promoted to Head Girl, difficult enough with a student body that worships chaos, but compounded when Celia (Juno Temple) admits a stranger offered her 20,000 pounds to steal a ring from the school archives. The ring is half of a treasure map left by infamous Pirate Fritton (Rupert Everett), an ancestor to the school's headmistress (Rupert Everett), who stole a huge sum of gold from would-be revolutionary Lord Pomfrey (David Tennant). Pomfrey's descendant (David Tennant) will stop at nothing to recover that treasure. With a little help from an old love interest (Colin Firth) and an alumnus (Gemma Arterton), the St. Trinian's girls head off to find buried treasure.
I really wish the opening credits and the poster listed at least one woman, considering the film is about women. They could have easily listed Tallulah Riley instead of Colin Firth, who is a supporting character. It just kind of undercuts the whole "Girl Power" message when your protagonist doesn't get an above-the-fold mention. But that's really my only complaint.
Tennant is absolutely wonderful in this as the snide, pretentious villain Pomfrey. He just went for it like a goddamn professional. Excellent.
St. Trinian's 2 is currently streaming on Tubi (and this is important) under the name The Legend of Fritton's Gold. If you look up Trinian's, it won't come up. Dumb, but there you are. Don't miss out.
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