British comedy- why does it work so well on TV but not in film? There are the rare gems of The Life of Brian and Withnail and I, but all in all British comedy films have been a poor lot. Kevin and Perry go Large anyone?
Chalet Girl is the tale of a working class girl (Felicity Jones) who is living in an upper class world. This upper class world is home to a rather dashing chap ( Ed Westwick). Could romance ensue? Of course it could, this story has been played out so many times.
The 97 minutes could have been cut down to one montage of snowboarding and kissing. Then letting the obligatory happy ending play out in full to give us that fuzzy feeling.
I can’t even think who would enjoy this film, the only possibility is some one who came down in the last shower and doesn’t have a concept of tired or clichéd.
Avoid at all costs.
