Chalet Girl

2011

Action / Comedy / Romance / Sport

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Sophia Bush as Chloe
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887.94 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
R
23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
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1.78 GB
1920*1040
English 5.1
R
23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
P/S 1 / 10

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by shead237 / 10

Its not a 'downhill' movie

Chalet Girl is a feel good movie and offers the viewer comedy, romance and some good photographic shots. Its a film which starts with Felicity Jones (Kim ) delivering a very 'slick' main character role. Her delivery of the part just hit the spot thus you felt you were there with her throughout the movie. I would say its definitely a gender type film, more a 'girly' movie but thats perhaps not fair as it has a 'full rounded' story which would appeal to both genders really. The storyline is simple, opportunity, relationships and fears. The overcoming of all is part of the simplistic joy of the film. I don't agree with comments of the film being boring but perhaps my aforementioned comments re gender would support these negative reviews. The acting was very good and all roles complimented each other, fitting in and all loose ends were tied up. Also it was a pleasure to watch a film which did not need to resort to copious amounts of foul language. A nice, easy, enjoyable film which leaves one feeling lifted and has the 'ahhhh' factor.

Reviewed by neil-4769 / 10

Delightful

Kim, stuck in a mindless burger bar job, looks after her clueless Dad following Mum's death in a car crash. When money troubles press, Kim takes a job as a chalet girl working for a rich family, only to find that she is somewhat looked down on by the family themselves and the other upper crust husband hunting chalet girls. But rich son Jonny is rather tasty, and Kim turns out to be quite good at snowboarding...

This romantic comedy has a lot going for it. There is no bad language for a start off (albeit a little bit of mild raunch and non-explicit nudity),a lot of attractive scenery, a sparky script, and several attractive performance. Bill Nighy is, as usual, a joy, and Tamsin Egerton is great fun (with most of the funniest lines). Sophia Bush has the most dramatic moment, with a very believably written and performed sequence.

But the film stands on Felicity Jones' diminutive shoulders. As Kim, she is by turns girl-next-door ordinary and glowingly beautiful, sometimes at the same time. More importantly, she projects a vulnerability and sheer niceness which makes it very easy for an audience to empathise with her (and she can act, which doesn't hurt).

A pleasing feelgood movie.

Reviewed by jboothmillard5 / 10

Chalet Girl

I might have heard about this British made film during it's cinema release, but I certainly came across it much better once it appeared on DVD, it looked appealing because of the good names in the cast, and it was rated alright by critics, so I watched it. Basically nineteen year old pretty tomboy Kim (Felicity Jones) is a former skateboarding champion, and stuck in a dead end job trying to support her father Bill (Bill Bailey),following the death of her mother in a car accident, but she soon finds a job in catering in the most exclusive chalets in the Alps. Now a chalet girl Kim has to get used to being surrounded by posh, rich people, serving them champagne, but she is also of course surrounded by skiing, she tries to do this herself without any real skill, but then she discovers snowboarding, and having had skateboarding experience, gains good skills, only distracted by flashes of bad past memories while doing so. She sees an opportunity to make the much needed money she and her father need, a big snowboarding end of season competition with a $25,000 prize, but she has to overcome her fears and eliminate these flashes, but also she is distracted by having a crush on her handsome and spoken for boss Jonny (Gossip Girl's Ed Westwick). There are moments when Bill wonders if he is losing her daughter as she is almost too busy to talk to him that much, as she is training and getting close to Jonny a lot of the time, but in the end Kim does her father proud making a great impact at the competition, and of course winning the prize. Also starring St. Trinian's star Tamsin Egerton as Georgie, Ken Duken as Mikki, Bill Nighy as Richard, John Tucker Must Die's Sophia Bush as Chloe, Brooke Shields as Caroline, Nicholas Braun as Nigel, Georgia King as Jules, Miquita Oliver as T4 Presenter, Rick Edwards as T4 Presenter, Tom Goodman-Hill as Les, Angela Curran as Interviewer 1, Jessica Hynes as Interviewer 2 and The Inbetweeners' Alex Macqueen as Macolm. Jones is sweet and ambitious as the young heroine, Egerton and her get good scenes together with their funny friendship, Westwick is the typical good looking guy easy to like, and there is laughable support from Nighy and Shields as the rich guests at the chalet, I agree this won't tug at the heartstrings that much and is a tiny predictable in places, but the sporty material is cool, the love story is nice, and there are moments that will make you laugh enough, a likable romantic story. Worth watching!

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