I went to see Chalet Girl on Saturday (in the middle of the blazing hot sun! Whyyyy????) mainly because of my admiration of Felicity Jones (See above!!! My favourite heroine is Catherine Morland who she played in Northanger Abbey so I am especially pleased that I came out in this quiz as her! FYI, I am watching it right now!!!!!!!!!).
CBC was a little sceptical about it, thinking it seemed a bit of a cliqued rom com. Felicity Jones was on top form as ever, although I think I prefer her with an upper class accent rather than Essex sarcasm which could've been a bit annoying if it were anyone else. She was a sweet heroine and I enjoyed some of the beautiful snowy views in the film and the snow boarding was very exciting. I thought the development between her and her love interest (the son of the Chalet's owner) was a bit sudden and a bit unrealistic and he wasn't really my idea of a hero (I much prefer JJ Feild as Mr Tillney). I also thought he was a bit of a wuss and a cad for his dumping of his fiance and a coward for getting to that place in the first place. Bill Nighy was great as the chalet owner, if a little underused. Bill Bailey was fairly insipid as Kim (Felicity Jones's) father. I quite liked all the Jack Wills clothing that most of the other cast members were wearing. On the whole, it wasn't the most exciting movie ever but it was an entertaining diversion.
