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To get back on the horse after you've been thrown and follow your dreams. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. [3], Ed Westwick, best known for playing Chuck Bass in Gossip Girl, was cast as Jonny. She first became involved in the summer of 2009 and felt "extremely flattered as well as terrified" about playing herself on screen. It then shows Richard and Caroline watching the competition on TV and see Johnny and Kim kiss. [7], German Ken Duken met the producers initially at the Berlin International Film Festival, and was cast as the Finn Mikki after being called in to audition. [6] It was partially funded by the UK Film Council, who gave it a grant of £800,000,[8] and 10% of the budget was given by the Enterprise Investment Scheme.[9]. The village scenes were filmed in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in southern Germany, including using the interior of a German log cabin to double for a house in west London. The film stars Felicity Jones, Ed Westwick, Tamsin Egerton, Ken Duken, Sophia Bush, Bill Bailey, Brooke Shields and Bill Nighy. In this he plays the rich kid all grown up who falls for the seasons hired help,she like a fish out of water finds her feet and shows she can be just as good as anyone else,the normal hired help who has been there before and fits in well is a little green eyed when this beautiful young thing seems to be taking over and blending in,some very funny bits with some very silly moments but great for a grey day. As she is going to leave for home, her father persuades her to stay and try to win the competition as it would have been what her mother wanted. Bernhard (Gregor Bloéb) had spotted them earlier and had alerted Caroline. [6], Reconnaissance trips were made to the resort of Méribel and to snowboarding championships in Laax. A young woman frets upstairs in her family's country manor on her wedding day, fearful she's about to marry the wrong man. I just watched it for Felicity Jones because I really liked her in Like Crazy.
(2011). It was as simple as that. Kim gives up skateboarding and begins working in a fast food burger bar to pay household bills to help her father (Bill Bailey). There were some scenes that I could do without but overall the story is encouraging. It was filmed on location in Sankt Anton am Arlberg, Austria and in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. With Felicity Jones, Ed Westwick, Bill Nighy, Brooke Shields. Received quick, great little feel good movie. Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2020, Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2020, Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2018, Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2020, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 22, 2015. Costume designers had to fly around to meet the actors' availability, including to New York City to meet with Ed Westwick and Soho, London with Bill Nighy. The two Bill's, Bailey & Nighy, in particular raise this film above average with their very different performances and Felicity Jones is a very engaging lead and has good chemistry with the rest of the cast. When Kim gets out of the tub to shovel snow on herself, the family return home and see her naked. Pretty tomboy Kim Matthews, 19, used to be a champion skateboarder - but now she's stuck in a dead end job trying to support her Dad.
Her friend recommends a job choice as a chalet girl, working in the Alps for rich clients.
Kim continues to work on her snowboarding skills and tries to conquer her fear of the high jumps as it brings back the memory of the car crash. [4] Shields and Braun struck up a friendship during the filming with Shields describing it in interviews as wanting to "adopt him as my brother".[6].
We went totally expecting a silly movie which we would all laugh at later but instead every single one of us loved it! Verified Purchase. This FAQ is empty.
[18] The Mirror gave the film four stars, Mark Adams saying that the film was a "fun-packed affair"[19] and when writing for Screen Daily saying "it is enjoyable entertainment with no real cinematic pretentions"; he laid particular praise on Felicity Jones saying that it confirms her qualities as a leading lady. [22] This placed it in fourth place during the first week, behind Rango (£1,045,326), Battle: Los Angeles (£874,265) and Unknown (£775,576). Felicity Jones is backed up by a very good bunch of supporting actors and some beautiful mountain scenery and the DVD has been produced with a high standard of picture resolution. Kim and Johnny become closer and at the end of a business trip with his father and some potential investors he decides to stay behind, presumably to spend more time with Kim. It has elements of Richard Curtis and that classic English wit, which is great". Former skateboard champion Kim wants to make more money after her mother's tragic death. Although she doesn't make a place in the top 20 to be in the final, she is the first reserve having come 21st.
Chalet Girl was filmed on location in Sankt Anton am Arlberg, in Tyrol, western Austria over the course of two months. [17] The same star rating was given by Total Film, where Matthew Leyland described the production values as "tatty", but Felicity Jones as a "natural, likeable everygirl". Directed by Phil Traill. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. "I wanted to do as much of the groundwork on the board that Kim does as possible, hence the rigorous training. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Opportunity comes knocking in the form of a catering job in the one of the most exclusive chalets in the Alps. "[3] Jones also experienced life as a real chalet girl with staff at Flexiski. Georgie, Kim, Mikki and Georgie's friend, Jules (Georgia King) are in the hot tub and they are naked. After hearing the news of their break up, Kim appears to not care about Johnny anymore. [8] Peter Bradshaw also gave the film two stars in a review for The Guardian, describing it as "amiable, silly, feelgood stuff". "[2] She was known to the production staff previously following a ten year stint in The Archers and the Royal Court Theatre production of That Face. When there is nothing on the TV, one of the family says "Let's watch Chalet Girl"! Unable to add item to List. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 2, 2011. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 21, 2014. Mikki and Kim enter the competition. Critical reaction to the film was mixed, while Jones' performanced was praised. Chloe, piecing together the facts, asks if he is in love with Kim, which he admits to. All the family love this film. [6], A few changes were made to the script during development, including removing a younger brother of the character Kim. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. The captain and chief flight attendant fight to save passengers from the otherworldly storm of chaos and paranoia aboard their doomed aircraft. I've watched it on Netflix about 3 times now so decided to buy it. The majority of the cast were English, with Brooke Shields, Sophia Bush and Nicholas Braun being the exceptions. He persuades her to try out to win a snowboarding competition to win €25,000. Mikki (Ken Duken), seeing her struggle, helps her out and teaches her to snowboard. "[14] Michael Leader for Den of Geek gave the film two stars, describing some of the jokes as "god-awful", and found that the film "overstretched" itself, but described Felicity Jones as an "absolutely delightful screen presence". A rebellious Malibu princess is shipped off to a strict English boarding school by her father. [4], Playing the character of Georgie was Tamsin Egerton, who joined the project because of the quality of the script, in particular the banter between Georgie and Kim, and became attached quite early as she was eager to work with Felicity Jones. It's a feel-good film that combines poor girl gets rich guy with friendships across the social divide that are often created in real life over a ski season! [6], Chalet Girl was one of a number of pitches by Tom Williams to producer Harriet Rees at the International Screenwriters' Festival, Cheltenham in 2007. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. [4] Bill Nighy filmed his scenes over a period of two weeks,[2] and developed a football rivalry with Ed Westwick with the two actors supporting Manchester United and Chelsea respectively. [4], Brooke Shields became attached to the project as Caroline, Jonny's mother, about a month before her shooting began. Rees described Chalet Girl as the pitch that stood out, and Williams began to work on a script.
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