United Kingdom, Germany, Austria · 2011
Rated R · 1h 36m
Director Phil Traill
Starring Felicity Jones, Ed Westwick, Brooke Shields, Bill Nighy
Genre Comedy, Romance
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While working a job at an exclusive ski resort to support her Dad, Kim learns to snowboard and is so good at it that she enters a competition with a huge cash prize. She has to dig deep to overcome her fears, but her life gets more complicated through her spoken-for boss, Jonny.
Cinderella stories don't come much more predictable than the happy-ending machine that is Chalet Girl. But the picturesque scenery, light touch of the cast - which includes Bill Nighy as Kim's dryly observant boss - and breezy zip of director Phil Traill's pacing appealingly pair with Jones' irrepressible charm.
Jones may be a charismatic comedian, but no amount of her skilled mugging, Britpop tunes or help from supporting stars (Brooke Shields, Bill Nighy) can transform this derivative ugly duckling into a comic Anglophile swan.
A chirpy, tween-skewing, snowboarding-themed romantic comedy, Chalet Girl slaloms exuberantly down a predictable path, kicking up regular flurries of fun along the way.
Chalet Girl is just a compendium of genre clichés - minus the usual racism and t&a.
The New York Times by Rachel Saltz
Chalet Girl may not be particularly creative or genre busting or even a great example of a romantic comedy. But its premise might make you smile.
Be young. Be free. Be somebody.
Mind over matter
Who will tumble their way to the top?
Blend in!
At which time did everyone get married?