Chalet Girl (2011)

Former skateboard champion Kim wants to make more money after her mother's tragic death. She joins the elite posh servicing company, which sends her off to Austria.

Director:

Phil Traill

Writer:

Tom Williams (screenplay)

Stars:

Felicity Jones, Ed Westwick, Bill Nighy

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Miquita Oliver	...	T4 Presenter
Rick Edwards	...	T4 Presenter
Felicity Jones	...	Kim Matthews
Bill Bailey	...	Bill Matthews
Rebecca Lacey	...	Thea
Chandra Ruegg	...	Trace
Tom Goodman-Hill	...	Les
Angela Curran	...	Interviewer 1
Jessica Hynes	...	Interviewer 2
Charlie Tebbetts	...	Kid
Jo Martin	...	Lexi
Tamsin Egerton	...	Georgie
Georgia King	...	Jules
Mario Netzer	...	Yodeller
Gregor Bloéb	...	Bernhardt

Storyline

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. Opportunity comes knocking in the form of a catering job in the one of the most exclusive chalets in the Alps. At first, Kim's baffled by this bizarre new world of posh people, champagne and skiing - but then she discovers snowboarding, and the chance to win some much-needed prize money at the big end-of-season competition. But before she can become a champion again, Kim's going to have to dig deep to overcome her fears. Hard enough, without the complicating factor of Jonny, her handsome - though spoken for - boss...

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Plot Keywords:

female nudity | nudity | covered female frontal nudity | skinny dipping | nude swimming | 

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Taglines:

How to marry a billionaire.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance | Sport

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Gordon Bindekrans is seen in an orange jacket skiing at a very high speed in front of the main character.

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Goofs

Mikki says that he enters the snowboard competition every year but the competition is sponsored by Roxy. This is the female side of Quiksilver and as such their comps are only for female competitors, making it impossible for him to enter.

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Quotes

Willy: Do you want to talk about it? A barman's cheaper than a shrink.
Kim: A beer's cheaper than a barman.
Willy: I'm pretty cheap.
Willy: Beer doesn't talk back either.

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Connections

Featured in Breakfast: Episode dated 8 February 2011 (2011)

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Soundtracks

Posh Girls
Performed by Scouting for Girls
Written by Roy Stride
Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd
Master Recording Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited

User Reviews

Felicity Jones is great as Chalet Girl. :)

Felicity Jones is such a great up and comer, she will certainly have a long career ahead of her, she's got an extremely likable screen presence. The story of Chalet Girl is sweet and innocent, but not too innocent, the character of Kim makes thus film not the annoying cheesy romance it so easily could have been.

If it was American it would not have been as enjoyable, even the one American character in the film (Brooke Shields), is the most annoying of all of them, even though she plays trophy wife to perfection she is still very mean and annoying.

Ed Westwick impressed me also, I thought he wouldn't be able to shake off the whole Chuck Bass characterization, but Henie convincing as the nice rich boy who falls for the working class Kim.

The alps where the movie is filmed are absolutely gorgeous, it's movies like this that make you want to go on holidays. The performances all round are wonderful but like I said earlier this movie belongs to Jones. She's just lovely.

I hope you enjoy it. Quite different to the usual romantic comedy but much better also. :)

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

UK Germany Austria

Language:

English German

Release Date:

14 October 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Chalet Girl

Filming Locations:

Kaunertal, Tirol, Austria

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$192, 16 October 2011

Gross USA:

$1,710

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$5,468,650

Company Credits

Production Co:

UK Film Council, Aegis Film Fund, Hindsight Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1