It is this conflict, between cynicism and ambition, that begins to define Chalet Girl...

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 7, 2024

Chalet Girl is banal, witless, slushy, laboured and dull.

| Aug 30, 2018

It's hard not to instantly forgive all the script's occasional faults and just be swept up in the feel-good nature of such a charming, easily-likable release.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 27, 2012

Unashamedly aiming at a teenage audience, the film's lack of pretension is oddly refreshing

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 30, 2012

There's just not enough to hold attention, eventually succumbing entirely to convention in a particularly insipid finale. Who knows, maybe even teenage girls will be rolling their eyes at the predictability of it all.

| Original Score: C | Nov 3, 2011

Pleasant if timid...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 13, 2011

Jones may be a charismatic comedian, but no amount of her skilled mugging, Britpop tunes or help from supporting stars can transform this derivative ugly duckling into a comic Anglophile swan.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Oct 11, 2011

Hot Dog... The Movie and its disreputable ski-comedy ilk might have been a low point in cinema history, but at least their unbridled crassness had energy; Chalet Girl embraces similar '80s tropes for a lethargic you-go-girl fairy tale.

| Oct 11, 2011

Chalet Girl is what it says on the label - feel-good, unpretentious, snowbound fun.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 2, 2011

Undemanding, forgettable, formulaic teen rom-com.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 2, 2011

Chalet Girl is a pedestrian affair that limply modernises the Cinderella fairytale for fun and profit.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Sep 2, 2011

It's an unassuming film but a surprisingly beguiling one.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 31, 2011

Sure, it's predictable, implausible and clearly skewed toward a young female demographic, but it's also enjoyable escapist fun.

| Aug 31, 2011

This is a very benign comedy that is elevated by the completely natural performance of Felicity Jones.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 31, 2011

With its down to earth heroine ... the film underplays the triumph of the spirit theme, while delivering a satisfying, textured experience

| Aug 27, 2011

The scenery is gorgeous and although the plot is predictable, it's a pleasant interlude with some laughs and surprising observations

| Aug 27, 2011

Chalet Girl comes as a breath of fresh, Alpine air in that it's a very British, no-nonsense story of a working class girl who falls for her posh employer.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 14, 2011

It's all very third division cole de Richard Curtis.

| Mar 22, 2011

A sort of goofy celebration of female self-empowerment, one in which the standard romcom goal of scoring a dreamy boyfriend takes a back seat to finding yourself through being good at something exciting.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 21, 2011

The humour is aimed at teens but Jones' likeable presence make this a pleasant watch.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 18, 2011