Line #45 Film/ChaletGirl


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3	''Chalet Girl'' is a 2011 British-German-Austrian RomanticComedy starring Creator/FelicityJones and Creator/EdWestwick (''Literature/GossipGirl'').
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5	Kim Mathews (Creator/FelicityJones) was a skateboarding child prodigy with many awards to her name, but her career came to a halt when her mother died and Kim had to give up onboarding to be able to help her father Bill (Music/BillBailey) at home. While searching for a job with better pay, she lands a job as a Chalet Girl in Austria.
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7	She get's a cold welcome from her fellow Chalet Girl Georgie (Creator/TamsinEgerton) and meets her employers the Madsens family: Richard (Creator/BillNighy), his wife Caroline (Creator/BrookeShields) and their son John (Creator/EdWestwick) who she's instantly attracted to. The two start an unconventional romance, made complicated by his mother's disapproval and him already being engaged to his girlfriend Chloe (Creator/SophiaBush).
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9	During that, Kim renews her passion for sports by learning snowboarding from friendly local Mikki (Ken Duken) and enters the local competition to win the prize money.
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13	!!This film provides examples of:
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15	* BetaCouple: Mikki and Georgie.
16	* BirthdaySuitSurpriseParty: PlayedWith. Georgie throws Kim a birthday party at the Chalet and are [[PublicBathhouseScene all hanging out in the hot tub]] when a drunk Kim gets out to dance in the snow... just when the Chalet owners arrive to catch her naked, including her LoveInterest John. Cue NakedFreakOut.
17	* BumblingDad: Kim's father Bill who can barely live by himself without his daughter's help.
18	* BurgerFool: Kim is stuck working in a fast-food burger bar since her mother died.
19	* ChildProdigy: Kim was a skateboarding prodigy, started competing when she was seven and won her first award at eleven.
20	* CrashIntoHello: Kim and Mike's first meeting is when he crashed into her while snowboarding.
21	* CuteClumsyGirl: Kim can be quite clumsy at times, the first thing she did upon arriving in Austria was putting her baggage in the wrong place and almost losing it.
22	* DaddysGirl: Kim is very devoted to her father and the two are very close.
23	* DeadpanSnarker: Kim and Georgie snark constantly, with each other and even with their employers.
24	* DefrostingIceQueen: Georgie is very cold to Kim at first but mellows out to her through the movie.
25	* DisposableFiance: Chloe to John. He breaks up with her to be with Kim during their engagement party. She's understandably pissed off.
26	* TheDutifulDaughter: After her mother dies, Kim takes over all her mother's responsibilities as a housewife to help her struggling father.
27	* FallenOnHardTimesJob: The movie's premise, former skater boarding champion is stuck working first as a BurgerFool then as the titular Chalet Girl.
28	* FamilyVersusCareer: Kim has to give up her skateboarding career in order to help her widowed father pay the bills.
29	* GoodParents: Kim's parents who are completely supportive in her unusual sports career.
30	* GroinAttack: Chloe does this to John after he breaks up with her in the middle of their engagement party.
31	* HandOrObjectUnderwear: Mikki covers himself with his hands when getting into the hot tub. Kim also covers herself with a pair of giant mittens when she stands naked in front of the Madsens’ car.
32	* HomeEarlySurprise: The Madsens happen to arrive early than expected and catch Georgie and Kim having a hot tub birthday party. They also happen to arrive just as a drunk Kim decided to dance in the snow while naked.
33	* JobTitle: The move follows Kim working as a ''Chalet Girl'' in the Alps.
34	* {{Mentor\|s}}: Mikki teaches Kim about snowboarding, which she picks up quick thanks to her natural talent at skateboarding.
35	* MenCantKeepHouse: Bill struggles with domestic tasks and Kim is worried about leaving him to fend for himself.
36	* MissingMom: Kim's mother died in a car crash when she was a teen, which caused her to quit her sports career for a while.
37	* NakedFreakOut: Kim has a mute one when she realizes she's naked in front of John and the rest of his family.
38	* NakedPeopleAreFunny: The hot tub party Georgie throws for Kim has Kim and Mikki playing in the snow in the buff, all PlayedForLaughs.
39	* NiceToTheWaiter: John's family is quite friendly with Georgie and Kim, although that changes when Caroline learns John is dating "a chalet girl."
40	* PassionateSportsGirl: Kim, who used to be a skateboard champion, and learns how to snowboard easily.
41	* PreppyName: Amusingly realized when Kim's humble, more ordinary background is instantly apparent during a roll-call of her fellow (far Sloanier) chalet girls:
42	-->"I'm Henrietta", "Isabella", "Petronella"......"um, Kim."
43	* ProductPlacement: In one scene, Georgie can be seen using a Platform/NintendoWii to play ''VideoGame/PunchOut''.
44	* ReallyGetsAround: Georgie who slept with half of the resort according to John.
45	* ServileSnarker: Kim tends to snark often to the Madsens.
46	* SoulSuckingRetailJob: Kim considers her job at the fast-food burger to be this.
47	* TerribleIntervieweesMontage: Kim goes during one before landing the titular job as a Chalet Girl.
48	* ToplessnessFromTheBack: Kim when [[SexySurfacingShot surfaces]] from the hot tub to play in the snow, she has her bare back to the camera, with a brief ShouldersUpNudity shot from the front.
49	* {{Uptown G\|irl}}uy: Kim and John's romance.
50	* VitriolicBestBuds: Georgie starts the movie acting very snobbish towards Kim, but they eventually warm up to each other while still trading snarky lines at the other's expense.

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