The Boarding School Murders (2024 Lifetime)
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Cast: Christina Cox, Hannah Galway, Nicole Amber Farrugia
Director: Alexandre Carrière
Writer(s): Jason Byers, Richard Pierce
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DonateDonate monthlyDonate yearlySynopsis (via Lifetime)
Frankie gets a chance to leave her foster care home and attend an exclusive Swiss boarding school. But it turns out the opportunity of a lifetime comes at a deadly price when one of her classmates is murdered and everyone is quick to blame Frankie. Starring Hannah Galway, Nicole Farrugia, and Christina Cox (2024)
Recap/Wine Thoughts.
Lifetime has gone international to Lausanne, Switzerland. We see someone dragging a body out to the garden in the middle of the night.
Cut to New York, USA, where emancipated teen Frankie awaits to hear if she got into an elite boarding school, Loumix, in Switzerland. (The brochure must not have mentioned MURDER!) Frankie backs her bags and is excited to join the “helping hands” program. Frankie gets a BFF pep talk from her friend Trina before jetting abroad. Trina gives Frankie a bracket to remember her by.
In the freaking Swiss Alpes sits this boarding school that looks like a castle. Headmistress Miss Ainsworth welcomes Frankie (Played by Lifetime regular Christina Cox, who has much better hair and a nondescript accent.) Frankie has a chip on her shoulder and quotes The Breakfast Club. (I’m not sure she is gonna fit in.)
Frankie has a wind-up music box that he plays to calm herself down from being total sassy pants. Her room neighbor, Diabetic Jacqueline, wants to be friends and shows her how things work and what girls to avoid. The worst one is socialite Tinsley Wellington, whose family sponsored Frankie’s scholarship.
Tinsley and her friends bully Frankie by chasing her in a ski mask. Then Tinsley shares some juicy gossip about Frankie being a convicted criminal (for stealing) and her father being in a mental hospital. Frankie was hoping for a fresh start and to leave her past behind her.
She stays up late watching her music box until Frankie hears a scream. Tinsley is dead at the bottom of the stairs, and Frankie is the number one suspect; well, EVERYONE is a suspect.
The Dean of the school and Miss Ainsworth hold a meeting with the girls from the boarding school, reassuring them that the school is safe, but they will have to have mandatory counseling and speak with Detective Krause. (He is intense and carries a cane)
At her therapy session, Frankie shares that she feels trapped because everyone thinks she did it due to her tense relationship with Tinsley. Dr. Garcia tries to ask about Frankie’s father, but she shuts him down.
Annabell and Maria take over as Frankie’s bullies, and she starts to wonder if they killed Tinsley to be the top dog. Frankie breaks into Maria’s room, and Maria almost catches her, but an announcement is made that Tinsley has a high blood alcohol content, and her death is ruled accidental.
Frankie is still being the worst and gets into it with Miss Ainsworth. Who tells Frankie that she is on thin ice and will be expelled if she misbehaves any further. Frankie looks into Miss Ainsworth’s past online.
It doesn’t take long before a food fight occurs, and it isn’t fun. It is more like a food brawl! Their punishment is to help plant flowers in the garden.
While they work in the garden and it is gross. They have to use their bare hands, no gardening gloves! Maria is pissed and tells Ms. Ainsworth that her family pays her salary. The students decide that SHE is the real enemy and work together to take her down.
We are back at the movie’s beginning, and Maria is the body in the garden. Frankie screams for help, and Maria is rushed to the hospital in a coma. Detective Krause questions Frankie, and she is RUDE AF. (She basically tells him how to do his job.)
Parents understandably try to withdraw their kids from the school, but the airports are closed due to a fire, leaving everyone stuck. Miss Ainsworth and the Dean plot how to keep the students from leaving the school. Dead or alive?
Frankie searches for more information and asks her friend back home for help. Trina promises to look into Ms. Ainsworth and tells Frankie she is “fireproof,” (This is the second time she has done this, so I think Frankie is going to burn down the school.)
The girls in the school are scared and band together even more. Annabelle and Jaquline distract Ms. Ainsworth while Frankie breaks into her room. I’m not sure what she finds, but Frankie is again almost caught in the act. (For all her talk about being from the wrong side of the tracks, she sure is bad at being bad!)
Detective Krause comes to Frankie’s room and asks her about her shoe size. They find a muddy pair of shoes under her bed and link her to the crime. They arrest Frankie and throw her in a Swiss jail.
Frankie prays to her mother, and I’m not sure if that is how praying works, but I’m no expert! Anyway, she asks her mom’s spirit to help with a small favor. She gets out of jail so it works.
Frankie reads a journal she found earlier and learns that. Tinsley hired a PI to look into the Dean of the school, who has a secret daughter with Ms. Ainsworth after a scandalous affair. Tinsley blackmailed the Dean for better grades in exchange for not telling his wife.
Jacquline freaks out and pulls a knife on Ms. Ainsworth. She is the daughter Ms. Ainsworth had with the Dean and then gave up for adoption. The Dean is upset that his secret is out, and it is a while family therapy moment with Frankie there awkwardly.
Frank tries to bond with Jacquline by giving her the bracelet from Trina, and when that doesn’t work, she smashes her over the head with a vase. Jacquline cries and is shocked into chilling out.
Eight months later, Mary is alive and well. Frankie finally fits in! She goes back to New York and leaves the school for the summer to visit her dad in the mental hospital. Sooooo, that is nice!
Side Note/Stray Thoughts
The accents in this movie were WILD. All over the place!
Overall rating
Number of Kills: 🔪 (1 knives)
Enjoyment Level (1-5 scale)
🍷🍷 (2 Glasses of Wine)
Should you watch it?
Pour it up! (Give it a shot)
Put a Cork in It (Skip It)
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Soon as Jacquline came into Frankie’s room and was to eager to be her friend, I knew that Jacequline would be the killer. When they said maybe Mrs. Ainsworth didn’t have kids, I knew that Jackie was her child. The accents were somewhat overkill and at points in the movie, the actors I think forgot they were supposed to have a thick swiss accent
So true!
I love your page! My daughter and I have watched so many LT movies during her Christmas break from college. We crack up that we can predict what’s going to happen next, even the dialogue! Lol!
I thought this one wasn’t so bad compared to others, but then again, some have been reallllly bad! I’ll admit, I literally lol’d at Klause with the cane!
Love this! Thank you!