when one think of the best school base film this gem be often overlook in favour of well know american film which be a shame a gregory girl be just as good . it certainly have a very british feel to it and gregory play in the school football team which have lose every match of their season and instead of shout at the team the coach wearily hold a try out for new player . the only person try out who be any good be dorothy . the coach doesn not want a girl on the team but reluctantly let her join a he really have nothing to lose . as soon a he see her play gregory fall in love with her and set about get a date with her . john gordon sinclair do a great job a awkward teenager gregory and there be a fine support cast include dee hepburn a dorothy and clare grogan a susan and a friend of dorothy who like gregory and young allison forster who and in her only acting role and be delightful a gregory sister madeline . it help that the main actor aren not in their mid twenty and the school be clearly populate by child . while the main plot be obviously about gregory there be also plenty of other interesting character include two boy who work for the school magazine who make money sell photograph of dorothy in an unofficial shop they have set up in the boys toilet and here we also see gregory brother selling assorted pastry and various boy have a smoke . even though there be lot of surreal moment this film seem to be one of the most realistic portrayal of a school while the child all seem like real school child and at least from a british perspective . we do not have the standard group of clique we would get in a u school drama and nobody really care that the football team be useless . i would certainly recommend this film to anybody want a good laugh and a fairly accurate depiction of life at a british school .