One of the better stories about teaching, joining such classics as "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" and "Mr. Holland's Opus.'
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01/05/03
The Emperor's Club (2002)
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Reviews Counted:125
Fresh:63
Rotten:62
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: Though Kline is excellent in his portrayal of Hundert, the movie is too dull and sentimental to distinguish itself from other titles in its genre.
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: At St. Benedict's prep school, the boys are disciplined, mannered, and ready to learn. But when a bad apple enters the classroom of the well-respected Mr. Hundert (Kevin Kline), chaos ensues.... [More]
Starring: Kevin Kline, Emile Hirsch, Steven Culp, Patrick Dempsey
Director: Michael Hoffman
Reviews for The Emperor's Club
The Emperor's Club, ruthless in its own placid way, finds one of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions and gives it new texture, new relevance, new reality.
01/03/03
Much smarter and more attentive than it first sets out to be.
12/27/02
doomed to conformity from the outset by its very setting, which also dictates that the primary themes revolve around honor, loyalty, honesty, and all those other important concepts that define "uplifing" message movies
12/23/02
The Emperor's Club looks like a fossil preserved from the 1950s.
12/16/02
The Emperor’s Club is a nerd’s version of Dead Poets Society...but lacking the wonder, revelation and charisma of the latter.
12/16/02
Serves up something satisfying to the viewer, but isn't terribly original.
12/06/02
The Emperor's Club is the best pro-vouchers argument I've seen yet.
12/06/02
The eleventh hour plot twists are both fitting and unexpected.
12/03/02
It generates a paltry amount of drama.
12/02/02
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12/01/02
The Emporer's Club is big, glossy and high-minded, decked out with solid production design and drenched in a James Newton Howard score so sugary-sweet that the ADA needs to speak out against it for promoting tooth decay.
11/30/02
Hundert may be remembered by his pupils but the movie will be quickly forgotten.
11/30/02
Hollywood History would dictate a predictable path given this set of circumstances, and the Emperor?s Club rises above such expectations.
11/29/02
Feeling longer than its actual 109 minutes, the movie might have benefited from emphasizing its characters over platitudes.
11/29/02
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11/28/02
Top CriticThis is NOT a retread of "Dead Poets' Society."
11/25/02
Kevin Kline perfectly cast to play this.
11/25/02
Manipulation has no learning curve.
11/25/02
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