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The Emperor's Club (2002) - Critic Reviews - Page 4 of 5

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By Marty Mapes (591) for Movie Habit (892) on 22 Nov 2002

As manipulative feel-good movies go, The Emperor's Club is pretty good…

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By Sean O'connell (919) for Eclipse Magazine (446) on 22 Nov 2002

Contains fewer surprises than a 50-year-old textbook…

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By Eugene Novikov (936) for Film Blather (908) on 22 Nov 2002

A personal portrait so glowing that you'd swear it's based on a true story…

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By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 22 Nov 2002

The final third of the film is a redo of the contest when the boys are middle-aged…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 22 Nov 2002

Interchangeably Perfect Students run through the hall…

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By Nell Minow (2,357) for Movie Mom (753) on 21 Nov 2002

Kevin Kline brings all of his considerable charisma and magnetism to the role…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 21 Nov 2002

It's well crafted by director Michael Hoffman, not painful to sit through, and even contains some 21st century plot twists -- But unless you…

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By Sue Pierman (154) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 21 Nov 2002

When was the last time a Hollywood movie challenged you to think…

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By Jordana Brown (6) for Citysearch (305) on 21 Nov 2002

The ill-conceived modern-day ending falls flat where it should deliver a moral punch…

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By Carrie Rickey (1,198) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 21 Nov 2002

Don't blame Kline. This most thoughtful of actors is trapped behind the lectern of a film that spouts contradictory lessons it can't reconcile…

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By Terry Lawson (645) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 21 Nov 2002

Thinking about what the film might have been makes it almost impossible to enjoy the film that is…

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By Mary F. Pols (536) for Contra Costa Times (478) on 21 Nov 2002

Makes some interesting, and doubtless, truthful points about the way a flamboyant, charismatic student frequently draws a teacher's attention…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 21 Nov 2002

An old-fashioned drama of substance about a teacher's slide down the slippery slope of dishonesty after an encounter with the rich and the…

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By Lisa Schwarzbaum (1,672) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 21 Nov 2002

A traditionally dressed, old-fashioned drama, starring Kevin Kline in the Robin Williams role -- is as much about the moral development of…

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By Jon Popick (633) for Planet Sick-Boy (616) on 21 Nov 2002

I disliked Club almost immediately, and anyone with an ounce of cinematic self-respect should feel the same…

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By Blake Wright (18) for ComingSoon.net (2,031) on 20 Nov 2002

If you're in the mood for teachers and prep schools and such, go rent Dead Poet's Society instead…

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By Jeanne Aufmuth (581) for Palo Alto Weekly (965) on 20 Nov 2002

A delicate balance of nostalgia and contemporary themes win out over scripting pregnant with cinematic schmaltz…

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By Ed Park (107) for Village Voice (8,525) on 19 Nov 2002

Club's inability to moralize saves it from kitsch…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 18 Nov 2002

There's still quite a bit of the essence of Dead Poets Society in The Emperor's Club…

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By Ross Anthony (612) for Hollywood Report Card (612) on 17 Nov 2002

An interesting story with a pertinent (cinematically unique) message, told fairly well and scored to perfection, I found myself struggling…

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