Review of The Emperor's Club (2002) by Dave C — 27 Apr 2015

An utter failed attempt to be Dead Poets Society or Good Will Hunting. Kevin Kline's character is an unlikeable creep who gives off pedo priest vibes and prides himself on grooming boys into his obsession with Greek rulers and philosophers while dismissing rulers of color for not leaving an impact on history (Like maybe we just have better record of Greek history because no one cared enough about people of color.

Did they think of that? I mean, tad racist.). He flirts with a married woman in an early scene only for her character to disappear the majority of the film then return at the end to marry him in the most unromantic, uninteresting side story ever.

Like, completely unnecessary. I think they only added it to make him seem like less of a lonely old pedo. Sedgwick Bell, the young antagonist that you think is going to have a change of character and a heartwarming ending turns out to be a complete sociopath who stays a crappy human til the end.

THIS MOVIE HAD ZERO POINT. IT WAS SO STUPID AND SUCH A WASTE OF TIME. It's so disappointing to see Jesse Eisenberg and Paul Dano in this film but glad they've gone on to much better roles. Literally all the side characters had the most boring stories.

Nothing became of anything in this plot. Basically beware of sociopaths and don't be like Kevin Kline and fake your student's grade to make him do worse than the senator's son you have a hard-on for and make that kid feel like a failure for over 25 years.

Things not to do as a teacher, you know.