Review of The Riot Club (2014) by Steven E — 13 Apr 2015

Typical Brit stage to screen adaptation -- I bet it's better (more upsetting) onstage!

This review of The Riot Club (2014) was written by Steven E on 13 Apr 2015.

The Riot Club has generally received mixed reviews.

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Disappointingly clunky satire of The Bullingdon Club, notorious incubator of most of the 2010 Tory cabinet…

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By Maksim B (511) on 19 Sep 2015

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By Valeriy Kolyadych (7) for PopMatters (2,617) on 06 Oct 2015

[A] lack of subtlety throws the film into a spiral of excess that knocks over any chance at intelligent commentary as it plows forward, drunk…

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By Johnnylee T (189) on 02 Sep 2016

Gripping in the repulsiveness of its main characters. Not inconceivable that this sort of thing really happens in Britain. Horrific if so…

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By Augustine H (906) on 18 Dec 2015

Well acted film that shows how disgustingly spoiled these rich brats are and how omnipotent they consider themselves…

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By Omar K (96) on 11 Sep 2015

The climax scene (which spans a solid 30 min, and consists of about 10 simultaneous moving parts of character and script) is incredibly well acted…

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By Abdul Y (13) on 22 Sep 2015

Just boring to be honest. The acting was decent and it picks up towards the end but all in all, it's boring…

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By Dathathreya K (21) on 03 Sep 2015

Stupid movie, I don't understand how I ended up watching it…

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By Neil G (160) on 27 Mar 2016

3.26.2016: Interesting at first, got dull later and too bloody…

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By Ilsa W (298) on 03 Jul 2015

A decent enough tho overall fairly pointless movie…

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