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The Emperor's Club
In everyone's life there's that one person who makes all the difference.
In everyone's life there's that one person who makes all the difference.
Drama, Romance - 2002
6.9
50%
49
William Hundert is a passionate and principled Classics professor who finds his tightly-controlled world shaken and inexorably altered when a new student, Sedgewick Bell, walks into his classroom. What begins as a fierce battle of wills gives way to a close student-teacher relationship, but results in a life lesson for Hundert that will still haunt him a quarter of a century later.
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
108 min
Release date:
22 Nov 2002
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$16,318,449
Awards:
2 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
The movie may not be worthy of an Oscar, but Kline's highly nuanced performance is certainly worthy of our attention.
– Peter Howell,
Toronto Star,
22 Nov 2002
fresh:
You don't have to be an especially tough grader to give a charitable B-minus to The Emperor's Club.
– Mike Clark,
USA Today,
22 Nov 2002
rotten:
It's a simpering, ineffective ersatz-drama, so simple-minded and unrealistic and so full of fussy stupidity, it exiles you.
– Stephen Hunter,
Washington Post,
22 Nov 2002
fresh:
This isn't a stand up and cheer flick; it's a sit down and ponder affair. And thanks to Kline's superbly nuanced performance, that pondering is highly pleasurable.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
22 Nov 2002
fresh:
Kevin Kline perfectly cast to play this.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
25 Nov 2002
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