Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?

Maidexpl Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Winifred The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

gamzeozcaaan This film is very old but İt is still impressive.I think so, I watched four times. William Hundert -Kevin Klein- is a teacher at prep school. This teacher have a different method for his student.Sedgewick Bell - Senator's son- come at school. There is a competition in the school tradition called Mr. Julius Caesar. Sedgewick, Martin, Louis and Deepack is the finalists. He - Sedgewick- does the trick and he lose competition. Twenty five years later,Sedgewick organizes a rematch while offering a large donation. Sedgewick does the trick again. Mr. Hundert does to notice.He was disappointed. In the beginning, Mr.Hundert thought 'Sedgewick changed' but he understood he didn't change because human's character never change.I hope so, We will have like this teacher.I hope so, some changes will of our lives.

blmayers Surfing through the more obscure TV channels I came across The Emperor's Club. To my surprise I found this film enervating and compelling from beginning to end. Sure, there were some ordinary moments, but I felt the emotions of the cast coming straight at me throughout. Kevin Kline was terrific as were all the others, who, by their variety and quantity were a starring but supporting cast. The dialogue at every turn added to the depth of character of the film in its entirety and the interspersing of the quotations added the icing to the cake. The story and its telling was riveting entertainment as well as being completely thought provoking. BLM

Maddyclassicfilms Kevin Kline is great as Mr William Hundert the History teacher at St Benedicts boys school in the mid 1970s. The film tells how he tries to help a new pupil Sedgewick Bell(Emile Hirsch)get used to the school life and help him improve his grades in class he messes around a lot and Hundert makes it his mission almost to help him change.However Mr Hundert focuses on Sedgewick and sort of neglects the other students.The ending is very moving as in the present day Hundert is invited to the older Sedgewick Bells country club to meet up with Bell and his other former students and learns a sad truth about Bell and finds out if he has changed or not.The scenes between Bell and Hundert are good but I love the scenes at the end with him and all the other students. This film doesn't bring anything new to the teacher student genre but is a well made and enjoyable film about history,success and failure.

totally_offbase Loved this movie. The best I've seen in a long, long time. The message is that without intellectual honesty, we have and are nothing. Character is our foundation and our salvation. Being the smartest is fun, but true emotional intelligence is a real achievement. WHY wasn't this film nominated for an Oscar? Kevin Kline is an inspiration, while Emile Hirsch is truly brilliant in a difficult role for his age group.The movie reminded me of the Breakfast Club because none of the main characters are what they seem at first glance to be. They resist stereotypes and labels because they are so obviously imperfect, and the consequences of their actions are not clear-cut, to them or to the viewer.Excellent movie. Run, don't walk to rent this DVD. I'm amazed it didn't get more press at the time.