| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"...definitely worth seeking out." more... |
B |
BBC
Jamie Russell |
"...just doesn't have the mettle to go the full distance." more... |
C- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"The movie is too methodical, but it doesn't avoid the hard questions." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...boasts lots of talent and some unusual themes." more... |
B- |
Cincinnati Enquirer
Margaret A. McGurk |
"...it is charming to encounter a movie as open-hearted and earnest as this morally sensitive tale..." more... |
B- |
| E! Online |
"...even with some decent performances, Club is an underachiever." more... |
C |
filmcritic.com
Norm Schrager |
"...features an exceptionally strong performance from (Kevin) Kline..." more... |
B+ |
Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen |
"...blandly generic, right down to its cloyingly synthetic 'heartfelt' moments." more... |
C |
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan |
"Though the message of The Emperor's Club is not precisely what you might expect, it's an awfully familiar one nevertheless..." more... |
C |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"Kline's divine - alas, the film isn't." more... |
B- |
New York Times
A.O. Scott |
"...carefully sets itself up as an obvious, transparent morality play, and then just as deliberately refuses the easy payoff." more... |
C+ |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"It's a relatively light-weight story that is carried more by the well defined characters than by plot developments." more... |
B |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"Avoid like the plague." more... |
D |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...a substantial examination of character, morality and destiny." more... |
B+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"The Emperor's Club is really two movies working against each other." more... |
B |
USA Today
Mike Clark |
"...held together by Kevin Kline's performance." more... |
B- |
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