The Emperor's Club
Universal Pictures | Release Date: November 22, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
13
Negative:
5
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30
TimeRichard Corliss
May leave viewers emotionally disconnected from this distinctly unchipper Mr. Chips. Read full review
25
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
The Emperor's Club is a beautiful fraud -- as gracefully proportioned as a Christopher Wren academy, yet as devoid of content as a prep-school promo film. Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Director Michael Hoffman sprays on the tears like a toxic mist. Avoid like the plague. Read full review
20
Washington PostStephen Hunter
It's a simpering, ineffective ersatz-drama, so simple-minded and unrealistic and so full of fussy stupidity, it exiles you. Read full review
20
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
A movie's script is its fate, which means this one is doomed.
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