The Emperor's Club

The Emperor's Club

2002 · 108 min · EN · PG-13 · 7.0 (330 votes)
Dir. Michael Hoffman · Starring Kevin Kline, Emile Hirsch, Jesse Eisenberg, Rishi Mehta, Paul Dano, Rob Morrow · Music James Newton Howard

In everyone's life there's that one person who makes all the difference.

Drama

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.

VIBE

A deeply earnest and thoughtful drama about the enduring impact of a great teacher. It feels like a fond, yet regretful, look back at formative years, exploring the quiet battles of integrity waged in a hallowed hall.

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