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      R Released Mar 27, 2015 1 hr. 47 min. Drama List
      66% 70 Reviews Tomatometer 43% 5,000+ Ratings Audience Score Two first-year students (Sam Claflin, Max Irons) at Oxford University join a secret society and learn that their reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of one evening. Read More Read Less

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      The Riot Club may not be subtle, but it makes its points with power, using dark humor and a talented cast to offer a scathing indictment of unearned privilege.

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      Evan K Money, family, status, the school you went to is not what gives a man class. The way someone treats themselves & those around them, their character, their virtue, their state of consciousness is what true class is. It's a damning social commentary on the pitfalls of privelege, the entrenched inequality in British society & the inevitable self destruction this leads to on an individual & societal level. It's a particular survival strategy based on extraction, exclusion & entitlement. It's not one based on the true fundamentals of existence which exists in unity & interconnection which is why it requires such illusions of grandeur & institutions of entrenched power. Decent movie, interesting topic but the characters & plot are a bit one dimensional. True class is a state of consciousness. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/06/23 Full Review Obi D Blatant, berserk and surprisingly bloody. Handsome lads and excellent acting but the narrative could be better. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/10/23 Full Review Audience Member What starts out as an interesting examination of privilege and class ends up to be a totally implausible and overlong exercise which belies its original existence as a play Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member What a total pile of crack full of overprivalaged toff twats, I despise everything these upturned noses stand for Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member The film is well-paced and features fine performances. The talented young cast has chemistry and make the most of the material. Where it goes wrong, IMO, is in making a major change from the source material (the stage play "Posh."). The director decided to give Miles a love interest, and make her and their relationship, if not exactly central, intrinsic to the plot. It was an unneeded and unwelcome, for me, change that was intended to add an extra edge but ended up blunting the existing ones instead. This character drained the show of its originality and made it vaguely reminiscent of an 80s Teen Rom-Com, but without the nice ending. Had they left the plot as it was, the climactic scene in which everything goes haywire would have made way more sense. I happen to like Holliday Grainger, who plays the girlfriend in question. There is nothing wrong with her performance. But the character still throws it all off balance. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member It could have gotten a star more if the ending had been different, it just didn't resonate with me. Also I think there could've been some kind of bigger character growth. But it was really entertaining and you really felt alive as the boys did. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Matthew Lickona San Diego Reader Who's up for a little blunt-force social commentary about the haves and have-nots, set in the rarefied clime of Oxford University? Rated: 1/5 Apr 15, 2015 Full Review Michael Rechtshaffen Los Angeles Times Although the performances are uniformly on point and the dialogue is tartly British, the film ultimately fails to earn its riotous stripes. Apr 9, 2015 Full Review Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com It's a film that seems to have no further point than to remind us that some powerful jerks were once powerful jerk kids. Point taken, but it's not cinematically satisfying. Rated: 2/4 Mar 27, 2015 Full Review Jordan Brooks Vague Visages A somewhat uneven protest of English nobility and a denouncement of nepotic privilege, The Riot Club’s message is a redundant one: unchecked, inherited wealth leads to problems. Aug 3, 2023 Full Review Charlotte Harrison Charlotte Sometimes Goes to the Movies If you ever find yourself aghast at the current state of British politics, this might give you some of the answers - but don't say I didn't warn you... Oct 8, 2020 Full Review Rachel Brook One Room With A View A finely-crafted combination of high drama and observant kitchen-sink realism shot in Oxford locations makes for a gripping narrative which just about stops short of pandering or polarising. Rated: 4/5 May 25, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Two first-year students (Sam Claflin, Max Irons) at Oxford University join a secret society and learn that their reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of one evening.
      Director
      Lone Scherfig
      Screenwriter
      Laura Wade
      Distributor
      IFC Films
      Production Co
      HanWay Films, Pinewood, BFI Films
      Rating
      R (Drug Use|Disturbing & Violent Behavior|Language|Nudity|Sexual Content)
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Mar 27, 2015, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Nov 30, 2016
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