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Mar 27, 2015 · Spoiled rich people have been awful for centuries and our theatre, literature, and film has been reminding us of this fact with regularity. To this pile of moralizing fiction about the soulless elite, we can now add Lone Scherfig’s “The Riot Club,” adapted from the play “Posh” by Laura Wade by the author herself. The play caused ...
Mar 27, 2015 · Drama, Thriller. R. 1h 47m. By Stephen Holden. March 26, 2015. “ The Riot Club ,” a poisonous satire of Britain’s upper class, adapted from Laura Wade’s play “Posh,” may puncture any ...
- Lone Scherfig
- Stephen Holden
- 107 min
Mar 27, 2015 · 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 ...
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- Lone Scherfig
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- Sam Claflin
The film, on the other hand, isn't too bad. It's a cross between Brideshead Revisited and Lord of the Flies, sadly with none of their subtlety, but it romps along. In the opening scene, we see The Riot Club's 18th century founder, the 7th Duke of Carlisle, shagging someone's wife. 'He who lives by the sword,' says the narrator - fnarr fnarr ...
Mar 27, 2015 · Read Adam's The Riot Club review for Lone Scherfig's vigorous adaptation of the stage play Posh, starring Max Irons, Sam Claflin, and Douglas Booth.
- Adam Chitwood
Sep 18, 2014 · The Riot Club is an elite Oxford University dining society for young male poshos previously educated at Eton, St Paul's or Westminster. Or, if they are desperate to reach a quorum, Harrow.
Mar 27, 2015 · In the elite realm of Oxford University, no society is more exclusive than The Riot Club, the ultra-selective fraternity for Britain's most privileged sons. When he's recruited to join, down-to-earth first-year student Miles (Max Irons) is at first amused—but he's about to get a taste of upper-crust entitlement at its ugliest when a hedonistic night of drinking and drugs spins out of control.
