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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 ...
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 · 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 ...
- Stephen Holden
- 2 min
- Lone Scherfig
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.
- Laurence Phelan
Read Adam's The Riot Club review for Lone Scherfig's movie adaptation of the play Posh, starring Max Irons, Sam Claflin, Douglas Booth, and Holliday Granger
Mar 22, 2015 · Laura Wade’s adaptation of her own 2010 play, Posh, begins with a throwaway prologue, set within a faux-Restoration period, in which an aristocratic type happens upon his wife having sex with Lord Riot (Harry Lloyd). Cut to present-day Oxford, where Miles (Max Irons) and Alistair (Sam Claflin) are “freshers” and soon-to-be Riot Clubbers.
Aug 22, 2023 · The Riot Club stars Max Irons, Holliday Grainger, Jessica Brown Findlay, Natalie Dormer, Sam Claflin, and Douglas Booth. Premise: Two first-year students at Oxford University join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening. Review: The riot…
