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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 ...
Sep 6, 2014 · The Riot Club. Acceptance to Oxford, says Miles, is "like being invited to 100 parties all at once". The Riot Club hands its audience a ticket, as well as a free pass to pour scorn over ...
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
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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 ...
The Riot Club. The Riot Club is a 2014 British thriller drama film directed by Lone Scherfig and written by Laura Wade, based on Wade's 2010 play Posh. [2] The film stars Sam Claflin, Max Irons and Douglas Booth. [3] It is set among the Riot Club, a fictional all-male, exclusive dining club at the University of Oxford.
- $3.5 million
- Posh, by Laura Wade
- Kasper Winding
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.
Sep 19, 2014 · Apparently a new character for the film, her story doesn’t get too much of the focus, but she’s an excellent counterpoint to what else is going on. The film builds towards its biggest culture ...
