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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.

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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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Matthew Lickona San Diego Reader 04/15/2015
1/5
Who's up for a little blunt-force social commentary about the haves and have-nots, set in the rarefied clime of Oxford University? Go to Full Review
Michael Rechtshaffen Los Angeles Times 04/09/2015
Although the performances are uniformly on point and the dialogue is tartly British, the film ultimately fails to earn its riotous stripes. Go to Full Review
Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com 03/27/2015
2/4
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. Go to Full Review
Jordan Brooks Vague Visages 08/03/2023
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. Go to Full Review
Charlotte Harrison Charlotte Sometimes Goes to the Movies 10/08/2020
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... Go to Full Review
Rachel Brook One Room With A View 05/25/2019
4/5
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. Go to Full Review
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Dan H 11/01/2024 Backwoods horror characters in an affluent English setting. Some of the weirdest and most disturbing characters I've seen since Texas Chainsaw Massacre. See more Amy M 10/05/2024 An over-the-top depiction of upper class Oxford students but in a good way. The cast is full of great actors, many of whom have gone on to some incredible roles. Definitely worth a watch. Some added elements from the original play is it based on which aren't really needed but a great watch! See more ell x 09/28/2024 A good commentary on the British class system. Strong performances from the entire cast; The Riot Club is a dark academia story that will certainly leave you with some food for thought. See more 04/12/2021 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 See more 02/16/2021 What a total pile of crack full of overprivalaged toff twats, I despise everything these upturned noses stand for See more 08/02/2020 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. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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
Producer
Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin
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
Runtime
1h 47m
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