The defence The Prestige Tourist
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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The Riot Club
Drama · 2014
Two first-year students at Oxford University join a secret society and learn that their reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of one evening.
Movie details
The Riot Club
“Filthy. Rich. Spoilt. Rotten.”
2014 Drama 1h 47m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
5.9 / 10
Community rating
Two first-year students at Oxford University join a secret society and learn that their reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of one evening.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over The Riot Club?
For the defence
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Adrenaline Seeker
“If it slows down, you check your phone.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Lone Scherfig
Written by
Laura Wade
Max Irons
Miles Richards
Sam Claflin
Alistair Ryle
Douglas Booth
Harry Villiers
Holliday Grainger
Lauren
Jessica Brown Findlay
Rachel
Natalie Dormer
Charlie
Sam Reid
Hugo Fraser-Tyrwhitt
Court is in session
Put The Riot Club on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.