The Emperor's Club movie review (2002)
"The Emperor's Club" tells the story of a teacher who fixes the results of an academic competition and twice allows a well-connected student to get away with cheating. Because he privately tells the cheater he is a heel, the film presents him as a great educator, but he is correct when he tells that student: "I failed you." The chief curiosity of the film is how it seems to present one view of the teacher, but cannot prevent itself from revealing another. The film will not be generally interpreted in this way, and will be hailed in the latest of a series of sentimental portraits of great teac...
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