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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. Read critic reviews

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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.
  • Rating:
    R (Drug Use|Disturbing & Violent Behavior|Language|Nudity|Sexual Content)
  • Genre:
    drama
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Lone Scherfig
  • Producer:
    Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin
  • Writer:
    Laura Wade
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     limited
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  • Production Co:
    HanWay Films, Pinewood, BFI Films

Cast & Crew

Sam Claflin
Alistair Ryle
Max Irons
Miles Richards
Douglas Booth
Harry Villiers
Sam Reid
Hugo Fraser-Tyrwhitt
Ben Schnetzer
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Matthew Beard
Guy Bellingfield
Freddie Fox
James Leighton-Masters
Olly Alexander
Toby Maitland
Jessica Brown Findlay
Rachel
Holliday Grainger
Lauren
Lone Scherfig
Director
Laura Wade
Screenwriter
Graham Broadbent
Producer
Peter Czernin
Producer
Sebastian Blenkov
Cinematographer
Jake Roberts
Film Editor
Alice Normington
Production Design
Julian Nix
Art Director
Steven Noble
Costume Designer
Lucy Bevan
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Critic Reviews for Batched

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  • Who's up for a little blunt-force social commentary about the haves and have-nots, set in the rarefied clime of Oxford University?

    April 15, 2015 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…

    Matthew Lickona

    San Diego Reader

  • Although the performances are uniformly on point and the dialogue is tartly British, the film ultimately fails to earn its riotous stripes.

    April 9, 2015 | Full Review…

    Michael Rechtshaffen

    Los Angeles Times

  • 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.

    March 27, 2015 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

    Brian Tallerico

    RogerEbert.com

  • I was drained and quivering with fury and disgust.

    March 26, 2015 | Full Review…

    Stephen Holden

    New York Times

  • The Riot Club is, finally, a monster movie. Which I suppose is what some become who are too rich and powerful to be bothered with inhibitions or morality.

    March 26, 2015 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

    Jim Slotek

    Toronto Sun

  • The Riot Club comes with the dubious ambition of instructing us as to the evil ways of spoiled British toffs, as if that were needed.

    March 26, 2015 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

    Peter Howell

    Toronto Star
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Audience Reviews for Batched

  • Oct 06, 2015
    Until they go too far one evening, it's all very tame and silly. No rioting.
    Marcus W Super Reviewer
  • Mar 07, 2015
    I found this very enjoyable to watch as a tale of how those of wealth and influence feel they can automatically get everything they desire without consequence.
    Ian W Super Reviewer
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