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Studio: Universal Pictures
Release Date: Nov 22, 2002
Running Time: 109 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
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William Hundert, St. Benedict's assistant headmaster, practices what he teaches. Striving to inspire his students to live rightly, he's the kind of impassioned Classics professor who believes the history of the Greeks and Romans is more than just a lesson about the past. He also believes the role of a teacher is not only to educate the pupil but to mold his character. But in the fall of 1972, Hundert finds his cloistered world of tradition and influence upended with the arrival of new freshmen Sedgewick Bell, the son of a West Virginia senator. Almost immediately, teacher and student become embroiled in a turbulent battle of wills with repercussions that would still be felt a quarter of a century later.
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James Ellerby
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Martin Blythe
Deepak Mehta
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Director Michael Hoffman and Kline know each other well, having worked together on several films including A Midsummer Night's Dream and the comedy Soapdish. Hoffman knows how to capture Kline's essence succinctly. One of the more telling scenes in understanding Hundert is when he meets Sedgewick's stern father, a U.S. senator, played by character actor Harris Yulin (Training Day). Hundert tells the senator he hopes to help mold these young men into upstanding citizens--to which the senator… 
November 20, 2002
Kevin Kline, a major actor who should know better, does the Robin Williams thing as Mr. Hundert, a classics prof who uses the Greek and Roman emperors to build character in young minds. One pupil (Emile Hirsch) is impervious to Mr. Hundert's opus. Even twenty-five years later, with Kline in old-age makeup, hard lessons are still being taught. Director Michael Hoffman sprays on the tears like a toxic mist. Avoid like the plague. PETER TRAVERS
(November 28, 2002)
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