For starters, Kevin Kline ages pretty well. Crowe's performance in A Beautiful Mind showed the transition of a man's life from his youth to his tender, elderly age. The way he walked, talked, and how he held himself was excellent. You had no trouble believing that Crowe aged with his character.Unlike Crowe, Kline never ages a day except for having some gray hair thrown in. Not having a love (a successful) interest nor having a child was part of the story, but it did not help the story either. Just like the giant deal of the Julius Caesar competition, it was hard to believe and hard to accept. Sure, the school prides itself on this tradition, but come on, how big does this competition have when only 20 students take the test in a school of 500? That too, did not help the plot. Too fictional to compare to Dead Poet's Society.
Review of The Emperor's Club
