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Limited Release: Nov 22, 2002; Rated: PG-13; Length: 104 Minutes; Genre: Drama; With: Joel Gretsch, Emile Hirsch and Kevin Kline
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Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum is a film critic for EW
Adapted from Ethan Canin's short story ''The Palace Thief'' and set in an all-boys prep school in 1972, this traditionally dressed, old-fashioned drama starring Kevin Kline is as much about the moral development of the adult as it is about his boys'. More so, maybe. Kline does a welcome, restrained job as a prof whose ambivalent relationship with his own successful father shades his teacherly relationship with a senator's kid. Emile Hirsch makes an excellent son of privilege, and Harris Yulin channels the chutzpah of LBJ to steal scenes as a senator for whom ethics are frills for sissies.
Posted Dec 06, 2002
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