Uplifting, unpredictable and inspirational, THE EMPEROR’S CLUB honors teachers who dedicate their lives to make a positive difference. What a lovely way to start the holidays. Hundert wrestles with his conscience as he compromises his principles to encourage Sedgewick. Will the teacher’s vote of confidence in a borderline student justify cheating a more deserving student of a chance for a college scholarship? Sedgewick lies, cheats and manipulates his friends, and, like one rotten apple ruining a barrel of apples, his influence on the other students spreads quickly. He shares his stash of porn magazines with them and talks them into sneaking over to the girls’ school across the lake and going skinny dipping. Glimpses of magazine pictures and some crude remarks about them are mildly suggestive and nudity is only implied in the skinny dipping scene. The film’s four obscenities and 10 profanities, make it a perfect candidate for a filtering device such as TVGuardian. Anyone ever influenced by a teacher (isn’t that all of us?) will find much to admire in THE EMPEROR’S CLUB.