Directed by:
Alexander PayneCinematography:
James GlennonComposer:
Rolfe KentCast:
Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell, Mark Harelik, Molly Hagan, Colleen Camp, Holmes Osborne, Matt Malloy, Nicholas D'Agosto (more)Plots(1)
Perky, overachieving Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) gets on the nerves of history teacher Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) to begin with, but after she launches her campaign for high-school president and his personal life starts to fall apart, things spiral out of control. In Alexander Payne's satire Election, the teacher becomes unhealthily obsessed with cutting his student down to size, covertly backing a spoiler candidate to stop her from steamrolling to victory, and putting in motion a series of dirty tricks and reckless promises with uncanny real-world political parallels. (Criterion)
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Alexander Payne shows us here that he has a good sense for scripts and that he can write a good script, even if you feel at first that this is just going to be high school crap. First of all, Election is not a shallow comedy but is instead a very good drama in places. This alternation of atmospheres is very good and can make you feel uncomfortable. Matthew Broderick is in his element in these slightly sleazy roles.
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