Election

1999 "Reading. Writing. Revenge."
7.3| 1h43m| R| en| More Info
Released: 23 April 1999 Released
Producted By: Paramount
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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Tracy Flick is running unopposed for this year’s high school student election. But Jim McAllister has a different plan. Partly to establish a more democratic election, and partly to satisfy some deep personal anger toward Tracy, Jim talks football player Paul Metzler to run for president as well.

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Dorathen Better Late Then Never
Crwthod A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.
Sharkflei Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.
Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
Tony Enjoyed it, makes fun out of things we probably should frown upon now. But good comedy always takes on taboos, divisive issues. All the actors were great, not just the leads. If you want to have a giggle at morality and ethics, political process regarding presentation as opposed to actual policy, you'll have a good giggle at this.
mmx a must watch before each political election, especially this year... Tracy flick represents every lying, over-achiever-sociopath, who are often presented to the society as a successful person. so if you hate overly ambitious people without any moral compass(which is pretty much most of them ha ha), than this movie is sooo for you. it also makes fun of the election process as a whole, so this movie is totally dedicated to this year's presidential election in the US. the trailer and the picture art however send a totally wrong vibe about this gem. it's a very thought provoking dark comedy about the society and how pathetic most of it really is. can be watched over and over probably even 20 years from now.
SnoopyStyle Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) is an overachieving Type A personality. Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) is the conscientious civics teacher. His best friend and fellow teacher Dave Novotny gets into serious trouble having an affair with Tracy. Dave loses his job and his marriage. Tracy is an only child and running unopposed in the class president election. Jim convinces rich popular football player Paul Metzler (Chris Klein) to run against her after his injury sidelines him. Paul's sister Tammy gets too obsessed with girlfriend Lisa. Lisa breaks up with her by having sex with Paul. That drives Tammy to run in the election against her older brother.This is a hilarious black comedy from Alexander Payne. Reese is so aggressively aggressive. She is absolutely brilliant. Chris Klein is also funny as the clueless jock. Broderick is sometimes on and off. He's not quite as funny in comparison. He's more in the pathetic area. I prefer the hilarity of the younger kids.
CMTiago In the first few minutes of Election we are introduced to the main characters and basically what each of them thinks about their daily lives and their purpose in life. One particular scene highlights one of the teacher's lessons as he tries to squeeze out the students's idea of morals and ethics. Perhaps an early insight into Alexander Payne's screen writing style, Election will look to test these ideas and how humanity uses them in practice. The backdrop for this basis is a student body election that will determine the next student council president. The early candidate is the ambitious Tracy Flick (Witherspoon), who will stop at nothing to guarantee a bright future. In charge of the election is Mr. McAllister (Broderick), who resents Tracy for getting his colleague and friend fired due to an inappropriate relationship. Given his sour feelings, McAllister will persuade a popular jock named Paul Metzler (Klein) to run against Tracy in an attempt to get revenge for his friend. From then on, madness will ensue as McAllister experiences work and family problems and Tracy deals with the challenge of having competition.Election is, in essence, an exercise of how a human being acts in order to achieve what they rightfully believe is the common good. The dynamic of the movie is mostly supported in the head-to-head between Tracy and Mr. McAllister, but also with other characters. In the end, both of them end up being completely misguided in their actions. With that being said, it's the movie's ending that confuses me the most. I must warn you here that this final analysis of the movie may lead you to predict the conclusion of the referred film, and if so, you probably should stop reading here. Continuing with the review, by the movie's wrap up, it seems that, despite everything that happened, all our characters seem to have surpassed this simple school election, and are now living the lives they planned for themselves. Although it doesn't necessarily spell out if they're truly happy, it feels kind of weird that the message I get from this story is that if you do something wrong, you'll end up being fine, something that I don't entirely believe, after completing this movie. Give it a try, and see what kind of ideas you get from it.Rating: 8/10