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Election (1999)
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Matthew Broderick makes up for years of wet-noodle performances with his low-key but unsparing characterization of Jim McAllister, a high school teacher at George Washington Carver High School in Omaha, Nebraska. Driven by a strange mixture of loathing and lust for pathologically overachieving student Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon), McAllister encourages a dim but popular athlete, Paul (Chris Klein from American Pie), to run against her in the election for student-council president. Director-cowriter Alexander Payne (Citizen Ruth) turns this deceptively simple premise into a complex and scathing comedy of ambition, corruption,...
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Election Movie Review by Zara  (3/10/2007) |
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And no, I'm not referring to this being the best movie. I'm referring to the fact that Reese Witherspoon portrays the phenomenal character of Tracy Flick, a type-A personality who everyone went to school with one of. That girl who went above and beyond to try to win over people but just didn't have the personality that...
(complete Election review by Zara)
A great film about highschool and all the really f*cked up sh*t that occurs there.
Reese Witherspoon is fantastic as Tracy Flick, the craziest over-achiever in the history of ever and Matthew Broderick plays the teacher who is onto her game but is ultimately no match.
Another great Alexander Payne film about a dislikable...
(complete Election review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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