Rating: 
Summary: Funny, but disappointing
Review: This movie recieved glowing reviews when it came out but it wasn't as funny or interesting as I thought it would be. It's a good movie, don't get me wrong, but it lacks focus, it staggers back and forth between characters so abruptly that at times I grew impatient. Broderick is of course excellent as the inept teacher Jim McAllister (can this really be the same person who played Ferris Bueller?). He's such a likeable actor that its hard to root against him, even when his character is behaving like, well, a moron 11th-grader. Witherspoon's Tracy Flick is truly frightening, more a force of nature than a human being. Pretty without being attractive, smart with no real insight, she is ambition personified, and since probably everyone went to school with someone like Tracy (hopefully in reduced strength) its not hard to see why a teacher might want to cut her down to size. There is a current of sexual tension that runs between Tracy and McAllister that really isn't followed up on, which I thought would have greatly improved the movie. And when Witherspoon and Broderick aren't on screen, which is too often, the movie loses steam. Not that the rest of the cast stinks or that their characters don't deliver some laughs, but they interrupt the central conflict of the story. The ending of the movie is all wrong, a series of voice-overs by Broderick and the other characters about what happened to him after the election the movie centers around. It was OK, but it certainly wasn't funny, and it wasn't satisfying. And that I guess was my overall impression of the film-- OK, but not really satisfying.
Rating: 
Summary: Simply not funny.
Review: Although there were a few humorous lines the movie as a whole was pretty disappointing. Matthew Broderick gave a credible performance but the script is lacking i.e. Marlon Brando as Barney the dinosaur wouldn't be very interesting. The films' premise was a good one and certainly promised to be funny but it just wasn't. Not funny from either a high school perspective (check out '3 o'clock high') or a political one (I recommend 'Bulworth'). Broderick's great talent was wasted in this one.
Rating: 
Summary: Rambling & Smarmy
Review: I thought a lot about this film, which usually means I like it, however, I think this film comes up short. I think whether it meant to or not, this film had a pretty low opinion of women, there wasn't one in the film that wasn't domineering, backstabbing or a lesbian. That isn't a lot for a male to choose from. This movie rambled on way after it should have ended, the entire "New York" episode could have been cut. But my biggest complaint about this film is: who am I supposed to like, to "connect" with? almost every character in this film is odious. "Rushmore" was far more poignant and "Drop Dead Gorgeous" was far funnier.
Rating: 
Summary: Coolest
Review: I absolutely love the movie! It portrays high school very well with laughs. I recommend it highly:-)
Rating:
Summary: Hilarious High School Satire
Review: This is one of my top five favorite movies of 1999. I laughed all the way through it and loved its intelligent approach to satire. People whose idea of comedy is fart jokes might not find much to their liking here, because here the humor comes from the characters and the situations they believably get themselves into. It's criminal this didn't catch on to be a big hit.
Rating:
Summary: Horrible movie!
Review: This movie was disgusting, disrespectful, and a waste of an hour and a half of my life! There wasn't a plot at all, and it is a shame that it contained good actors.. The movie didn't do them justice at all! I don't recommend this movie at all!
Rating: 
Summary: Brilliant.
Review: "Election" is one of the most intelligently-written, original and well-acted films to come out in years. The storytelling is never predictable or conventional, yet everything that happens feels honest and correct. The characters are far more fully-developed than those in any recent Hollywood film I can think of. In the beginning, you expect Broderick to be the hero and Witherspoon to be the villain, but the former does some despicable things, and the latter proves to be somewhat sympathetic. Although "Election" is a comedy (and a very funny one at that), it makes more valid and honest observations about human nature than most "serious" films.
Rating:
Summary: Worth seeing again on DVD
Review: For those of you who have already seen Alexander Payne's "Election," DVD is the way to see it again -- as Mr. Payne comments throughout. He's humble, honest, completely unpretentious, and his commentary really adds to what is already a modern classic.
Rating:
Summary: One of the funniest, most biting movies in years.
Review: Anyone who remembers a character like Reese Weatherspoon from high school (which means everyone who ever went to high school) and hates type-A personalities will love this movie. Just about every character in this movie is entertaining, weather you like them or not. Too bad Broderick's cradle-robbing buddy drops out of sight early in the flick - he portrays brilliantly a character both creepy and doofy all at the same time.
Rating:
Summary: Reese Witherspoon... Need I Say More?
Review: There are many different sides in this multi-faced dark comedy flick. It has a wonderful, colorful cast, including Matthew Broderick (Inspector Gadge), Chris Klein (American Pie) and the talented Reese Witherpoon (A Far Off Place), who give it all shes got and comes out with flying colors. Witherspoon, without a doubt, deserves an Oscar for her hilarious portrayal of this "go-getter" character.
| 
