Election

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Summary: Vote Yes
Review: This is Broderick's redemption after iffy performances in "Addicted to Love" and "Road to Wellville." This is Payne's directorial improvement over "Citizen Ruth." This is a clever, sharp comedy that takes place in a high school but most certainly IS NOT a high school comedy. Broderick's character -- in a Ferris Bueller flip-flop -- is a teacher who gives one of his students hell. And in allowing himself to become engulfed in his disdain for Witherspoon's Tracy Flick, Broderick reveals the human frailty present in even the best of us. This movie also showcases Witherspoon's burgeoning ability. My guess is that many of those who didn't find "Election" funny probably were overwhelmed by its crass moments.

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Summary: Awaiting the Directors Cut
Review: This really is a great film. The performances by both Reese and Mathew Broderick are superb. Alexander Payne's directing is intentionally unflattering in parts, and this adds to the films emotions and toys with your sympathies. You start to hate Reese's character, and love Brodericks, but towards the end, you, well I found myself questioning who exactly I liked and disliked. Particulary effective are the shots where the action is frozen during a commentary. What I found annoying was the directors commentary, during which we are told about loads of deleted scenes which are great, without any real explanation as to why they were deleted. I'd rather not know, but now I do, I want to see them. This would probably reach my TOP 30 films of all time. Just about. A superb comedy.

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Summary: Avoid this movie
Review: I wanted to give this no stars, but the system does not allow it. This was one of the most deceiving movies I saw last year, billed as a great comedy. The Mtv movie productions should clue you into what will come next. It is crude, highly offensive and you should save your money. If you like Matthew Broderick in a high school movie, watch Ferris Bueller again.

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Summary: I elect it the movie of 1999
Review: Most likely the best movie I saw all last year and I saw American Beauty. Mathew Broderick is terific and his chemistry with Witherspoon was just dripping off the screen. Now a warning it does get a little...crude but it is done tastefully. The story of a History teacher(Broderick) with a great job, and a good wife and home life, who throws it away in one day. If you like American Beauty then you'll like this too. Enjoy

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Summary: >>>What can I say?<<<
Review: This movie is very well made. It has nearly everything you could want in a movie,comedy,drama,well no horror,a ,mild thrill. The point in this movie they are trying to get across is that no matter how much you try,no matter how much you put in to it,there will always be someone like Trasie Flick! I have been a fan of Mathew Brodderick for some time now,Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Addicted To Love,and equally with most of the cast members. This is a great film,which will surely be in my DVD collection soon.

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Summary: Smart, Dark, and Hilarious
Review: Like another reviewer, I too am a teen who hates teen movies. In fact, I would never had not planned on seeing this movie, but I caught it on Pey-Per-View one night while babysitting. I decded togive it a try. Boy am I glad I did! My misconceptions were proved to be wrong when I realized that Election is *not* a teen movie, as I had assumed it to be due to the fact that Reese Witherspoon was in it. Election is dark, satirical comedy. People looking for a movie about boy troubles featuring giggling teenage actresses will not be satisfied by this and will probably not get it. Two of my friends, who like teen movies, did not like this movie at all and said it was "weird." Anyway, Election is great, Matthew Broderick is hilarious as the teacher...buy it now!

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Summary: QUIRKY! DARK! SMART! BRILLIANT! RAUNCHY! WITTY!
Review: I think my title just about summed it all up. Great film.

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Summary: Not your typical "teen flick"
Review: I usually hate teen movies (even though I'm a teenager), but I really liked this one. Like someone else said, it's not so much a teen movie, but an adult movie acted by teens. Reese Witherspoon is great as the archetypal annoying, overachieving sycophant - there's one in every school, isn't there? Matthew Broderick gives his best performance in years (probably since "Ferris Bueller") as the hilarious loser Mr. McAllister. If you love social satire, don't miss this movie.

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Summary: Election Gets My Vote
Review: With a cast of teen favorites that includes Reese Witherspoon and 80's icon Matthew Broderick, you might expect Election to be nothing more than another shallow teen drama about kids worrying what they're going to wear or who they're taking to prom. Be warned, it's anything but. Young audiences hungry for recycled storylines and cardboard characters can look to the latest from Jennifer Love Hewitt because this will likely go over they're heads. Shedding his Ferris Bueller image, Broderick plays Mr. M (every high school has one) - the popular teacher who challenges his students. But one student gets under his skin. Tracy Flick (Witherspoon) is an overachieving go-getter steaming rolling her way towards the class presidency until Mr. M enlists the high school quarterback (Chris Klein in a sure star-making performace) to run against her. His resentment is brought on by an affair Tracy had with his friend and collegue which inevitably to him being fired. Alexander Payne brings his comedic flare to the sophisticated novel by Tom Perrotta (which I also highly recommend). And anybody who enjoys this film should check out Payne's satire on the abortion debate (Citizen Ruth) which is another killer comedy that has something to say.

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Summary: A truly funny satire
Review: A very intelligent and darkly hilarious look at school politics, Election is one of the few cases of movies based on novels where the movie is actually better than the book that preceded it. Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick are both great with comic timing, and the writing is first-rate.