Rating: 
Summary: Reese Witherspoon is spectacular!
Review: Election is about an election set in Carver High. Tracey Flick (Witherspoon)is the overachiving/annoying little know-it-all that everyone hates. She is running against Paual (Chris Klien), who is the fun loving, popular jock. He was almost forced to run by Mr. McAllister (Broderick) because he hates Tracey and doesn't want her to win. He sees through her perkey smile and knows that there is something off about her. Witherspoon is absolutely hilarious as the completely anal Flick. She brings layers to a character that could have been so one dimensional. It's funny to watch Tracey just walk down the hall, with the annoying pep in her step. Tracey will do anything to win her election, and Mr.McAllister will do anything to stop her. The dynamic between Broderick and Witherspoon is fun to watch. Why does he hate her? Is he jealous of her success? Why is she so desperate to succed? Some of this must come from her mother, who is a little TOO supportive and doesn't comfort her daughter. When Tracey is in her room with the posters reminding her to BE HAPPY!it is clear that she is not happy, she is lonely and she thought winning her election would stop all of that, but it didn't.
Rating: 
Summary: This is a good one
Review: Excellent satire which will leave those looking for teenage-oriented movies highly unsatisfied. Just like The Simpsons, although a cartoon, is not for children, this movie, although set in a high school, is not for teens. Matthew Broderick is great as the slithery teacher who is somewhat of a loser. Reese Witherspoon (Tracy) has to be the most talented young actress nowadays. She can play anything, from a goody-two-shoes girl (like in this movie) to the most terrible ...(Pleasantville, Freeway). This movie is worth seeing just because of Reese alone. She is so Machiavellian! I love the final scene, when Matthew Broderick gets to see Tracy from afar, and what is she doing with her life right now...? Surprise! Chris Klein (Paul), the other running candidate, is so pathetic and gullible that you end up liking him (just like everyone else in school). His sister, brooding Tammy, is awesome and smarter than Tracy. This is a great movie with interesting satiric commentary.
Rating:
Summary: One of the Funniest Movies EVER...
Review: With low expectations, I saw "Election" at my university's theater. I could not have been more pleasantly surprised. Matthew Broderick portrays the high school teacher pushed over the edge by the overly driven student, Reese Witherspoon. The best thing about this movie is that anyone can relate to nearly all of the characters. Matthew Broderick is that ideological teacher who really wanted to make a difference; Reese Witherspoon is the girl everybody hated because she always knew the answer. Chris Kline is that one super-jock, who manages to be an amazingly nice guy. Most of the comedy comes from Broderick's hateful obsession with Witherspoon. This hate drives a good guy to do everything he can to keep Witherspoon from winning the high school Presidential election. This film thrives on the hilarious characters, all of who will undoubtedly remind you of your high school friends and enemies (one of them will undoubtedly remind you of yourself). "Election" is more intelligent, funnier, and more creative than any of the more recent high school nostalgia flicks like "American Pie." I can't say enough positive things about this film, one of the funniest movies of the 90's.
Rating:
Summary: Pretty good
Review: Movies set in High schools these days are always too good to be true. These High schools the most popular person happens to be also Captain of the soccer team and Valictorium. The school's teachers seem to be like students. The school itself is big with windows and huge courtyards where 30-year olds portay teens are stuck in little "cliques" in which they are drive Lexuses. Yet, Election shows what a High School is trully like. Now, I'm not saying that It portrays a school perfectally, but it comes close. The class rooms lack windows, the students are real students, and the general enviroment in quite similar. The movie also points out that it is always those people, those over achievers who do run for president of SGA, however, these same people use others to gain more. Those same people who always thinks they know more than the teacher and deserve more respect. Then the movie also shows an outcast, and also a typical popular person, an over achiever in sports, and gennerally a really nice guy. The movie also has many "patterns". I recomend listening to the auido commentary. You pick up the connections, such as the use of garbarge in the movie. The movie election isn't the best movie ever, but It comes close. It tells a dark comedy, and at the same time does not sacrifice the truth of High school life.
Rating: 
Summary: Meanspirited, stereotypical, and vulgar
Review: This film was disgusting and had no purpose. It was borderline pornographic [...]. The sex wasn't my major gripe, it was the whole storyline that was. This movie mocked a girl just because she was a high achiever, not even because she slept with her teacher. It wasn't even like she slept with him to get higher grades or anything, she felt she genuinely loved him. While I don't condone that, I also do not condone the satire upon her for her neat appearance, WASPy looks, and breadth of intelligence. Furthermore, why are they classifying intelligent people as being backstabbers and a threat to society? Furthermore, the teacher was a pure skank, sleeping with his wife's friend. Why can't there ever be a movie where the guy isn't trying to get in bed with a promiscuous or single girl, and where the girl may actually be praised for her intelligence and not her ability to put out? I also felt that they were portraying lesbianism as some sort of social taboo, using an underachieving loner girl with no friends as some attempt to make lesbianism look like a disease. What are they trying to say, girls with differing opinions from the female "norm" and who don't have lots of boys surrounding them are automatically lesbians? There's nothing wrong with homosexuality, in my opinion, but it's simply wrong to stereotype people.
Rating:
Summary: de best movie to could come out in 19999!
Review: like thisz waz one of if not da bestf movie thaz could opf come out in 1999! it waz really funny, right uop there withe svcary movuie! oscar kin of acting. and directing that rocked! a movie everyone hasda rent or better yet buy! one of my personal favorite and i know everyythinh u scould ever wantz to know about movies!
Rating:
Summary: OMFG
Review: Are u people crazy this movie sucked a big fat one ....i mean matthew broderick gets it on with a yeti!
Rating:
Summary: A Horrible Movie.
Review: This movie seems to have some dedicated fans and it may make you laugh once, or twice, but at what price? It was advertised as an off the wall dark comedy about a school election where a teacher gets involved and gets caught up in the craziness. The teacher vs. the annoying student. Instead, it is a dark and depressing film filled with sick and twisted characters...P>Still, properly done, I guess anything can be funny. Here almost nothing was. Failing to be funny, this film tried to somehow be "deep" or "dark." It failed here too. All we have is painful film where you don't know if you should feel bad for the characters or disgusted by them. Even Reese Witherspoon, who does do a good job, can't redeem this nothing garbage. You only have a limited time on Earth, save part of your precious minutes by avoiding this one.
Rating:
Summary: I luv dis
Review: I am a teenage male and this movie remind's me a lot of high school election's I loved it so much
Rating:
Summary: Highly Recommended
Review: ELECTION was produced and debuted in theaters before the 2000 presidential election. Given the way things went and how the race was ultimately decided, this film's sharp satire takes on a prescient quality. Even without the real-life endorsement of its acumen, it stands as a deft comment on politics, from the perspective of a high school student government election. Reese Witherspoon is perfect as the power hungry overachiever you love to hate and Matthew Broderick is fine as the teacher who is no match for her ambition nor for the complications of marital infidelity. The direction, editing and camera work give ELECTION a witty pace. The writing is crisp. On the goofiness scale of political satire, with DICK being at the top, this film falls somewhat below that but above BOB ROBERTS.
| 
