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Summary: Not what they say, a great disappointment
Review: If you feel teachers having afairs with their students, attempting to manipulate elections and general all around questionable sexual and ethical behavior is hilarious then this is the film for you. If you have any scruples, if you have noticed this is less a comedy, then an all too possible headline in your local newspaper you'll skip this travisty. It is the most disapointing thing I've ever seen Matthew Broderick in, with the possible exception of "Godzilla" (The remake) Oh yes, the acting is good, it better be, I'd hate to think these people are really like that.If you are in the market for offbeat, quirky fun, buy "Rushmore" instead.
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Summary: Plain Awful
Review: Reese Witherspoon only did the best job. She has the aggression just like everyone has running out for something. Like I did running for Student Council Secretary. Matthew Broderick did a terrible job. It was so bad I laughed at it. Although it was not funny. The football and cheerleader porno video was so dumb to put in there. It made the movie slutty, disgusting and on it's way to an x-rated film. I don't reccommend this film to people. This movie contains some sex,lesbian issues and things worse than that. Chris Klein just made himself looked just as stupid such as in the movie American Pie. All in All don't watch this I was greatful I rented this at my local Dillions store for fifty cents.
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Summary: Great director's commentary on the DVD
Review: I enjoyed "Election" very much when I first viewed the DVD, but was truly blown away by the commentary track by director Alexander Payne. His insights and anecdotes were fascinating and amusing. I came away with a much greater appreciation of the film, and of Payne as a director. A great example of how the medium and features of DVD can enhance the film watching experience.
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Summary: CLEVER
Review: Matthew Broderick is fabulous here in his role as a normal teacher in a seemingly normal high school. He is well-liked and has been teacher of the year. He is also the student government advisor, and one day he meets his match in an overly ambitious and almost crazy student Tracy Flick (played to manically realistic proportion by Reese Witherspoon). Broderick is so disturbed by Tracy's blind ambition that he prompts another student, popular football player sidelined by an injury, to run against Tracy in the student government elections. The well-meaning but rather stupid guy (Chris Klein) agrees but has no idea what he is up against. Neither does Broderick. After Klein's character enters the election, his character's lesbian younger sister Tammy also enters the election on a platform of "don't vote, who cares?" Tammy would have won by a landslide, but she gets kicked out of school (for admitting to ripping down posters that Tracy really ripped down) and (happily for her) sent to an all girls school. At that point Broderick tries to tamper with the election results. But this is after so many other problems have befallen him in his personal life. It is almost sad to watch the fabric of his life unravel, while Tracy is climbing the social ladder. Particularly at the end of the film. Still, a darkly comic take on high school popularity and ambitions. Really a worthwhile and funny film.
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Summary: Why can't Hollywood make movies like this
Review: How can anyone hate this movie! I am disgusted by the other students at my high school that tell me that this movie is unfunny. I know that this movie doesn't have the plot of true classics like She's All That and 10 Things I Hate About You (cough, cough), but give it a chance. I have people tell me that they didn't like it because Reese Witherspoon's character was annoying. THAT'S THE POINT! She's supposed to be unlikeable. If you liked Ferris Bueller, you will like this movie for the subtle references (check the first name on the list of Tammy's signitures). Hollywood needs to get the picture that the public doesn't always need that big budget action flick starring Ben Affleck to get us to the theaters. This film was robbed by the Academy. They must be afraid to give the big awards to those films that don't make a lot of money, so that we will continue to see that summer blockbuster crap, instead of those that are actually worth your while. It's coming to the point where if you want to see a good movie, then it's going to have to be an indy flick.
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Summary: Black comedy without the comedy
Review: Election is a black comedy without the laughs. Labeled by the critical mass as a "biting satire," it was first billed as teensploitation when it was released in 00' because it takes place in high school and stars Chris Klein and Reese Witherspoon, the latest fresh faces, but only rationalistic adults, embittered by the hardships of life experience yet misguided by pseudo-intellectualism could appreciate a film this cynical, mean-spirited, and completely lacking in humor.Part of the problem is that Election focuses on an evil, unappealing main character, Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) instead of spending time on a supporting character, Tammy Metzler (Jessica Campbell) who brings an understated brilliance to the film in her short scenes. Small beautiful moments worthy of applause crop up during this film, but then so much of the rest is a contemptible mess that you shouldn't be surprised if you find yourself applauding and booing within the same twenty minutes. Election switches quite frequently between junk and greatness. As much as I'm dissing Election, I was weirdly engaged during the whole film. The high school students, halls, and classrooms of Carver High look real because they are real, and a realistic high school setting is a precious quality rare in most high school movies. I also enjoyed the crisp cinematography; it makes the film look much cooler than it really is. That can also be said for the omnicient narrative. Up until the
conclusion, I felt like I was seeing something realistic, meaningful and scathingly smart. But during the conclusion and after the end, the more I thought about it, the more I realized how little sense the film makes. Seeing it for the second time, it became more apparent how ugly it is with hardly no sympathetic
characters and a payoff that leaves the stalest of aftertastes. In the end, the whole message of Election could be summed up with one banal bumper sticker slogan, "Mean People Suck." How "bitingly" satirical is that?
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Summary: Amazing!
Review: This movie is just that, amazing. I love this film. Each performace is perfect. The movie just flows together. I think this is Reese Witherspoon's best performance. She annoys the heck out of you but in a very funny way. Mathew Broderick also gives one of his best performances ever, my fave was him playing "Ferris". It is a shame this film didn't get more attention. It was truly one of the best comedys of the last decade and one of my favorite movies to date.
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Summary: Original and hilarious
Review: Unfortunately this comedy wasn't a huge hit at the box office. Which is too bad, because it is such a great comedy. I guess it is a bit of a dark comedy, so perhaps that turns off the masses. A quick synopsis: Broderick plays a teacher. Reese plays a student at the high school running for class President. She is very ambitious and Broderick's character can't stand her. I don't think you've ever seen Broderick this funny or in this kind of role - he's a crack-up (what was he thinking having an affair with that woman???)! I think this has to be Reese's best performance, she is truly one of the great up & coming actresses today and you will love to hate(?) her as Broderick's character does. I don't think I've ever heard my husband laugh as loud as he did in the very last scene (of course, he finds naughty words incredibly funny so that probably explains most of it).
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Summary: A typical Hollywood's movie
Review: talking about the life of those high school days. A rude(you'll see), boring(slow enough) movie collecting a pile of actors whom I just disliked. In fact, this is a nuisance. You never prefer to keep this movie forever except you're just one of them. You even won't recall this movie after you saw it. But, strangely, I found I believed this movie still worths seeing at least once, and I feel I'm lucky seeing this one on tv by accident.
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Summary: Election
Review: This is for sure not a high concept movie. How interesting does it sound to see a movie about a girl who wants to be elected president of the high school student council? Not very, but it is. And funny too. The screenplay got a well-deserved Oscar nomination. It isn't as simple as many movies are, with good guys and bad guys. All the characters in this movie have good and bad sides, just like real people. All the actors are good, especially Reese Witherspoone, Matthew Broderick and Jessica Campbell. Many good movies came out in 1999 and this is one of them. You don't want to miss this great comedy!
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