Election (1999)

Release date: 1999-05-07
Country: USA
Language: English|Spanish
Director: Alexander Payne
Production Co: Bona Fide Productions, MTV Films, Paramount Pictures
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rating: 7.2/10
Length: 1h 43min

Storyline

The high school Class President election is approaching and it looks like Tracy Flick is going to win, unopposed. However, teacher Jim McAllister has other plans. He convinces jock Paul Metzler to run, sparking off an interesting chain of events.

Plot Keywords

black comedy, brother sister relationship, teacher student relationship, fellatio, teenage girl, self destructiveness, female protagonist, election campaign, sex scene, high school, hot tub, nebraska, photocopier, teenage daughter, poster, lesbianism, power line, lesbian kiss, bicycle, swing

Short Review

The comedy may not resonate as deeply as the well-named Payne intends, but between Witherspoon's exuberant solipsism and Broderick's talent for absorbing massive humiliation, the chuckles keep coming like poisoned darts.