Election [Region 2]

Buy This Item Election [Region 2]  Available from Amazon  $46.99  on 11-15-2008     Matthew Broderick makes up for years of wet-noodle performances with his low-key but unsparing characterization of Jim McAllister, a high school teacher at George Washington Carver High School in Omaha, Nebraska. Driven by a strange mixture of loathing and lust for pathologically overachieving student Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon), McAllister encourages a dim but popular athlete, Paul (Chris Klein from <I>American Pie</I>), to run against her in the election for student-council president. Director-cowriter Alexander Payne (<I>Citizen Ruth</I>) turns this deceptively simple premise into a complex and scathing comedy of ambition, corruption, and desire, all at its most naked and petty. Every scene contains some painfully funny nuance that will make you wince in a mixture of astonishment and empathy. Witherspoon flips effortlessly back and forth from adolescent vulnerability to steely-eyed strength; she's becoming a contemporary Carole Lombard. The movie itself feels like a magnificent throwback to the richly layered comedies of the '30s, which drew their humor from sharply drawn characters and twisting plots instead of explosions of bodily fluids. With a wealth of smart, cutting details, <I>Election</I> rewards multiple viewing. <I>--Bret Fetzer</I> Reader Reviews This comedy has a great cast headed by Reese Witherspoon. Reese truly embodies this character that I'm sure we all remember from high school. The over achieving, over obsessed teen that would be involved in every school function and would stop at nothing to get what they wanted. This film will remind you of those 80's school comedies but, it's a much smarter satirical film then those type comedies. Well above average for these types of movies.

Election [Region 2] Available from Amazon Price: $46.99 Updated on 11-15-2008.

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