Pros: Acting. Script. No apologies. Hilarious. Cons: Not really.
Now that Alexander Payne’s ‘About Schmidt’ has met with rave reviews, we are reminded of his 㤇 directorial effort ‘Election’. Though ‘Election’ had and has its popularity, it flew under the radar of many,...
Pros: Great script, Great direction, Great performances by all involved Cons: not that many.
Election is a wonderful film on several different levels. Director Alexander Payne (Citizen Ruth) has crafted a fierce satire that takes aim at every level of high school life: nerds, jocks, lesbians, cheerleaders, parents, and faculty. No...
Pros: Sardonic look at various kinds of longing Cons: Sex-negativity
Alexander Payne’s film“Election” was loved by many critics (e- and other), and hated by some moviegoers (and epinionators). I saw it just before am about to visit my own whitebread hometown -- getting a ride there from a female former student council...
Pros: Plenty of laughs; absolutely brilliant level of satire; excellent performances Cons: Many viewers might find it twisted and lurid (it's really not)
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is a review I wrote at the time of the film's release in 1999. I was experimenting with different writing styles at the time so it doesn't fit my usual format. Usually I hate reviews that are arranged like this, although I think I ...
Pros: Broderick and Witherspoon Cons: Gratuitous sex
Bribes, ballot-box stuffing, sexual corruption. No, it’s not the White House, it’s just the student council election at George Washington Carver High in the scathing satire "Election."
In writer-director Alexander Payne’s sharp-eyed...
Pros: Interesting subject, great direction Cons: Too much adult subject matter that seemed unnecessary to the plot
Election is a very well-written comic satire on high school politics and deception. It is a story about people manipulating the truth and stepping on each other's toes while striving towards their own personal, selfish goals, only to find that when they...
Pros: Good performances from Witherspoon and Broderick. Sharp writing. Cons: Occasionally overly raunchy for subject matter.
The day finally came for my debut in the Stardust Lounge on board the mighty Norwegian Star cruise liner. I was there for hours, readying my Sink For Your Supper set of songs with the house band and determining how best to set such...
Pros: Dark edged comedy with great acting support Cons: Might be too dark for some
Election is one of the sharpest films to come out this year, with a brutal edge and thick comedy. Whether it reminds you of your high school days or a Jerry Springer episode, the plot is wonderfully and horribly plausible.
Pros: Witherspoon is on fire. Cons: Perhaps too honest for some.
Election would act as a great companion piece for Rushmore. I kept noticing similarities in them, like the basic plot and overall respect for the viewer. Election is subtle, but it's also quite harsh at times. It's nice to see a movie (or two, even)...
Pros: characters, script, editing, casting, direction Cons: deeply cynical, some stereotyping
Election is a production of MTV, which made short-term stars of such dubious personalities as Paulie Shore and Kennedy. One expects the worst, such as a teen-oriented sex comedy. But as was the case with their previous theatrical release,...
Pros: fresh twist on a tired genre Cons: cliched characters
Back in the 1980’s, Matthew Broderick made a name for himself playing hookie from school as Ferris Beuller. Here he’s on the opposite side of the fence as the teacher. In a way this film is a remake of that one. A lot of the characters are eerily...
Pros: Great performances, innovative Cons: Maybe too dark for some
Matthew Broderick is a likeable guy. Always has been. But, to see him take a dive into playing a morally flawed character is exceptionally entertaining and downright funny.
Broderick plays a high school teacher in "Election," a...
Pros: funny in a dark way, intriguing flash backs and plot tie-ins, shocking at times Cons: none that I can think of
Last week, my Japanese friend came running up to me at school, shouting "You've got to see Erection!" I politely told him that I didn't want to see his erection. He says "No... Not erection. ERECTION!" as he pointed furiously at...
Please let it be known that I did not see this movie of my own free will, I was trapped on a bus heading from Chicago to Grinnell and I had nowhere to run, although I did make some spirited attempts at opening the emergency...
"Election" is a strange movie that fits somewhere between comedy and tragedy. The story itself is straightforward and fairly simple but it is in the characters of this film that we get a true sense of comic and tragic figures.
Director Alexander CITIZEN RUTH Payne's second film based on the novel by Tom Perotta takes the scandal and mudslinging associated with presidential e...More at Family Video
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