Synopsis
Reading. Writing. Revenge.
A high school teacher's personal life becomes complicated as he works with students during the school elections.
1999 Directed by Alexander Payne
A high school teacher's personal life becomes complicated as he works with students during the school elections.
Matthew Broderick Reese Witherspoon Chris Klein Jessica Campbell Mark Harelik Phil Reeves Molly Hagan Delaney Driscoll Colleen Camp Frankie Ingrassia Matt Malloy Jeanine Jackson Holmes Osborne Loren Nelson Nicholas D'Agosto Emily Martin Jonathan Marion Amy Falcone Matt Justesen Nick Kenny B.J. Tobin Christa Young David V. Wenzel Joel Parks Larry Kaiser Marilyn Tipp Jeannie Brayman James Devney L. Carmen Novoa Show All…
Frank Gaeta Michael Keller Patrick Cyccone Jr. Eric Flickinger Mark Choi Drew Webster Scott Wolf Scott Sanders Craig S. Jaeger
La Eleccion, Выборы
Underdogs and coming of age Relationship comedy Crude humor and satire school, teacher, student, classroom or classmates teenager, school, friendship, funny or nerds sports, team, coach, football or athlete funny, comedy, humor, jokes or hilarious chemistry, hilarious, romantic comedy, sweet or humorous Show All…
left side of the brain: matthew broderick is a good actor and he has range. the character he plays here is nothing like any other character he has portrayed, and he plays it well. besides, an actor is more than the movie characters he plays, and one role shouldn't define him, especially with his amount of skill.
right side of the brain: look at that ferris bueller man go
I don’t have a list of my favorite movie characters. Why would I? But if I DID, Paul would be at the top.
My mom has said to me multiple times that nobody should graduate film school without having seen Election. I don't know if I agree with her yet but this is an amazing movie.
my thoughts throughout this movie:
1. reese witherspoon plays unhinged, ambitious characters better than anyone else
2. i would vote for the himbo why lie
3. wait maybe i would vote for the himbo’s lesbian sister
4. what do i have to do to become a part of the himbo and lesbian sister’s family bc i love them both so much
5. tammy being happy about getting sent to immaculate heart bc she’s going to be surrounded by hot girls, lady bird just couldn’t do it
6. wait does this movie have the same ending as portrait of a lady on fire or am i going crazy
The Tracy Flicks have won. We live in their world now. Though they will never be popular, or cool or well liked, they will never be defeated. Alexander Payne tried to warn us but it was too late.
Dear God, thank you for all your blessings. You've given me so many things, like good health, nice parents, a nice truck, and what I'm told is a large penis.
You either die a Ferris Bueller or live long enough to see yourself become Jim McAllister.
First viewing in at least 10 years. Holds up really well. And I like that it's called ELECTION, not *THE* ELECTION, because it’s as much about the agonizing process of making choices in life as it is the results of a single student council president race.
women who work toward positions of power that were intended for men, and are still occupied mostly by men, are not annoying but ambitious and admirable, thank you for coming to my TED talk
67/100
Still the same basic problem, which is that I'm much more interested in the story of an ineffectual teacher who decides to sabotage an annoying go-getter than I am in the story of that man's disastrous extramarital affair, or his disfiguring encounter with a bee, or his predilection for high-school-themed porn. The extent to which the film dogpiles Mr. McAllister throws its multiple-viewpoint narrative badly out of whack, and its glee in punishing an errant protagonist subsequently became Payne's central preoccupation, thankfully toned down in Nebraska. The emphasis was still more on getting laughs at this point, though, so there's much to enjoy, from the deliberately unflattering freeze-frames to the repeated use of Morricone's Navajo Joe theme to signify…
just knowing that this is apparently Barack Obama's favourite political film somehow made it that much funnier