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"I've seen Election over the last ten years in bits and pieces and I was never interested enough to rent or buy it. Now having the chance to sit through it being a little more experienced in analyzing films, I think it's a good film and I had fun watching it. I just didn't really dig it as much as I thought. The story revolves around Jim McAllister (Broderick), a high school teacher, attempting to thwart goodie goodie Tracy Flick (Witherspoon) in her bid for class president. By the time the story is finished, McAllister loses his job, his wife, and his home...and Flick becomes an aide to a senator. The irony of it all is amusing, but I suppose I was looking for a little more vulgarity. There are some truly hilarious lines and moments scattered about the film, but they don't show up often enough. This is balanced out by the simple surrealness of some of the situations presented, but it wasn't as laugh out loud as I was expecting from it. It almost gets painful to watch towards the en ... "
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"Are you walking around with your “I Voted!” sticker proudly adhered to your chest? If not, get out there and do some lever pulling, chad punching, and ballot dropping. Then take the rest ofthe day off and watch one of these movies that’ll get you through the rest of election day and away from the nail-biting edge of election return coverage. There are a few minor spoilers inside, but don’t view that as me messing with the ballot box. You’ll still love the movies more than CNN’s infographics.
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"This week has been hectic and so I have only had time so far to enjoy two movies. No matter, the week is still young. Election (1999) is an old favourite. Alexander Payne is one of my favourite film makers and whilst he is still honing his craft here, I adore his screenplay's use of tone and narrative voice. For those who haven't seen it - Election is told through a number of different narrators, all of whom have views of the events that unfold throughout the course of the picture. Characters conflict one another's accounts and are unreliable, yet that is part of the joy and we always come to see through their self-deceptions. It is the story of a girl who is the class priss. Who clearly thinks that she is streets ahead of her classmates and wants all of the attention. She is misguided, believing that success will beget friendship. It is her smarmy attitude that causes the vividly negative reaction that her history teacher, Jim McAllister (Broderick) develops to her. He wants her t ... "
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"Daydream Nation: Forthcoming teen comedy directed by Michael Goldbach, starring "Heroes" cheerleader Hayden Panettiere and maybe Kieran Culkin, "the producers are hoping to reinvent the coming-of-age story for the 21st century, calling the film an intellectual comedy a la Juno and Election."See also: The Replacements, Can't Hardly Wait, Just Like Heaven, Things We Lost in the Fire.source "
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"Man, this is a good one. Brialliant dark satire. I highly recommend it. "
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