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Actors: Reese Witherspoon, Matthew Broderick
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Election |
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This wonderfully pointed and hilarious satire did not get the audience it deserved in theaters. Reese Witherspoon stars as a very ambitious high schooler who will do anything to win election to the student council presidency. She's an ever-optimistic, hard-working schemer -- sort of a cross between Martha Stewart and Richard Nixon. Matthew Broderick is a conscientious social studies teacher who doubts she should get the position (partly because she destroyed his colleague and best friend's career by having an affair with him, although Broderick lusts after her himself), so he prods a sweet, naive jock -- Chris Klein of the "American Pie" movies -- to run against her. Broderick's character also gets tangled up with his friend's ex-wife. An additional complication is provided by the jock's younger, adopted sister, who also runs for president because her former girlfriend has taken up with her brother! This is adult satire in the grand style, not another silly and sentimental high school movie, and terrifically well done.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Election |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- seduction (yum!)
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Kids:
- general coming of age story
Age group
- trouble in high school
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- teacher/professor
Age:
- 20's-30's
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- caring
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- a teen
Profession/status:
- student
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
Misc setting
- school
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- licking
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Is this movie based on a
- book
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