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Election (Spanish) (Sub)

	Election (Spanish) (Sub)
	by Paramount Sales Rank: 159165 Price: $14.95

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> *Viewer Reviews* Election is a comedy about a High School election, but it is told primarily from the point-of-view of teacher Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick). Scenes of teachers sabotaging their student's hopes and dreams out of bitter resentment for their own failures are a staple of the coming of age genre, but usually the teachers are just a minor speed bump on the major character's road to destiny. Here, the film stays with the teacher, who seems to be a decent fellow except for some major character flaws that make him do some pretty awful things. --------------- Tracy Flick: It's like my mom says, "The weak are always trying to sabotage the strong." =============== The source novel, "Election," by Tom Perrotta parallels Budd Schulberg's 1941 novel "What Makes Sammy Run?" In Schulberg's novel, an older writer (Al Manheim) watches young Sammy Glick run through the gauntlet of New York journalism and the Old Hollywood studio system. In "Election," Al Manheim = Jim McAllister + Sammy Glick = Tracy Flick. Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) is perhaps a bit irritating in her relentless ambition, but she hardly merits the full-on vendetta unleashed by McAllister. Our sympathy shifts away from McAllister as we see that he has become somewhat fixated on thwarting Flick's ambitions due to his own frustrations. At first he merely avoids calling on her in class, though she is always first to raise her hand in response to any question. He could merely be trying to get more involvement and participation from some of the other students. When she runs for President unopposed his dislike of Tracy escalates to the next level, and he steps in to encourage a well-liked student, Paul Metzler (Chris Klein) to run for President. --------------- Tracy Flick: You might think it upset me that Paul Metzler had decided to run against me but nothing could be further from the truth. He was no competition for me; it was like apples and oranges. I had to work a little harder, that's all. See, I believe in the voters; they understand that elections aren't just popularity contests; they know this country was built by people just like me who work very hard and don't have everything handed to them on a silver spoon. Not like some rich kids who everybody likes because their fathers owns Metzlers cement and give them trucks on their 16th birthday and throw them big parties all the time. No, they don't ever have to work for anything. They think they can just all of a sudden one day out of the blue waltz right in with no qualifications whatsoever and try to take away what other people have worked very, very hard for their entire lives. No, it didn't bother me at all. =============== A further complication is that Tracy Flick has had an affair with McAllister's friend and colleague, Dave Novotny (Mark Harelik). Dave was fired and his wife Linda (Delaney Driscoll) kicked him out. McAllister's wife and Linda were friends, so he ends up spending a lot of time helping Linda out, and begins to feel temptation. He starts an ill fated affair with Linda, sowing the seeds of his own destruction. As if that weren't enough crazy plot twists, Paul's sister Tammy (Jessica Campbell) is in love to the point of obsession, but when her girlfriend breaks up with her and starts going out with Paul and becomes his campaign manager to spite her, she decides to run for President to spite them both. She is like the anarchist candidate, but as you might imagine, anarchy is very appealing to High School students. Her platform to dismantle the whole Student Body Government would probably carry the election, were she not more interested in just getting expelled and sent to an all-girl catholic school. Election is not a laugh-out-loud hilarious comedy, but it is more of a dark comedy, with a skewed world view. The director, Alexander Payne, was gearing up for greater success with Sideways, with its cast of even more flawed characters, obnoxious and unlikable, who grow on you, much like a fungus. Other notable films of Payne's are About Schmidt and Citizen Ruth. Also gearing up for greater success is Reese Witherspoon, who proved herself adept at comedy in the popular Legally Blonde and Sweet Home Alabama, then conquered drama with a well deserved Oscar for Walk the Line. She totally stole the show from Joaquin Phoenix, the ostensible star of the Johnny Cash biopic as June Carter Cash, Johnny's long suffering wife. In Election she stretches herself in several directions, running the gamut from A to Z, going from strident martinet to obnoxiously perky in a heartbeat. --------------- Tracy Flick: [narrating] None of this would have happened if Mr. McAllister hadn't meddled the way he did. He should have just accepted things as they are instead of trying to interfere with destiny. You see, you can't interfere with destiny. That's why it's destiny. And if you try to interfere, the same thing's going to happen anyway, and you'll just suffer. =============== DIRECTED BY ALEXANDER PAYNE Sideways (2004) About Schmidt (2002) Election (1999) Citizen Ruth (1996) FILMS AND ROLES OF MATTHEW BRODERICK Finding Amanda (2008) .... Taylor Peters Diminished Capacity (2008) .... Cooper Bee Movie (2007) (voice) .... Adam Flayman Then She Found Me (2007) .... Benjamin 'Ben' Green Deck the Halls (2006) .... Steve Finch The Producers (2005) .... Leo Bloom Strangers with Candy (2005) .... Roger Beekman The Last Shot (2004) .... Steven Schats The Stepford Wives (2004) .... Walter Kresby The Lion King 1½ (2004) (V) (voice) .... Simba Marie and Bruce (2004) .... Bruce Good Boy! (2003) (voice) .... Hubble You Can Count on Me (2000) .... Brian Everett Inspector Gadget (1999) .... Officer John Brown / Inspector Gadget / Robo Gadget Election (1999) .... Jim McAllister The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) (V) (voice) .... Simba Walking to the Waterline (1998) .... Michael Woods Godzilla (1998) .... Dr. Niko Tatopoulos Addicted to Love (1997) .... Sam Infinity (1996) .... Richard Feynman The Cable Guy (Full Screen) (1996) .... Steven M. Kovacs The Road to Wellville (1994) .... William Lightbody Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) .... Charles MacArthur The Lion King (1994) (voice) .... Adult Simba The Night We Never Met (1993) .... Sam Lester Out on a Limb (1992) .... Bill Campbell The Freshman (1990) .... Clark Kellogg / Narrator Glory (1989) .... Col. Robert Gould Shaw Family Business (1989) .... Adam McMullen Torch Song Trilogy (1988) .... Alan Simon Biloxi Blues (1988) .... Eugene Morris Jerome She's Having a Baby (1988) (uncredited) .... Ferris Bueller Project X (1987) .... Jimmy Garrett Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) .... Ferris Bueller On Valentine's Day (1986) .... Brother 1918 (1985) .... Brother Ladyhawke (1985) .... Phillipe Gaston WarGames (1983) .... David Lightman Max Dugan Returns (1983) .... Michael McPhee FILMS AND ROLES OF REESE WITHERSPOON Rendition (2007) .... Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi Penelope (2006) .... Annie Just Like Heaven (2005) .... Elizabeth Walk the Line (2005) .... June Carter Vanity Fair (2004) .... Becky Sharp Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003) .... Elle Woods Sweet Home Alabama (2002) .... Melanie Smooter The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) .... Cecily Cardew Legally Blonde (Special Edition) (2001) .... Elle Woods The Trumpet of the Swan (2001) (voice) .... Serena Little Nicky (2000) .... Holly American Psycho (2000) .... Evelyn Williams Best Laid Plans (1999) .... Lissa Election (1999) .... Tracy Flick Cruel Intentions (1999) .... Annette Hargrove Pleasantville (1998) .... Jennifer Overnight Delivery (1998) .... Ivy Miller Twilight (1998) .... Mel Ames Fear (1996) .... Nicole Walker Freeway (1996) .... Vanessa Lutz S.F.W. (1994) .... Wendy Pfister Jack the Bear (1993) .... Karen Morris A Far Off Place (1993) .... Nonnie Parker The Man in the Moon (1991) .... Dani Trant --------------- Tracy Flick: Good morning, Mr. M. Looks like you could use a CUPCAKE! =============== Back To Top
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