Comedies, Satire, Theatrical Release, High School Students, High School Experiences, Elections, Essential Cinema
Description
Director Alexander (CITIZEN RUTH) Payne's second film, based on the novel by Tom Perotta, takes the scandal and mudslinging associated with presidential elections and transposes them to a high school election for student council president in Nebraska- with impossibly sharp, satirical results. Matthew Broderick, in a reversal of FERRIS BUELLER, plays Jim McAllister, a teacher who will stop at nothing to prevent perfect Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon), who is running unopposed, from winning the election. Jim, who bears a personal grudge against Tracy, goads a popular but dim football player (Chris Klein) into running against her. This spurs on a series of strange events (both madcap and surprisingly sexual), which add up to an uncommonly funny high school film for adults. Performances are great all-around, and Payne uses shifting narration and a series of freeze frames to give the film a rich and layered feel.
DVD Features
Region 1 Keep Case - Sensormatic Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85 Letterbox - 1.85 Additional Release Material: Audio Commentary: by director Alexander Payne
A great film about highschool and all the really f*cked up sh*t that occurs there. Reese Witherspoon is fantastic as Tracy Flick, the craziest over-achiever in the history of ever and Matthew... Read the whole review at MatchFlick
Posted on March 10, 2007
Reviewed by: Zara
And no, I'm not referring to this being the best movie. I'm referring to the fact that Reese Witherspoon portrays the phenomenal character of Tracy Flick, a type-A personality who everyone went to... Read the whole review at MatchFlick
Posted on March 26, 2007
