Election overview
Overall Rating
Total Ratings: 2
Synopsis:
In this satirical comedy, a hotly contested high school election becomes a metaphor for the current state of American politics. Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) is a popular and well-respected instructor at George Washington Carver High School in Omaha, Nebraska, but lately he's been unhappy in both his personal and professional life, and his anxieties finally come to a head with the school's student elections. Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) is running for student body president, and she certainly seems like the sort of girl who would win a high school election -- she's pretty, popular and takes part in all the right extra-curricular activities.
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Movie Details:
- Director: Alexander Payne
- Studio: Bona Fide Productions, MTV Films
- Year: 1999
- Run Time: 103 minutes
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Set in: Omaha, Nebraska
- MPAA Rating: R (for strong sexuality, sex-related dialogue and language, and a scene of drug use)
- Category: Feature
- Genre/Type: Comedy
- Filmed in: Color
