Special Election
reviewed Fri, 07 May 1999 21:47:26 EDT
Election is the best movie I've seen this year.
Wickedly
funny, acid-tongued, and surprisingly raunchy, it far outshines the
novel
on which it's based. Every actor is dead-on perfect; every detail of
the
bland high-school backdrop is nailed. Even the music is perfect. It's
bitter
and clever and profane, and it doesn't pull its punches (just a word of
warning for the faint-of-heart among you who may be expecting a bubbly
teen comedy, as evidently were the old couple beside me who tsk-tsked
every
swear word and every hint of sex -- they were kept pretty busy).
Reese Witherspoon is outright terrifying as the hyper-ambitious
Tracy
Flick, like Mussolini with a peaches-and-cream complexion. Matthew
Broderick
is great as her teacher and nemesis, "Mr. M." He's certainly got the
high-school-teacher
brown-on-brown wardrobe down pat -- and stay tuned till the final
fade-out
to catch his little tribute to Ferris Bueller.
I can't recommend this one highly enough. You need to have a
warped
sense of humor to enjoy it, but if you're even a little bit twisted,
you'll
love it.
Back to
homepage
Reviews A to F
Reviews G to L
Reviews M to R
Reviews S to Z
Search