MOVIE · 1999
Election
ComedyDramaRomance103 min
When Tracy Flick runs unopposed for student-body president at a Nebraska high school, civics teacher Jim McAllister decides she’s exactly the kind of kid who shouldn’t coast to victory. Reese Witherspoon is Tracy, a polished overachiever with no interest in losing; Matthew Broderick’s Jim turns a school election into a petty, increasingly personal crusade by recruiting football player Paul Metzler as a challenger. As campaign season collides with Jim’s unraveling personal life, the movie scales national-politics behavior down to hallways, classrooms, and grudges that get far too personal.
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