Rent Election (1999)

3.5 of 5 from 161 ratings
1h 39min
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Synopsis:
Reese Witherspoon plays Tracy Flick, a straight-A go-getter determined to be president of Carver High's student body. Popular teacher Jim McAlister (Matthew Broderick) decides to derail Tracy's obsessive overachieving by recruiting an opposition candidate. Mr. M never imagines that stopping Tracy is like trying to put toothpaste back in the tube.
Actors:
, , , , , , , , , , , , , Loren Nelson, , Jonathan Marion, Amy Falcone, Matt Justesen, Nick Kenny, B.J. Tobin
Directors:
Producers:
Albert Berger, Keith Samples, Ron Yerxa, David Gale
Writers:
Tom Perrotta, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
Others:
Jim Taylor
Studio:
Paramount
Genres:
Comedy
Collections:
Award Winners, Back to School: Best Films Featuring Teachers, Films & TV by topic, The Big Match: Gregory's Girl v Bend It Like Beckham, The Biggest Oscar Snubs: Part 2, Top 10 Autumn Films, Top 10 Films By Year, Top 10 Films of 1999, Top Films
BBFC:
Release Date:
04/12/2000
Run Time:
99 minutes
Languages:
Czech Dolby Digital 2.0, English Dolby Digital 5.1, German Dolby Digital 5.1, Hungarian Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles:
Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Audio Commentary With Director Alexander Payne
BBFC:
Release Date:
Unknown
Run Time:
103 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby TrueHD 5.0, French Dolby Digital 5.0, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.0
Subtitles:
English, English Hard of Hearing, French, Portuguese, Spanish
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Audio commentary by Director Alexander Payne
BBFC:
Release Date:
29/07/2024
Run Time:
103 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, French Parisian Dolby Digital 5.1, German Dolby Digital 5.1, Italian Dolby Digital 5.1, Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Subtitles:
English, English Hard of Hearing, French Parisian, German, Italian, Japanese
DVD Regions:
Region 0 (All)
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
(0) All

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Reviews (2) of Election

A hilarious satire. - Election review by CP Customer

Spoiler Alert
16/10/2007

Tracy Flick is a seemingly perfect overachieving student who is running unopposed for the position of high school student president in the upcoming student government election. The school's student adviser and history teacher Jim McAllister has witnessed the darker side of Tracy's personality, beneath Tracy's goody two shoes veneer he's seen an obsessive, manic and manipulative self-obsessed go getter that will go to any lengths to get what she wants and he knows her dark secret which led to his best friend being fired from teaching at the school. Irritated that an unopposed Tracy will win the election by default, he decides to throw a spanner into the works and organises some competition by manipulating Paul Metzler, the schools highly popular, though dumb, quarterback hero into running against her. However when Paul upsets his younger sister Tammy, she too decides to throw her hat in the ring and the election soon backfires into a dangerous farce which ends up putting careers and reputations on the line. Election is one of those rare films that manages to do everything exceptionally well. It has a great cast, great direction and a smart, stinging and dark storyline that hooks you in from start to finish. If you enjoyed films like 'Office Space', 'Pretty Persuasion' and 'Mean Girls' then 'Election' is highly recommended.

3 out of 4 members found this review helpful.

oh dear - Election review by sd

Spoiler Alert
05/09/2023

very disappointing . similar to confessions of a window cleaner from the 70s , and less funny than a charlie chaplin film

1 out of 2 members found this review helpful.

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