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- 1999
- Alexander Payne
- 98 mins
- 15
Summary
Satirical comedy starring Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon. Popular student Tracy Flick stands unopposed in the forthcoming elections at her school and looks forward to becoming president of the student government. But a teacher with a long-held grudge against Tracy persuades another student to enter the contest, and things turn really nasty.
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A star rating of 4 out of 5.
David Parkinson
Near the top of the league table for high-school movies, this is a dark and very funny twist on the popularity contest theme often central to the genre. The casting of Matthew Broderick - Ferris Bueller himself! - as a devoted teacher trying to prevent manipulative overachiever Reese Witherspoon from becoming student president is inspired. Director/co-writer Alexander Payne is repaid by his star with a performance of sincere if muddled idealism. Pitted against Chris Klein's jock and his lesbian sister (Jessica Campbell), Witherspoon's blend of corruption and compassion slyly satirises contemporary American politics, with George Washington Carver High School serving as a microcosm of late-20th-century society. Astute, offbeat and uproarious.
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rolenameJim McAllisterMatthew BroderickTracy FlickReese WitherspoonPaul MetzlerChris KleinWalt HendricksPhil ReevesDave NovotnyMark HarelikLinda NovotnyDelaney DriscollDiane McAllisterMolly HaganTammy MetzlerJessica Campbell
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Theatrical distributor
U.I.P. (UK)
Released on
1999-09-24
Languages
English | Spanish
Guidance
Swearing, sex scenes and nudity.
Available on
video, DVD and Blu-ray
Formats
Colour
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