why haven't watched this one till now. smh i really loved this one. i wish somebody suggest me movies like this to me.

Hilarious political satire. It's humor is soo dry and real that it may go over a lot of heads, but it's the stuff of a cult classic. Witherspoon is just perfect in it.

This is pretty great, a smart comedy that lovingly pokes fun at democratic elections and the fatal flaws with it (lowest common denominator thinking being rewarded; popularity > substance; irrational bitterness; the most competent person being required to play dirty, etc.). It really needs to be mentioned how good the filmmaking is here, especially compared to other comedies of its time. Purposeful cinematography and editing, a score that compliments the scenes, interesting visual choices, etc. The writing’s also pretty excellent: it’s consistently funny (both in subtle and obvious ways), the dialogue is sharp, the main characters are all flawed in an interesting way and the story continuously surprised me all the way through. Every actor is perfectly cast and does a great job in their role, this might still be Reese Witherspoon’s best work to date. I honestly think it’s near perfect, the only major flaw being its use of excessive narration as an exposition tool. 8/10

'Election' builds relatively slowly though really does become a fun movie by its conclusion. It's most definitely worth a watch. Matthew Broderick is excellent throughout, as are the likes of Reese Witherspoon and Chris Klein. The films goes to some unexpected places and manages to make it work. And there's a great callback in there too. I will say that I didn't love the internal monologue bits, but they didn't derail the film for me in any major way.

I thought this was political satire but for the most part it isn't. Nor is it really (as I had thought it would be) about the perils of Reese Witherspoon trying too hard to get ahead and compromising her morals. Somewhat to my surprise, it's actually a very very dark farce largely about the mess the self-deluding and morally bankrupt narrator (Matthew Broderick) gets himself into[spoiler] as he succumbs to jealousy and inappropriate lusts[/spoiler]. It's not particularly witty, but I found it entertaining. I can't help thinking it is rather kinder to the "adults" abusing their positions than I am comfortable with now...