September 15, 2004
Movie: ELECTION
Directed by
Alexander Payne
(1999)
Superstars: Matthew Broderick (If you don't know who Matthew Broderick is shame on you!), Reece Witherspoon (Legally Blonde, Sweet Home Alabama, vanity fair), Chris Klein (American Pie).
If any of you out there have been to highschool... you will quickly recognise and remember the overachieving, psycho-maniac, perfectionist no school can live without, or escape.
PICK FLICK!
This movie is by far one of my FAVOURITE movies of all time. That aside, I am not biased, I am merely here to provide you with enough information to make you guys go out and rent it AT ONCE.
If you don't... this potted plant dies! BWAH HA HA HAHAHAHAHAH.
Seriously now.
(clears throat).
Tracy Flick (Adorably cute Reece Witherspoon), is THE SMARTEST student at Carver highschool. She's on like, every comittee and every club imaginable it's disgusting. Mr. McAllister (Superswell Matthew Broderick) is Carver High's numer one teacher (three years running). He's a bit tired of Tracy constantly winning everything. Not to mention she had an affair with his best friend and fellow teacher, causing him to lose his job and his marriage. No hard feelings right? ha ha.
Anyway, it's that time of year again and the student body is up for student government elections. Tracy is running un-opposed as student body president. She's sooo totally a shoo-in.
But wait! Mr. McAllister has sand in his vagina he doesn't think people like Tracy should be able to tramp on everyone to get to the top. Where's the democratics in that? He convinces a Jock with an injury (Chris Klein) to run opposition and in doing so.... creates quite a bit of drama.
An affair, a love triangle, broody teenage drama, a sabotaged election, WHOALLY CRAP ON A STICK MR. HAT! This movie is smack dab full of so many side details, and so much random bullshit it makes up for the fact that a lot of people don't understand my obsession with it. Also... COME ON! We all know those people who just get everything. It's funny!
Please, for the love of this potted plant. Rent the damned movie. I will freely admit it's a bit on the random, 'huh?' side of things to watch but it's worth it.
