Election (1999)

Directors:

Alexander Payne

Writers:

Jim Taylor, Alexander Payne

Actors:

James Devney, Jeannie Brayman, Marilyn Tipp, Larry Kaiser, Joel Parks, David V. Wenzel

Synopsis:

A high school teacher's personal life becomes complicated as he works with students during the school elections.
  • Comedy
  • Reviews 3
  • Highest Rating 91
  • Lowest Rating 67
  • Average Rating 83
91

Election (1999)

Because of this movie I will vouch for Alexander Payne even if he makes a thousand The Descendants. I've seen it countless times and Election continues to deliver belly laughs, discoveries in the characters, and even discoveries in myself. Beautiful hate story.
MildredFierce
June 3, 2013
90

Election (1999)

This was absolutely excellent. It felt authentic, like everyone involved had spent ages observing actual teenagers and how they react to things. For me, it was a depressing look at losing everything over some trivial event.
sabrina
April 18, 2012
67

Election (1999)

Alexander Payne's movies never really get me as excited as they do for a lot of the critical community. Election was touted as some underseen comedy classic and the truth is I thought it was fine, but that's about it. It was nice to see an evil Reese Witherspoon though.
wintermayer
March 12, 2012