Election? Doesn’t that mean democracy? Set in a typical American high school. Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) is a go-getter, ambitious candidate who will do anything in her power to win the next spot as the student council president. Her teacher Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) ends up having to face the consequences of dealing with this over-achiever as one of his colleagues’ had his life ruined after McAllister found out that his friend and Tracy were both having an affair. In vengeance, McAllister decides to encourage Paul Metzler (Klein) a sidelined sportsman who is left with a broken leg to go up against Tracy and her solely mastermind plans.

While its very unusual to see elections bought in a mature but juvenile community. The political satire plot stands just as strong with the incredible performances played from the protagonists. The multi narration involving the views of each character is so mesmerizing that it literally tips the scale of the film. The script is somewhat mixed with intelligent and ethical issues that revolves around the individuals as the story progresses. You can just tell that there is a sense of justice in what their minds say. I admit it; it was well delivered and written.

The funny thing about Election is that it’s considered to be at the fullest extent, a black comedy. In some respect it’s true, the music that is constantly used in the film will range from a hazy light-hearted up-beat tone to a bizarrely contrived reggae style composition. Most importantly is the development of how the plot turns out. With McAllister committing what is formally called, adultery, (which ultimately contradicts his feelings at the beginning) and Tracy having a tantrum and stupefying to the highest degree of vandalism. It all turns out to be the red herring. Still, we mustn’t forget that this is a black comedy.

A dark horse candidate known as Tammy (a lesbian) has the particular intentions in reigning anarchism across the school. This was a very interesting take and twist for the film. The only unfortunate thing is that her part isn’t fully developed as the rest. Her snooty and gibberish behaviour had some likeability in contrast to her initial confidence at speech. The fact was that she was only a mere foil that could possibly disrupt the flow of the story.

As a whole, Election is like no other film that you will have encountered for a long time. It’s charismatic story and characters show a decency of remorse in the decisions we make and the sort of caricature people that we will meet in our very lifetime. If your looking for a fun heart-warming black comedy. Give Election its first vote!